Alliance at Lincoln Hall, Portland State University

Alliance brings together five winners of the International Association for Women in Music’s (IAWM) annual jazz composition prize. The featured composers, all lauded instrumentalists and bandleaders of their own ensembles, include GRAMMY-nominee Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima, Berklee College of Music faculty member Sam Spear, four-time winner of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation scholarship Jhoely Garay, two-time Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award-winner Yu Nishiyama, and NYC-based Eliana Fishbeyn. The concert will be followed by a Q&A with three of the guest composers.

The IAWM is the leading global organization devoted to the equity, promotion, and advocacy of women in music across time, cultures, and genres...

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Alliance brings together five winners of the International Association for Women in Music’s (IAWM) annual jazz composition prize. The featured composers, all lauded instrumentalists and bandleaders of their own ensembles, include GRAMMY-nominee Migiwa “Miggy” Miyajima, Berklee College of Music faculty member Sam Spear, four-time winner of the Latin Grammy Cultural Foundation scholarship Jhoely Garay, two-time Herb Alpert ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award-winner Yu Nishiyama, and NYC-based Eliana Fishbeyn. The concert will be followed by a Q&A with three of the guest composers.

The IAWM is the leading global organization devoted to the equity, promotion, and advocacy of women in music across time, cultures, and genres. As part of their annual “Search for New Music by Women Composers,” IAWM has awarded a jazz composition prize co-sponsored by PJCE since 2018. Through this partnership, PJCE has been introduced to up-and-coming composers across the country.

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