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JAZZ GUITARIST AND COMPOSER JOEL HARRISON DEBUTS GROUNDBREAKING NEW WORK AT NOCCA

Performance also features Harrison’s work for cello, performed by NOCCA faculty member Jee Yeoun Ko

Friday, September 24, 2010 * 8pm * NOCCA’s Freda Lupin Memorial Hall

New Orleans, LA — Guitarist, composer, and Guggenheim Fellow Joel Harrison debuts a new project this fall entitled Singularity, featuring a septet of top-notch New York jazz musicians, including Christian Howes (violin), Donny McCaslin (saxophone), Dana Leong (cello), Gary Versace (piano), Stephan Crump (bass), and Clarence Penn (drums). These new compositions were commissioned by Chamber Music America’s prestigious “New Works” program. The project premieres at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) on Friday, September 24, in Freda Lupin Memorial Hall. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at www.NOCCAInstitute.com or by calling 504 940 2900.

Joining Harrison and his septet for this performance is acclaimed cellist Jee Yeoun Ko, who will perform a solo work for cello featured on Harrison’s recent Life Force CD.

Singularity, composed by Joel Harrison, has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America’s 2009 New Jazz Works: Commissioning and Ensemble Development program funded through the generosity of the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.