The Gathering with John Hollenbeck
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John Hollenbeck
Image courtesy of Mercedes Jelinek
The Gathering is an ongoing series presented by the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice (JGJ). Events are open to the greater Berklee community and public, and feature performances, guest lectures, workshops, and discussions—all with gender and racial equity as a guiding principle. This week, JGJ welcomes composer and percussionist John Hollenbeck.
Six-time Grammy nominee John Hollenbeck is renowned in both jazz and new music worlds. He has gained widespread recognition as the driving force behind the unclassifiable Claudia Quintet, GEORGE, and the ambitious John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble groups, with roots in jazz, world music, and contemporary composition. He is well known in new music circles for his longtime collaboration with Meredith Monk and has worked with many of the world's leading musicians in jazz including Bob Brookmeyer, Fred Hersch, and Tony Malaby. Hollenbeck is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, the ASCAP Vanguard Award, and a Doris Duke Artist Award. His most notable works include commissions by Bang on a Can All-Stars, Ethos Percussion Group, Melbourne International Jazz Festival, Ensemble Cairn, Orchestre National de Jazz, and Frankfurt Radio Big Band. He joined McGill University's Schulich School of Music as professor of jazz drums and improvisation in 2015.