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2021.12.1 Jihye Lee Composer Spotlight

Date

December 2, 2021

Event Type

Composer Spotlight

Chelsea McBride

Event Type Description

Composer Spotlights feature a Presenting Artist outlining compositional concepts contained within their own work by examining score & audio excerpts.

Description

Keeping Strong Ideas Fresh Through Variation

About the Presenting Artists(s)

Jihye Lee is a New York based composer, arranger, and bandleader. Her latest album, “Daring Mind”, is produced by Darcy James Argue, with renowned trumpeter Sean Jones appearing as a special guest. The album presents compositions from Jihye’s Mind Series, including her BMI Charlie Parker Jazz Composition Prize-winning “Unshakable Mind” and her Manny Albam Commission piece “Revived Mind.” Jihye has written music for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis as well as Carnegie Hall’s NYO Jazz.

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