Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble plays music by winners of the IAWM/PJCE Jazz Composition prize. Featuring Migiwa Miyajima, Samantha Spear, Jhoely Garay, Yu Nishiyama and Eliana Fishbeyn.

The compositions will be performed by members of the PJCE Ensemble:
Jessika Smith, alto sax and flute; Mieke Bruggeman, bari sax and bass clarinet; Mary Sue Tobin soprano sax; Tim Wilcox, tenor sax; Adriana Wagner, trombone; Chris Shuttleworth, trombone; Noah Simpson, trumpet; Paul Mazzio, trumpet; Eric Gruber, bass; Kerry Politzer, piano; Meg Morrow, drums; Ryan Meagher, guitar.

Since 2018, the International Alliance for Women in Music (IAWM) awards an annual Jazz Composition Prize co-sponsored by PJCE. Through this partnership, PJCE has been introduced to up-and-coming composers across the country. At 7:00 pm on Saturday, January 28, 2023 in Portland State University’s Lincoln Recital Hall, PJCE will perform music by all five of the winning composers: Jhoely Garay (NYC), Migiwa Miyajima (NYC), Yu Nishiyama (NYC), Sam Spear (Boston), and Eliana Fishbeyn (NYC), all lauded instrumentalists and band leaders in their own right.  Surrounding Alliance, guest composers will work with area university students and the PJCE ensmeble will be performing the works at Lower Columbia College.

The concert on January 28th at PSU will be followed by a Q&A with three of the guest composers moderated by IAWM President Christina Rusnak.

Doors open at 6pm

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