APPEARANCES

 
 
2008
February 15 with Meredith Monk  Symphony Space, NYC
February 21 Tribute to Meredith Monk with The Claudia Quintet featuring Theo Bleckmann  Symphony Space, NYC
March 2 with Andy Biskin  Joe's Pub
March 5-8 Residency at Paris Conservatory  with Theo Bleckmann  Paris, FRANCE
March 13-18 Claudia Quintet European Tour
March 15th Bergamo Jazz Festival, ITALY
March 16th Snow Jazz Gastein, AUSTRIA
March 18th A-Trane Berlin, GERMANY
March 19th Global, Copenhagen, DENMARK
March 21 Curtis Hasselbring's Mellow Edwards Barbes Brooklyn, NY
April 3-11 Claudia Quintet Southwest Tour
April 3rd Dazzle Denver,CO
April 4th U of Colorado Boulder, CO
April 5th High Mayhem Studios Santa Fe,NM
April 7th U of TX@Arlington TEXAS
April 8th NTSU Denton,TEXAS
April 9th Austin, TEXAS
April 10th Phoenix, AZ
April 11th UCSD San Diego, CA
April 12th The Stone NYC
 
 

 

 
 
2007
January 11 midnight John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble featuring Theo Bleckmann and Gary Versace  IAJE NYC
 
January 13   Refuge Trio at Joe's Pub 7:30pm 
 
                    Claudia Quintet at Cornelia Street Cafe NYC  9pm and 10:30pm  $12/$10 w/ IAJE credentials
 
January 29 benefit for Kermit Driscoll featuring Bill Frisell, John Zorn, and John Patitucci   $25  Tonic NYC
 
February 1 The Drum Major Instinct at Symphony Space  7pm
 
March 6-8  Composition Residency at NEC   Boston, MA
 
March 9-10   Claudia and Friends

March 9th $15 ((or $10 for each set)
7:30pm The Refuge Trio (Theo Bleckmann-voice, Gary
Versace-piano/keyboards, John Hollenbeck-drums/percussion)
8:30 pm The Claudia Quintet (Ted Reichman-accordion, Chris Speed-tenor
sax/clar., Matt Moran-vibes, John Hebert-bass, John Hollenbeck-drums/composition)

March 10th $15 (or $10 for each set)
7pm Jorrit Dikstra/John Hollenbeck Duo
7:45pm Triple Dutch (Gary Versace-piano, John Hebert-bass, John Hollenbeck-drums)
8:30pm The Claudia Quintet
 
March 12-18 European tour with Jorrit Dijkstra
 
March 21 with Tony Malaby Trio (w/Marcus Rojas)  barbes  Brooklyn, NY
 
March 23 with Andy Biskin  Symphony Space   NY, NY
 
March 24 with Tony Malaby Trio (w/Marcus Rojas)  Marlboro, NY
 
March 30-31 Refuge Trio (Gary Versace, Theo Bleckmann)  Virginia Tech   Blacksburg, VA
 
April 1 Refuge Trio (Gary Versace, Theo Bleckmann)  U of Virginia   Charlottesville, VA
   
April 9-14 with Tony Malaby Trio (w/Marcus Rojas)  southeast tour
 
April 23-May 6  Claudia Quintet Spring European Tour

    April 23rd Porgy and Bess     Vienna, AUSTRIA

    April 24th Schlachthof     Wels, AUSTRIA

    April 26th Live Radio Broadcast    Lugano,SWITZERLAND

    April 27th/28th A-Trane    Berlin, GERMANY

    April 29th Enercity Expo Café      Hannover, GERMANY

    April 30th Jazzclub     Karlsruhe, GERMANY

    May 2nd Paris, FRANCE

    May 4th BBC live broadcast Cheltenham Jazz Festival, UK

    May 5th Cheltenham Jazz Festival, UK
 
 
May 5th Cheltenham Jazz Festival  with the Bob Brookmeyer Quartet (with Drew Gress, Brad Shepik)
 
June 9 Impermenance with the Meredith Monk Ensemble     Ferrara, Italy
 
June 16 with Tony Malaby, Tom Rainey, Drew Gress   Cornelia Street Cafe  NYC
 
July 15 Bob Brookmeyer New Art Orchestra   North Sea Jazz Festival  HOLLAND
 
July 28 John Hollenbeck and Theo Bleckmann with Orquestra Jazz de Matosinhos 
    Serralves Museum    Porto, Portugal
 
August 1 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo   Edinburgh Jazz Festival, SCOTLAND
 
August 3 John Hollenbeck and Theo Bleckmann with Jazz Big Band Graz
    Outreach Festival Schwaz, AUSTRIA
 
September 8 Claudia Quintet    The Stone  NYC
 
September 30 Triple dutch Unit (with Gary Versace and John Hebert)    The Stone  NYC
 
October 5 Whitney Museum Composers Showcase  NYC
a evening of brand new music featuring the Ethos Percussion Group, Todd Reynold, Matt Moran
and the Youngstown Percussion Ensemble and Sax Quartet
 
October 8-13 Claudia Quintet "more hair" tour
    October 8 James Madison University  Harrisonburg, VA
    October 9 Simons Center for the Arts Charleston, SC
    October 10 Rumors Richmond, VA
    October 11 Philadelphia Arts Alliance
    October 12 Firehouse 12  New Haven, CT
    October 13 Cornelia Street Cafe  NYC
 
October 26-November 5 Refuge Trio West Coast Tour
    October 26 Earshot
    October 27-28 The Jazz School
    October 29 Cal Arts
    October 30 University of Nevada at Reno
 
November 5 John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble     Jazz Standard NYC  
 
December 6-15 European Tour with Henning Sieverts Quartet
 
 
 
2008
February 15 with Meredith Monk  Symphony Space, NYC
February 21 Tribute to Meredith Monk with The Claudia Quintet featuring Theo Bleckmann  Symphony Space, NYC
March 5-8 Residency at Paris Conservatory  Paris, FRANCE
March 13-18 Claudia Quintet European Tour
April 3-11 Claudia Quintet Southwest Tour
 

2006

January 2-7 recording with Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra  Ludwigsburg, GERMANY

January 12 with Ed Neumeister   2pm IAJE, NY

January 12  with Jazz Big Band Graz featuring my compositions and Theo Bleckmann, voice     Tonic , NYC

January 13  with Jazz Big Band Graz featuring my compositions and Theo Bleckmann, voice     5pm IAJE, NYC

January 17th  with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards     Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

with the Meredith Monk ensemble   The Impermanence Project Tour

February 6 duo with Theo Bleckmann  Modified Arts  Phoenix,AZ
January 28  Arizona State University
February 6 duo with Theo Bleckmann Club Tropical Los Angeles,CA
February 8  UC Riverside
February 11  UCSB (Santa Barbara)
February 14/15  Yerba Buena (SF)
February 23 duo with Theo Bleckmann  Grace Church DC
February 25 George Mason University (DC)

February 17/18 John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble "Inspirations and Aspirations"
Chamber Works         The Kitchen, NYC

February 22 premiere of my commission from Bang On A Can broadcasted live with John Schafer on WNYC  Merkin Hall, NYC

February 27-March 12  European Tour with  Johannes Enders Quartet

March 13-20 Southeast Jaunt with The Claudia Quintet

March 14 Twin’s Jazz Washington, DC
March 15 Virginia Tech   Blacksburg, VA
March 16 Sonar  Baltimore, MD
March 17 University of Virginia    Charlottesville, VA
March 18 ars nova   Philadelphia, PA
(details here)

March 21  BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop 3-5    BMI, NYC

March 24-25 with John McNeil's East/West Quintet Cornelia Street Cafe NYC

March 28th 8:30pm Refuseniks (Ted Reichman/Reuben Radding) 
                                benefit for the Free Zone Music Series Tonic, NYC
10pm Schumacher/Sanford Sound Assembly Bowery Poetry Club, NYC

March 30 Binghamton Reunion concert led by Al Hamme featuring Dena DeRose, Steve Davis, Tom Dempsey, Kris Jensen      Anderson Center   Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY

March 31 Trio with Tony Malaby and Marcus Rojas   Cornelia Street Cafe NYC

April 5  duo with Jorrit Dikstra  8pm   barbes   Brooklyn, NY

April 6   duo with Jorrit Dikstra     ars nova    Philadelphia, PA

April 11   skirlnight CD release  (I'm playing with the groups of Ted Reichman and Curtis Hasselbring)  Tonic NYC

April 12   6-9pm I am hosting the Musicians' Show     WKCR

April 15   The Claudia Quintet Cornelia Street Cafe NYC

May 17 with Okkyung Lee and Anthony Coleman    World Financial Center 

May 15-May 24  NE and Canadian Tour with The Claudia Quintet

    May 16 tonic 8pm NYC
    May 18 lilypad Cambridge, MA
    May 19 Brunswick, ME
    May 20 Center for Cultural Exchange Portland, ME
    May 21 Galerie Sans Nom Moncton, NB

June 10  The Claudia Quintet  SIM    workshop 4-6pm   concert 8pm  Brooklyn, NY

June 11 The Claudia Quintet The Rochester Jazz Festival  Rochester, NY

June 12 with the Jeff Campbell Trio    The Rochester Jazz Festival   Rochester, NY

July 2 The Claudia Quintet  Tonic  NYC  10pm double bill with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards

July 3-10 European Tour with the Meredith Monk Ensemble

July 14 Jazz Big Band Graz featuring Theo Bleckmann plays the music of John Hollenbeck
North Sea Jazz Festival                   Rotterdam , Holland

July 21 The Claudia Quintet    Amazonas Jazz Festival     Manaus, BRAZIL

August 11  The Claudia Quintet   Jazz Em Agosto    Lisbon, PORTUGAL

August 14-18 teaching at SIM     Brooklyn, NY

September 1st/2nd The Claudia Quintet  Cornelia Street Cafe   NYC

September 7 The Claudia Quintet    Debrecen Jazz Festival Debrecen, HUNGARY

September 13 with Tony Malaby    barbes     Brooklyn, NY

September 29 with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards   barbes   Brooklyn, NY

October 1 with Tony Malaby Trio (with Marcus Rojas) Jimmy's Restuarant     NYC

October 10-13 Mid-west Tour with The Claudia Quintet
    October 10 Cedar Cultural Center Minneapolis, MN
    October 11 Chicago Cultural Center Chicago,Il
    October 12 Oberlin College Oberlin, OH
    October 13 EdgeFest Ann Arbor, MI

October 24-31 Northwest tour with The Claudia Quintet
    October 23  daytime workshop at Cal Arts
                        evening concert double bill with Kneebody at Temple Bar Santa Monica, CA
    October 24 Waldorf High School Mission Annex San Francisco, CA
    October 26 Fez Portland, OR
    October 27 The Yardbird Suite Edmonton, AL    CANADA
    October 28 On the Boards Earshot Jazz Festival Seattle, WA

November 1-5  The Meredith Monk Ensemble   The Impermanence Project    BAM, NYC

November 21 with Jorrit Dikstra   8pm TONIC

December 1-9 European Tour with Jazz Big Band Graz featuring my compositions and Theo Bleckmann, voice 

01.12.2006 Dortmund (D), Domicil
02.12.2006 Düsseldorf (D), Alte Schmiede
04.12.2006 Köln (D), Stadtgarten
05.12.2006 Graz, Generalmusikdirektion - Beginn 20.00 Uhr
06.12.2006 Linz, Brucknerhaus - Beginn 19.30 Uhr
07.12.2006 Kapfenberg, Böhlerstern - Beginn 20.00 Uhr
08.12.2006 Dornbirn, Spielboden - Beginn 20.00 Uhr
09.12.2006 Bad Hofgastein, Sägewerk - Beginn 20.00 Uhr

December 14 Leading the  Jazz Institute Berlin Big Band

OPEL in Berlin
Marken und Kommunikationszentrum
der Adam Opel GmbH
Friedrichstrasse 94
10117 Berlin

December  16  with Theo Bleckmann   Straulau 68   Berlin  GERMANY

 

 

2005
 
January 9 3:30pm with the Meredith Monk Ensemble    City Center Studio 5   APAP Showcase
                9pm The Claudia Quintet KF    Old Office   APAP Jazz Showcase

January 18 with the Ed Neumeister Quartet (Drew Gress/Jim McNeeley)   Jazz Standard  NYC

January 20 Composers Forum    Manhattan School of Music    3pm    Greenfield Hall  NYC

January 25 John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble Omnitone CD Release Celebration    Jazz Standard NYC

January 26 with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards    tonic    NYC

January 27 with Ted Reichman's Quartet     barbes      Brooklyn
 
February 2-12 The Claudia Quintet Southeast US tour (for more info)
            February 1 tonic    8pm  NYC
            February 2 James Madison University, VA
            February 3 Slought Foundation    Philadelphia, PA
            February 4 Sangha Cafe   Takoma Park, MD
            February 8 Healing Arts Centre   Athens, GA
            February 9 U of Alabama @ Tuscaloosa
            February 10 Eyedrum Atlanta, GA
            February 11 Temple Ball Gallery    Carrsboro, NC
            February 12 Orion Studios Baltimore, Maryland (double bill with Alec and the Eyesores)

 
 
February 16-19 Bass Encounters with Barre Phillips, Wayne Darling, Rufus Reid, Wolfgang Muthspiel, Dieter Ilg, Arni Eglisson, NHOP, Fritz Pauer          Vienna, AUSTRIA

February 21-27 European tour with Nenad Vasilic Ensemble (Teodosil Spasov-Kaval, Vlatko Stefanovski-Guitar, Vladimir Karparov-Sax, Armend Xhaferi-Guitar )

March 2 with the Tony Malaby Quartet      barbes     Brooklyn

March 4 with Tony Malaby-sax and Cory Combs-e. bass       SF,CA

March 5 with Tony Malaby-sax and Cory Combs-e. bass   Zebulon's Lounge    Petaluma,CA
 
 
March 6-13 "Leaves of Grass" with Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Ensemble  US Tour
   
    March 6    Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA
    March 9   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
    March 10  Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
    March 11  Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall, New York, NY
    March 12  Kimmel Center, Philadelphia, PA
    March 13  Troy, NY
 

March 23  The Refuge Trio at Eastman School of Music             Rochester, NY

March 29 with the Refuge Trio (Gary Versace, Theo Bleckmann) Sweet Rhythm NYC

March 31 "Leaves of Grass" with Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Ensemble Lied Center  Nebraska

April 6 duo with Mark O'Leary  CBGB's   NYC

April 11-17 European tour with Jazz Big Band Graz

April 23 with Cory Combs and Dan Willis Wichita Jazz Festival Kansas

April 27 with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards    barbes     NYC

April 30 Jon Hendricks with Jazz Big Band Graz   AUSTRIA 

May 4 "Leaves of Grass" with Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Ensemble Antwerp, BELGIUM

May 13-15 Andy Biskin's Goldberg Variations Bowery Poetry Club NYC

May 23-30 European tour with Johannes Enders's     Enders Room
           
May 25 BR   Munich
            May 26 Kirchsteig   Diessen
            May 27 Acethylen    Munich
            May 28 Kulturfrühling    Bleckede
            May 29  361 Grad    Offenburg

June 3 The Refuge Trio  The Whitney Museum  NYC

June 5 with the Fred Hersch Trio      Princeton, NJ

July 25 with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards    barbes     NYC

September 23 "Leaves of Grass" with Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Ensemble   Ewing, NJ

September 25 The Claudia Quintet (with John Hebert subbing for Drew Gress) Cornelia Street Cafe NYC

August 29-October 7  composition retreat   The Wurlitzer Houses   Tao, NM

October 10-13 with Johannes Enders, Frank Möbus Adam Peroncik  Leipzeiger Jazzfestival, GERMANY

November 4 The Claudia Quintet   The Whitney Museum   NYC

November 5 with Jorrit Dykstra (duo)    Firehouse 12   New Haven, CT

November 6 with the Meredith Monk Ensemble    Zankel Hall   NYC

November 8-11 with Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra   PORTUGAL

November 14-19 European Tour with Jazz Big Band Graz featuring my compositions and Theo Bleckmann, voice

    14.11 Graz - Orpheum
    15.11 Wien, Birdland
    16.11 Wien, Birdland
    17.11 Freistadt, Kultursaal
    18.11 Graz, Literaturhaus
    19.11 Offenbach/ D
    20.11 Innsbruck/ Treibhaus
    21.11 München/ D, Unterfahrt

November 24 with the Henning Sieverts Quartet  Dachau, GERMANY

November 25 with the Henning Sieverts Quartet Ismaning, GERMANY

November 26-December 10  The Claudia Quintet     European Tour

28.11 WIST    Graz, AUSTRIA
29.11 Unterfahrt     Munich, GERMANY
30.11 Object 5     Halle, GERMANY
01.12 A-Trane      Berlin, GERMANY
02.12 Jazz Studio   Nuremberg, GERMANY
05.12 Cafe Wilhelmina   Eindhoven, HOLLAND
06.12 Domicil    Dortmund   GERMANY
08.12 Bimhuis   Amsterdam, HOLLAND
09.12 Bunker Ulmenwall       Bielefeld, GERMANY
10.12 Hafen 2   Offenbach, GERMANY

2004

January 7 Claudia Quintet Release Gig at Tonic,  NYC  celebrating our release on Cuneiform Records!!!

January 17 with Skuli Sverrisson's band  Tonic, NYC

January 20 with Curtis Hasselbring's Mellow Edwards Tonic, NYC

January 22 Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra    Rutgers University, NJ

January 23 Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra    SUNY Purchase,NY

January 24 Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra    11pm  IAJE    NYC

January 26 Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra    Village Vanguard with the VVO  NYC

January 30/31st Guest composer/drummer with the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra with
Theo Bleckmann and Gary Versace

February 1st Refuge Trio (Bleckmann/Versace/Hollenbeck) The Bop Stop Cleveland, Ohio
CANCELLED DUE TO SUPER BOWL

February 6 "Possible Fireworks"  led by cellist Jane Scarpatoni with Stomu Takeishi, Roy Nathanson       BRIC Studio 57 Rockwell Place  Brooklyn, NY    this is an interesting new series where the "leader" gathers together a small ensemble of people that have not played together before-hence the title...

Feb 13-17   Jim McNeely Tentet in Europe

   Feb. 13  Rottenburg  
   Feb. 15  Zagreb  
   Feb. 16  Liebnitz  
   Feb. 17  Vienna  

 
February 23 with the Sanford/Schumacher big band   The Slipper Room, NYC

February 25 with Curtis Hasselbring's Mellow Edwards  barbes    Brooklyn, NY 

March 5 Refuge Trio (Theo Bleckmann, Gary Versace)   U of Kansas   Lawrence, KS

March 10 with Mike Holober's Gotham Jazz Orchestra      Fieldston School     Riverdale, NY

March 11-14 Mercy with the Meredith Monk Ensemble   U of Illinois

March 24-march 29  with the Meredith Monk  Ensemble ITALY

    March 26  Rome
   March 28  Cascina
   March 29  Milan

April 1  Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo   Milan, Italy

April 5 with Tony Malaby, Angie Sanchez and John Hebert     55 Bar, NYC

April 20-May 6 European Tour with Jazz Big Band Graz featuring my compositions and Theo Bleckmann, voice

April 25 Graz, Austria generalmusikdirektion 20:30
April 26/27 Maribor, Slovenia (recording)
April 28 Ljubljana, Slovenia RTV Studio 20:00
April 29 Hartberg, Austria Stadtwerke-Hartberg-Saal 19:30
April 30 Innsbruck, Austria
May 1st Vienna, Austria Porgy & Bess 20:00
May 3rd Graz, Austria Opera House w/Patti Austin

May 11   with Tony Malaby and Cameron Brown       Penang, NYC

May 14-19 Claudia Quintet Mid-West Tour

May 14 BAMCafe    NYC
May 15 Kerrytown Concert House     Ann Arbor, Michigan
May 16 bopstop    Cleveland, OH
May 17-19 Cincinnati Jazz Festival   w/the Cincinnati Jazz Orchestra

May 21 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo   barbes    Brooklyn, NY

May 23 with Reuben Radding's Quartet  and Tony Malaby's Quartet  CBGB's  NYC

May 26 multimedia performance >TIMEzoom<
produced and directed by Sonia Bach with Ken Filiano, Ursel Schlicht, Christina Fuchs, Sonia Bach
Goethe Institute, NYC

June 3 "Leaves of Grass" with Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Ensemble         Spoleto Festival, SC

June 7-14 with Bob Brookmeyer's NAO European Tour
    June 11  Zagreb
    June 13  Graz
    June 14  Vienna

June 16 Curtis Hasselbring's Mellow Edwards      Tonic    NYC 

June 17-18 The Claudia Quintet with Jorrit Dijkstra/John Hollenbeck Duo

    June 17 Slought Foundation Philadelphia, PA (claudia and JD/JH duo)
    June 18 AAL Gallery   Boston, MA  (JD/JH duo) 
   

July 1-5  with the Meredith Monk Ensemble    Europe

    July 3-5 Premiere of " The Impermanence Project"     London, ENGLAND
    July 8   Concert   Lorrach, GERMANY
    July 12/13 Concert      Copenhagen, DENMARK

July 9  Lee Konitz Nonet     North Sea Jazz Festival
 
August 4-7 the debut of Bob Brookmeyer's Quartet East with Drew Gress and Brad Shepik 
Jazz Standard NYC
 
August 12-13 with Jazz Big Band Graz  JazzSommer Graz, Austria
 
August 16-20 with NDR Big Band featuring Ed Neumeister
 
September 2 The Refuge Trio    barbes           Brooklyn, NY
 
September 8 The Refuge Trio      Kripalu Yoga Center            Lenox,MA
 
September 10 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo  Guelph Jazz Festival, CANADA
 
September 14 Omnitone CD release gig with John Hollenbeck's 18-piece Large Ensemble Jazz Standard
September 15-21 Claudia Quintet West Coast Tour (for info click here)
    September 15 Saddleback College Mission Viejo, CA
    September 16 CryptoNight Series LA, CA
    September 18 The Hemlock Tavern San Francisco, CA
    September 19 Monterey Jazz Festival Monterey, CA
    September 20 JazzHouse Oakland, CA
    September 21 University of Nevada Reno, CA
 
October 1 with Wayne Darling, Arni Eglisson, NHOP and Fritz Pauer  Reykjavik Jazz Festival, ICELAND
 
October 6 with Tony Malaby, Angelica Sanchez, and John Herbert   barbes   Brooklyn, NY
 
October  20/21- Andy Biskin's Goldberg Variations     Skirball Center  LA, CA
 
October 28-31 with Tony Malaby, Angelica Sanchez, and John Hebert    West Coast
   October 26 Olympia
    October 27 Vancouver
    October 28 Seattle (Ear Shot Festival)
    October 29 Portland
 
November 5  with Jorrit Dijkstra   Zeitgeist Gallery   Cambridge, MA
 
November 17-25 The Claudia Quintet in Europe
    confirmed dates:
November 17 Panic Jazz Club Marostica, ITALY
November 18
Jazz Club Ferrara "Il Torrione"  Ferrara, ITALY
November 19
Ristorante Ai Mulini   Mirano  (Venice), ITALY
November 21 Konzerthaus  Vienna, AUSTRIA
November 22 Stockwerk   Graz, AUSTRIA
November 24 Stadtgarten   Koln, GERMANY
 
December 1-5 with Johannes Enders GERMANY
1.Dec Munich    Unterfahrt
2.Dec Kaufbeuren    Kunsthaus
3.Dec Weilheim    Musikschule
5.Dec Bad Aibling     Kurhaus
 
December 6-18 with Ed Neumeister, Fritz Pauer, Drew Gress    EUROPE
07.12.04 10:00 p.m. La Palma, Rome
08.12.04 09:00 p.m. Jazzbistro Gambrinus, St Gallen
09.12.04 09:00 p.m. Porgy & Bess, Vienna
11.12.04 09:00 p.m. Birdland, Hamburg
13.12.04 10:00 p.m. B-Flat, Berlin
14.12.04 09:00 p.m. WIST, Graz
17.12.04 09:00 p.m. Bird´s Eye, Basel
18.12.04 09:00 p.m. Bird´s Eye, Basel

 
 

2003

January 8-10    IAJE Conference Toronto, CANADA
                        -January 9th- Premiere of my ASCAP/IAJE Commission Concert Toronto, CANADA
                        -January 10th- performing with the Jamie Begian Big Band 
                        -January 11th-performing with The Maritime Jazz Orchestra featuring Kenny Wheeler
January 16       live interview on John Schaefer's Soundcheck show on WNYC 2pm
January 17   "The Drum Major Instinct" and 3 New York Premiere's of large ensemble works  
Thalia Theater @ Symphony Space, NYC  Click here for more info
January 22   with the Fred Hersch Trio (with bassist Drew Gress) @ Regattabar Cambridge, MA
February 4 "Possible Fireworks" 4 accordions/perc. featuring Guy Klucevsek, Gary Versace & Rob Burger @ the BRIC Studio 57 Rockwell Place 7:30pm $10 Brooklyn, NY this is an interesting new series where the "leader" gathers together a small ensemble of people that have not played together before-hence the title...
February 6-10 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo Colorado Tour-CONFIRMED DATES
                        February 7 Old Main @ U of C produced by the Coalition for Creative Music Boulder,CO
                        February 9 Cameron Church produced by Creative Music Works (7:30pm) Denver,CO
                        February 10 Clinic for the Falconaires USAF base in Colorado Springs, CO
                        February 11 Center for Contemporary Arts (Plan B) 1050 Old Pecos Trail    Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 14-25 European Tour with the Ed Neumeister Quartet  (Fritz Pauer, Drew Gress)
March 2 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo    Zeitgeist Gallery     Cambridge, MA
March 4 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo   Kripalu Yoga Center   Lenox, MA
March 14 Les Miserables Brass Band    Symphony Space NYC
March 18 Ansgar Streipens Quintet    Halle, Germany
March 22 New Trio with Theo Bleckmann and Gary Versace performing at the Wall to Wall Festival honoring Joni Mitchell       Symphony Space, NYC
Fred Hersch's Walt Whitman Project
with Ralph Alessi, Tony Malaby, Erik Friedlander, Drew Gress,
Fred Hersch, Norma Winstone and Kurt Elling
    March 30   Western Michigan University   Kalamazoo, Michigan
    April 4   Peddie School   Hightstown, New Jersey
    April 5   Lisner Auditorium George Washington University   Washington, D.C.
April 7 Claudia Quintet @ Tonic NYC 10pm AND on WFMU @ 4pm
April 12 Claudia Quintet at Sangha Cafe  117 Carroll Street, NW  Washington DC   202.882.8828
April 27-May 1 The NY Voices with Jazz Big Band Graz         Graz, Austria
May 2-5  Bass Encounters featuring Marc Johnson, Mark Dresser, and Wayne Darling    Graz, Austria
May 6-11 Heinrich Von Kalnein's Blackbird Project (Wayne Darling, Fritz Pauer, Uli Rennert)   Austria
May 16  with Andy Biskin featuring the cartoon of Rube Goldberg    Symphony Space, NYC
May 22  Claudia Quintet @ Knitting Factory Old Office NYC 10pm ONE SET
May 23  Claudia Quintet at my alma mater, Binghamton High School  7:30pm   Binghamton, New York
May 27  with Curtis Hasselbring's New Mellow Edwards     Tonic, NYC
May 30  Soloist with the BHS Jazz Ens.    Binghamton, New York
June 9-16 Mercy with the Meredith Monk Ensemble    Singapore
June 5-12 Maine Jazz Camp      Farmington, Maine
July 17-25 Mercy with the Meredith Monk Ensemble      Australia
July 29-30 The Claudia Quintet at Jazz Standard, NYC
August 1   My parents 50th wedding anniversary party!    Binghamton, NY
August 2-22  Composition residency at the Blue Mountain Center
August 23  duo with Theo Bleckmann at the West Kortright Centre  East Meredith, NY
August 27 with Natsuki Tamura,  Satoko Fujii and Curtis Hasselbring   Tonic,  NYC
September 14 with the Meredith Monk Ensemble  Zankel Hall,   NYC
September 24-28 with Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra   Germany
September 30-October 8 Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo Mid-west Tour-CONFIRMED DATES
                                       
October 4-EdgeFest with U of M Jazz Ens. Ann Arbor, MI
                                        October 6-Northern Ill. Univ.           Dekalb, Ill
                                        October 7-Chicago Cultural Center (opening up for Available Jelly) Chicago, Ill
 
October 18   with Fred Hersch, Ralph Alessi, Theo Bleckmann  Santa Fe, New Mexico
October 23  duo with Jorrit Dijkstra   Jazz at the Park      www.freezone.org 
October 29-November 8th The Claudia Quintet West Coast Tour
                                           
                                            October 29 U of Oregon @ Eugene, OR
                                            October 30 Earshot Jazz Festival Seattle, WA
                                            October 31 clinic at Capilano College AND gig Vancouver, CANADA
                                            November 1 411 Collective Portland, Oregon
                                            November 3 clinic @ CalArts LA, CA AND
                                                                gig at the Temple Bar Santa Monica, CA
                                            November 4 U of Arizona  Phoenix, AZ
                                            November 6 U of Colorado @ Boulder
                                            November 7 High Mayhem Festival CCA Santa Fe, NM
                                            November 8 the Mat Bevel Institute Tucson, AZ
 
November 13-18  with Till Weser and the Deutsche Kammerakademie Neuss am Rhein
November 21  duo with Theo Bleckmann @ Collective Unconscious   NYC
November 22  Refuge Trio (Theo Bleckmann and Gary Versace) @ Collective Unconscious   NYC
November 24-30 tour with Jazz Big Band Graz     AUSTRIA
                            27.11.2003     lisinski hall 20:00  Zagreb, CROATIA
                            28.11.2003      kunsthaus 20:00   Mürzzuschlag, AUSTRIA 
                            29.11.2003          kunsthaus 20:00   Klagenfurt, AUSTRIA 
                            30.11.2003       generalmusikdirektion sundaynite! grieskai 74a 20:30   Graz, AUSTRIA 
                            2.12.2003 porgy & bess 21:00  Vienna, AUSTRIA
   
December 5 with Andy Biskin at ICA   Boston, MA
 
December 10  duo with Fred Hersch at the Jazz Standard NYC
 
December 11 Refuge Trio (Theo Bleckmann/Gary Versace)  play Berlioz  7pm  Joe's Pub NYC

 

 
2002
July 11 BMI Jazz Orchestra Annual Concert   Merkin Hall, NYC
July 26  Jamie Begian's Big Band  The Cupping Room, NYC
July 30   Refuseniks (w/Ted Reichman-accordion, Reuben Radding-bass) 10pm Tonic, NYC
August 11  duo with Jorrit Dijkstra   7pm  Freestyle at CBGB's Lounge, NYC
August 17-28   Bob Brookmeyer's New Art Orchestra    (recording)   Ludwigsburg, GERMANY
September 27-29   Bob Brookmeyer/Kenny Wheeler quartet   (recording)  Boston
September 27 duo with Jorrit Dijkstra (alto sax, lyricon, electronics) 8pm
(first set by James Coleman and Joe Montiero)
Playground New and Improvised Music Series
Boston Dance Company
3rd Floor, 550 Mass Ave. Central Sq. Cambridge
The Claudia Quintet Fall Mini-NE Tour:
October 11 Tritone    Philadelphia, PA
October 12 Rosendale Cafe   Rosendale, NY
October 13 The Knitting Factory Old Office  NY, NY
 
The Claudia Quintet Fall US tour: CONFIRMED DATES-click here for complete tour info
October 22 Youngstown State University, OH
October 23 Denison University Granville, OH
October 24 3030 Chicago, IL
October 25 LaFontsee Galleries\Underground Studio Grand Rapids, MI
October 26 Tornado Room Madison, WI
October 27 New Moon Coffee Co. Oshkosh, WI
October 28 University of Minnesota Minneapolis, MN
October 29 Northern Illinois University DeKalb, IL
October 30 Bowling Green University Bowling Green, OH
November 1 Dimensions in Jazz Series Portland, ME
November 2 The Flynn Center for the Arts Burlington, VT
November 3 Zeitgeist Gallery Cambridge, MA
November 4 New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA 1pm
                    Natick Center for the Arts Natick, MA   8pm
November 6 Eastman School of Music Rochester, NY
November 9 with the Meredith Monk Ensemble     Boston, MA
November 14 with the Dan Willis Quartet  @ Detour    NYC
November 21 with the Achim Kaufmann Quartet   Guimarães Jazz Festival, PORTUGAL
(Michael Moore and Henning Sieverts)
December 2-7 with the Meredith Monk Ensemble     Mercy     @ BAM    NYC
December 13   The Claudia Quintet @ BAMCafe NYC  (double bill with Sideshow)
 
PAST APPEARANCES in 2002
 
IAJE Award

Gil Evans Commission Performance on Thursday at 2pm, 1/10 in the Long Beach Convention Center Performed by the Air Force Falconaires with Theo Bleckmann

Bleckmann/Hollenbeck Duo Tour:

February 11 - Temple Bar    Santa Monica, CA

February 15 - UCSB Chapel    Santa Barbara, CA

February 16 - Saint Gregory’s    San Francisco, CA

February 17 - Performance Works NW    Portland, OR

February 18 - U of Oregon    Eugene, OR

February 19 - Tractor Tavern    Seattle, WA

February 20 - clinic at Cornish College Seattle, WA

February 24 - Wendy Cooper Gallery    Madison, WI

February 25 - sursumcorda   Minneapolis, MN

March 24 - Hot House   Chicago, IL

 

The Claudia Quintet:

April 2 - Beachland Ballroom- with dhikr    Cleveland, OH

April 3 - Chicago Cultural Center Cassidy Theater    Chicago, IL

April 4 - The Ark    special guests with the Univ. of Michigan Jazz Ensemble   Ann Arbor, MI

April 5 - Canterbury House     Ann Arbor, MI

April 7 - Joe’s Pub CD Release Gig NY, NY

April 8-15 - Brazilian Tour sponsored by Arts International -cities include Campinas, Sao Paulo, Rio

 

Meredith Monk Ensemble Performing "Mercy":

February 11-14 - Royce Hall at UCLA    Los Angeles, CA

February 20-23 - Walker Arts Center    Minneapolis, MN

March 3-7 - Gusman Theatre     Miami, FL

March 15-20 Recording for ECM Records NY, NY

March 25-31 - Harold Washington Library Theater    Chicago, IL

December 3-7  Brooklyn Academy of Music    Brooklyn, NY 

 

As a sideman:

January 18 Dortmund, Germany with Florian Ross Trio(pn) and Remi Vignolo (bs)

January 19 Köln, Germany with Florian Ross Trio

January 20 Mainz, Germany - SWR Prize Concert featuring Achim Kaufmann Quartet

January 24 Birmingham (GB), Midlands Arts Center Birmingham - with Cuong Vu Trio                             (with Stomu Takeishi-bass)

January 25 Edinburgh - with Cuong Vu Trio

January 28 Thun (CH), Café Mokka - with Cuong Vu Trio

January 31 Groningen (NL), Grand Theater - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 2 Amsterdam (NL), Bimhuis - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 3 Halle (D), Studentenclub Turm - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 4 Vienna (A), Porgy & Bess - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 6 Zürich (CH), Moods - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 7 München (D), Unterfahrt - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 8 Fribourg (CH), La Spirale - with Cuong Vu Trio

February 9 Torino (I), Piccolo Regio - with Cuong Vu Trio

April 16 BMI Composers Workshop-"how to notate drum charts"

April 18 Amsterdam (NL), @ Bimhuis with Achim Kaufmann Quartet                                                             (with Michael Moore and Henning Sieverts)

April 19 Munster, Germany,    @ Cuba with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

April 20 Koln, Germany   @ The Loft with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

April 21 Brussels, Belgium, @ l'archiduc with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

April 22 Konstanz, Germany, @ k9 with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

April 25 Munich, Germany, @ Unterfahrt with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

April 26 Dortmund, Germany, @ domicil with Achim Kaufmann Quartet

May 1 Graz, Austria @ Orpheum with Diane Schuur & Jazz Big Band Graz

May 3 Vienna, Austria, @ Porgy & Bess with Heinrich Von Kalnein's Blackbird Project

May 4 Hartberg, Austria, @ Schloss with Heinrich Von Kalnein's Blackbird Project

May 6 Graz, Austria, @ Jazz Hochschule, Improvisation Workshop

May 8 Vienna, Austria, @ Porgy & Bess with the Wayne Darling Quartet

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