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The following are excerpts from Alan Blackman's proposal:
Baltimore based pianist and award-winning composer. He and his ensembles have performed at Blues Alley, the Kennedy Center, and many festivals and venues from San Francisco to New York. He was selected to be part of the Betty Carter Jazz Ahead program at the Kennedy Center as well as residencies at The Banff Centre, Millay Arts and the Avaloch Music Institute. Alan has received over 10 grants from the Maryland State Arts Council in jazz composition, jazz performance and world music as well as the Chamber Music of America’s prestigious New Jazz Works multi-year commission, The Puffin Foundation and The MAP Fund. Arrangements and performances of his music have been featured on NBC’s Parenthood, NPR’s Talk of the Nation, and JazzSet, as well as the Stephen King movie, 1408.
His current practice is long-form music compositions that incorporate multimedia components and deal with social elements such as climate change.
File 1 is my trio performing my arrangement of a Brahms Waltz. File 2 is an original composition entitled Better Left Unsaid from my recording Chapter 3 which features Gilad Hekselman on guitar with my trio.
Currently I am producing ONCE UPON A PRAIRIE, a multimedia exploration of the loss of the American grasslands. This concert will feature projected images of photography commissioned from Glen McClure and continue my desire to highlight climate issues. This funding will help with the cost of producing this premiere concert.
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Integrity: Arts & Culture Association is honored to approve Blackman's funding request and we wish him continued success in his endeavors.
CONGRATULATIONS TO IACA CYCLE #37
MINI-GRANT RECIPIENT, ALAN BLACKMAN!
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