Monday December 18 * 7pm * TICKETS

Transparent Productions presents Brad Linde’s Bleak Midwinter ensemble plus the Zoë Jorgenson Trio. Admission $20-$25, sliding scale.

Brad Linde’s Bleak Midwinter:
Brad Linde - reeds
Simone Baron - accordion
Liz Prince - tuba
Keith Butler, Jr - drums

Zoë Jorgenson trio:
Zoë Jorgenson - vocals/bass
Parker Speirs - guitar
Keith Butler, Jr - drums

Brad Linde was raised in NC, he studied music at Elon University (BA) and attended UNC Chapel Hill before graduating from the University of Maryland, College Park with a MM. He learned the bebop language from Barry Harris and engaged in the Tristano School concepts with pianist Ed Paolantonio before studying privately with Lee Konitz and working with Ted Brown. In 2013, he was a participant in the Banff International Jazz and Creative Music Workshop. He is the director of Jazz and Creative Music at Georgetown Day School and founder of the Bohemian Caverns Jazz Orchestra. Brad has played or performed or recorded with a long roster of musicians, including Lee Konitz, Oliver Lake, Grachan Moncur III, Dan Tepfer, and Wadada Leo Smith and is the leader of a number of ensembles.

Brad’s Bleak Midwinter ensemble: sad songs and waltzes meet Christmas carols and the avant-garde in this seasonal sonic exploration.

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Zoë Jorgenson is a bassist, composer, and educator whose work spans jazz, classical, indie, and folk music. She leads the Zoë Jorgenson Trio and regularly performs at the Washington Women in Jazz Festival, among other events. Previously, Jorgenson has toured with big bands and chamber orchestras in the Baltics, Sweden, Finland, and the Philippines, and has conducted orchestras in Bolivia. A versatile and accomplished string pedagogue, Jorgenson is working on a masters in jazz performance and teaches violin, viola, cello, and bass. Zoë is a member of the Strathmore Artist in Residence Class of 2024.

Zoe will be presenting a project of new original music with ambient soundscapes and roots in post-rock and jazz. Experimenting with peaks and valleys through pedal heavy vocal and bass melodies accompanied by band members Parker Speirs and Keith Butler Jr.