Recipient Information
Location
Burbank, California
Project Title
Quarteto Nuevo's C.R.E.E.D. Project
Year of Award
2023
Grant or Fellowship
Jazz Road Creative Residencies Grant
Grant Amount
$40,000
Quarteto Nuevo's C.R.E.E.D. Project will explore the connection of jazz to geographical and cultural locations by composing five new movements for each state visited during the 2023-24 season to add to their Jazz Road Suite (Western States). They will research elements of each state, execute the full Jazz Road Suite in each location, engage audiences in post-concert dialogue while capturing their responses, and document the Suite via live video/audio recording at ASU Kerr Cultural Center.
About the Artists
Quarteto Nuevo merges western classical, eastern European folk, Latin and jazz with an organic feel that packs a wallop! Their diverse programs can be tailored to fit anywhere, from an intimate chamber music venue to a large outdoor festival. The ensemble’s razor-sharp precision is enhanced by jazzy interludes, lightly rumbling percussion motifs and mesmerizing rhythms. They effectively meld the music of ancient worlds and faraway places with a contemporary groove that enchants audiences of all ages! Winners of the Beverly Hills National Auditions, Quarteto’s master musicians create emotionally-charged soundscapes with instruments and sensibilities that represent very different world cultures. Their unique instrumentation – soprano saxophone/alto flute (Damon Zick), cello (Jacob Szekely), guitar (Kenton Youngstrom) and hand percussion (Felipe Fraga) – richly colors their wide-ranging repertoire, from Heitor Villa-Lobos’ “Bachianas Brasileiras” and Chick Corea’s “Children’s Song No. 6” to Traditional Macedonian “Gadjarsko” and original works “Hector, Desmond and Titus”, “Rain Song” and “Dizer O Que”.