Genevieve O’Driscoll - New Monastery - Ashes - Campus Jazz WDR @ Katakomben Mai 2024

WDR Campus Jazz - DO 23. Mai 2024, 20 Uhr
New Monastery
New Monastery, ein Quintett geleitet von der Bassistin Genevieve O’Driscoll, ist nach einem Musikstück von Andrew Hill benannt, das seinerseits als Hommage an Thelonious Monk geschrieben wurde. Mit diesen beiden bahnbrechenden Pianisten und Komponisten als Inspiration, das Chordless Quintett mischt Einflüsse von Post Bop bis Avantgarde und klingt sowohl spielerisch als auch düster, sowohl kantig als auch lyrisch.
Genevieve O’Driscoll is an accomplished and versatile bassist, at home in all styles of improvised music, and active within the UK and German jazz scenes. Genevieve studied cello at Goldsmiths College, University of London, where she developed an interest in jazz and improvised music, through working with jazz violinist Julian Ferraretto. After become involved in ‘Tomorrows Warriors’ jazz education and artist development program, and meeting mentor british bassist Gary Crosby, she switched her focus to double bass. She was quickly offered a place to study jazz bass at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance, where she received the Kenneth May Scholarship and the Hilde Martindale Scholarship to support her studies. She relocated to Germany at the end of 2019, continuing her studies at Folkwang Universität der Künste, where she received the Deutschlandstipendium and Leistungsstipendium. Despite the challenge of moving to a new country shortly before a global pandemic, Genevieve rapidly integrated herself into the jazz scene and is now an in-demand sidewoman, playing with various groups and ensemble in NRW (North Rhine Westphalia) and further afield. Genevieve also leads her own project, chordless quintet ‘New Monastery’, focused around explorations and reinventions of the music of Andrew Hill. Genevieve is an enthusiastic music educator. She taught on the groundbreaking Music Masters program in London, which aims to widen access to high-quality music education, and currently teaches at the Städtische Musikschule Herne. Some career highlights include: festival appearances at Cheltenham Jazz Festival (UK), Meltdown Festival (UK) London Jazz Festival, Stadtgarten Winter Jazz (DE); German tour and live radio concert for Deutschlandfunk with Merlin Hellenkamp&Friends; playing as part of Paul Lüpfert’s Folkwang-Prize-winning quintet ‘Lüpftet’; theater productions in Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus, Schosspark Theater Berlin, Kammertheater Karlsruhe, Musiktheater im Revier The Old Vic, London, The Lyric Theater, London; sessions at various London studios including Abbey Road Studios, Strongroom Studios, and Angel Studios; Concerts at venues including the Barbican, Royal Festival Hall, Queen Elizabeth Hall, Shepherds Bush Empire, Union Chapel, Ronnie Scotts.
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Ab jetzt gibt es wieder jeden Mittwoch um 20 Uhr Konzerte im Katakomben-Theater in Essen mit wechselnden Gastmusikern.
Auch die regelmäßigen Veranstaltungen finden im Katakomben Theater im Girardet Haus wieder statt, wenngleich sie mit Sorgen und Hoffnungen sowie Spenden- und Solidaritätsaktionen für die Ukraine verbunden werden. Zu schwer war die Durststrecke der letzten Jahren für alle Theater.
Vielen Dank an alle.
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