PAST EVENTS
May 26, 2022
The Morrison Center (Boise, ID)
May 22, 2022
AAPI Jazz Festival (Newark, NJ)
Helen Sung presents Quartet+ with guest violinist Meg Okura
May 13, 2022
ISJAC Symposium (Austin, TX)
Speaking on Working with Strings
May 1, 2022
Birdland Jazz Club*
5:00 pm
Meg Okura & the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
April 2, 2022
Murry Hall at Michigan State University
Chamber Fusion: Jazz Meets Classical
works by instrumentalist-composers
Paquito D’Rivera
Martha Redbone
Pascal Le Boeuf
Meg Okura
Dave Eggar
March 27, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Meg Okura (violin)
Yaniv Taubenhous (piano)
+ Panel Discussion*
Leslie Fair (Moderator)
"Can Jazz Provide Healing and Promote Hope?"
March 20, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Christopher Bakriges & Meg Okura Duo
Music from Matisse Jazz Project
March 13, 2022
Saint Peter's Church
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Acoustic Duo
March 6, 2022
Saint Peter's Church (New York City)
Jazz Vespers*
Meg Okura & Yotam Silberstein Duo
November 6, 2021
Le Cheile
WaHi Jazz Festival
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Anne Drummond (flute)
Sam Newsome (soprano saxophone)
Sam Sadigursky (bass clarinet)
Brian Marsella (piano)
Evan Gregor (bass)
Satoshi Takeishi (drums)
The performance and creation of "Jewbberish Folk Tunes" by Meg Okura has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s 2018 New Jazz Works program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.
October 15, 2021
Brownsville Latin Jazz Festival
Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn
October 17, 2021
Soapbox Gallery
Pablo Lanoguere Quintet
August 14, 2021
Shapeshifter Lab
Ben Kono Group
April 29, 2021
Women In Jazz Organization
Guest speaker: Meg Okura
March 31, 2021
10:00 pm EST ZOOM
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MUSIC ARRANGERS AND COMPOSERS presents WOMEN IN JAZZ
featuring Jihye Lee, Meg Okura, and Courtney Wright, hosted by Andy Farber and Scott Healyabsolute
March 16, 2021, canceled
Absolute Blue Tokyo
Meg Okura Quartet
February 21, 2021,
Zoom
Robert Buonaspina’s RB Grupo
December 26, 2020, canceled
JAZZ FORUM
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
December 16, 2020
Career Strategies Session (zoom)
Special Guest: Meg Okura Interview
September 12, 2020 canceled
Dartmouth College Church
Christopher Barkriges' Matisse Project with MEG OKURA
March 10, 2020
Iguana
Vince Giordano and the Nighthawks
March 8, 2020
Wi-Hi Jazz Festival
Meg Okura + Tim Harrison Trio
January 23, 2020
7:00 pm
Friends Seminary
Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra
January 16, 2020
6:00 - 8:00 pm
MEG OKURA ensemble KATAN
SILVANA (New York, NY)
Meg Okura (violin & vocals)
Yaniv Taubenhouse (keys)
Daniel Ori (electric and upright basses)
Brian Shanker Adler (drums & percussion)
Spencer Carter (vocals)
December 16, 2019
Meg Okura/Tracy Yang/Jen Allen Jazz Orchestra
Shapeshifter Lab (Brooklyn NY)
October 17, 2019
Mott Community College (Flint Michigan)
4:00 - 5:30 pm
Masterclass on Improvisation by Meg Okura (violin) and Brian Marsella (piano)
November 13, 2019
ATLAS PERFORMING ARTS CENTER (Washington D.C.)
"Lion of Judah" Event featuring
Meg Okura Quartet
Yaniv Taubenhouse (piano)
Ehud Guy (bass)
Brian Adler (drums/percussion)
November 6, 2019
Absolute Blue
Meg Okura Quartet
October 19, 2019
Humanity in Harmony Music Festival
MacArthur Recital Hall of the Flint Institute of Music
MEG OKURA QUARTET
Meg Okura (violin & erhu)
Brian Marsella (piano)
Ehud Guy (upright bass & electric bass)
Rob Avsharian (drums)
October 17, 2019
MacArthur Recital Hall of the Flint Institute of Music
7:00 pm
MEG OKURA TRIO
Meg Okura (violin & erhu)
Brian Marsella (piano)
Ehud Guy (upright bass & electric bass)
August 10, 2019 (Rain Date August 11)
Virginia Beach Gigs (Virginia Beach, VA)
Mount Trashmore Amphitheater
12:30pm
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Passport Picnic!
August 12, 2019
Kennedy Center Millennium Stage (Washington D.C.)
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
June 21, 2019
Aster Place / Joe's Pub (New York, NY)
TRIO 4-5-6
Meg Okura (violin), Ljova (viola), Valeriya Sholokhova (cello)
June 12, 2019
Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater (New York, NY)
BMI/New York Jazz Orchestra performs Meg Okura's latest big band work
June 3, 2019
The Slope Lounge (Brooklyn, NY)
Erica Seguine & Shan Baker Jazz Orchestra
May 31, 2019
Temple Israel of the City of New York
Celebrating Women of TI
"Musically Inspired Jewish Journey"
Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
April 3, 2019
The Jazz Gallery (New York, NY)
Erica Seguine & Shannon Baker Jazz Orchestra
May 5, 2019
Drom (New York, NY)
Pharaoh's Daughter
March 1 & 2, 2019
Jazz At Lincoln Center Rose Hall (New York, NY)
Kurt Elling Big Blind
March 14, 2019
Meg Okura & Yaniv Taubenhouse Duo
House Concert in NYC
February 23, 2019
McGill University Tanna Schulich Hall (Montreal, Canada)
Improv Workshop Project
Special Guests: Meg Okura & Sam Newsome
January 23, 2019
Friends Seminary Meetinghouse
Meetinghouse Jazz Orchestra premieres "I Have A Dream" by Meg Okura
January 19, 2019
Westin New York at Times Square
Chamber Music America ShowcaseMeg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
November 15, 2018
Meg Okura (violin, vocals) & Sean Harkness (guitar)
October 17, 2018
WKCR Musician's Show MEG OKURA
Dizzy's Club Coca Cola @ Jazz at Lincoln Center
CD RELEASE for the album IMA IMA featuring Tom Harrell
by Meg Okura & The Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble
June 20, 2018
Stone
Brian Marsella's iMAGiNARiUM
June 14, 2018
The Marjorie S. Deane Little Theater
The BMI/NEW YORK JAZZ ORCHESTRA will perform Meg Okura's big band work "AFRASIA"
June 13, 2018
Central Park Summer Stage
Yiddish Under the Stars w/ Pharaoh's Daughter
May 17, 2018
JCC HARLEM
Meg Okura's J-Orchestra