MAR 6-9 | Resident Artistic Director: Brandee Younger
Mar 06 - Mar 09, 2025
Miner Auditorium
Recommended by Terence Blanchard
"Brandee Younger is a powerhouse of the harp. Those 2 words aren’t usually put together. In this case, it speaks to her creative genius and her passion for music."
ABOUT THIS SHOW
For her second season as a Resident Artistic Director, Brandee Younger presents an exciting new set of compositions accompanied by the 19-piece New Century Chamber Orchestra.
Carrying on and expanding the tradition of pioneering jazz harpists Dorothy Ashby and Alice Coltrane, Brandee Younger made her public debut in 2007 as a grad student at NYU, when saxophonist Ravi Coltrane enlisted the then-23-year-old to participate in the memorial service for his mother Alice. A student of jazz great Jackie McLean, Younger has collaborated with artists from the worlds of jazz and hip hop, including Jack DeJohnette, Charlie Haden, Pharoah Sanders, Lauren Hill, and Common. In 2021 she released her Impulse! Records debut, Somewhere Else, which earned Younger a Best Instrumental Composition GRAMMY nomination for the track “Beautiful is Black.” Her 2023 Impulse! release, Brand New Life, honors Dorothy Ashby’s legacy through songs the late harpist wrote and/or performed.
For her second season as Resident Artistic Director, Brandee Younger honors the life and music of the late harpist and jazz legend Alice Coltrane accompanied by the 19-piece New Century Chamber Orchestra.
Younger’s playing, virtuosic but with a sparkling lightness, invites you to set aside questions of classification, and just savor the sonic finery
Rolling Stone
Younger’s playing, virtuosic but with a sparkling lightness, invites you to set aside questions of classification, and just savor the sonic finery
Rolling Stone
Personnel
Brandee Younger harp
Others TBA
Younger has almost single-handedly made a persuasive argument for the harp’s role in contemporary jazz
The New York Times
Personnel
Brandee Younger harp
Others TBA
Younger has almost single-handedly made a persuasive argument for the harp’s role in contemporary jazz
The New York Times
Watch & Listen
Brand New Life (feat. Mumu Fresh)
Brown Brown Baby
Brand New Life (feat. Mumu Fresh)
Brown Brown Baby