David Amram
Composer, Conductor & Multi-instrumentalist

Current and Past Shows

“He’s one of the most talented
musicians in the universe!”
...Pete Seeger

2019 Calendar
David on Piano

JANUARY - 2019

January 13th • Amram’s Fanfare and Processional for Brass Quintet will have its NYC premiere at Merkin Hall., performed by the Brass Quintet of the NY Philharmonic.


January 26th • Amram’s Violin Concerto with orchestra will be recorded at the Miami Frost School of Music by acclaimed violinist Charles Castleman with the Henry Mancini Orchestra, and subsequently be performed by them in Miami on April 12, 2019


January 28, 20198:00 pm Don't miss David Amram conducting his Elegy for Violin and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall, NYC
Featuring David Amram, Composer and Conductor
and Elmira Darvarova, Solo Violin and Concertmaster


Full Event Details:
Beethoven for The Rohingya
Monday, January 28, 2019, 8 PM
Stern Auditorium / Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall

DAVID AMRAM Elegy for Violin and Orchestra
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D Minor

Net proceeds to benefit Doctors Without Borders / Médecins Sans Frontières

George Mathew Artistic Director and Conductor (Beethoven)
David Amram Conductor (Amram)
Elmira Darvarova Solo Violin & Concertmaster (Former Concertmaster, MET Orchestra)
Indra Thomas Soprano
Sarah Heltzel Mezzo-Soprano
Sean Panikkar Tenor
Soloman Howard Bass
Montclair State University Chorale Dr. Heather J. Buchanan, Conductor


FEBRUARY - 2019

February 1st • Saratoga Springs, NY - Caffe Lena


February 7thBoulder, Co - Matt Mosely Corporate Concert


February 8thMercury Cafe, Boulder CO
Concert for Neal Cassady on his birthday


February 9thDenver, Co - Beat Poets Panel Discussion, hosted by Mark Bliesner


February 9th8 - 10 pm Denver, Co. - Rosenthal Concert House


February 10th7 - 9 pm Denver, Co - Rosenthal Concert House


February 21stNew York City - City Winery – Salute to Jonas Mekas


MARCH - 2019

March 18thFairfield, CT – Gala Concert for Jewish Federation of Connecticut


March 30-31Texas Premiere of Amram's latest symphonic composition PARTNERS: A Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra
Laredo, Texas
Following its successful World Premiere in Ann Arbor Michigan, Amram attends rehearsals in Laredo with soloists cellist Jolyon Pegis and violinist Maria Schleuning, both members of the Dallas Symphony, and the Laredo Philharmonic's conductor Brendan Townsend.

Below are the titles for each of the three movements of Partners: A Double Concerto for violin, cello and orchestra

l Woody and Pete: (Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger)
ll Prez and Lady Day: (Lester Young and Billie Holiday)
lll Machito y Celia : (Machito Grillo and Celia Cruz)

Amram will also do workshops and programs at the University
There will also be a 3pm repeat of PARTNERS March 31st at 3 p.m
The three movements of Amram's new double concerto PARTNERS honors the different genres of music that these three groups of musical partners celebrated. These musical pioneers are honored in this piece for the partnerships they formed which continue to show how the timeless genres of music from the past enriches the cultures of the whole world today.

All six of them always took the time to be gracious and supportive to young upcoming musicians and composers who hoped to be able to do something in music. When Amram came to NYC in 1955, he was one of those young people whom the six of them took the time to mentor and encourage.
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Amram will also do workshops and programs at the University with music students and non-musicians to encourage them all
to delve into their own creativity and apply that to whatever they do in life, and show that by interacting with people of different disciplines
you can remain a life time student as Amram considers himself to be at 88.

Following the Texas premiere at Tamiu Recital Hall the evening of March 30 There will also be a 3pm repeat of PARTNERS March 31st at 3 p.m

Both concerts also include Brahms Symphony #2 in D Minor. Students can attend both concerts for free!

Contact the Laredo Philharmonic https://www.thelaredophil.com for details.


APRIL - 2019

April 1st, 2019Gala for Federation of Jewish Philanthropy


April 5th - 7thCornelia Street in Exile at the Brooklyn Commons:
Friday, April 5th at 8:30 pm - 338 Atlantic Ave.
Amram & Co.
David Amram, piano, french horn, flutes, composition & surprises; Kevin
Twigg, drums, glockenspiel; Rene Hart, bass; Elliot Peper, bongos; Adam Amram, percussion; + surprise guests!
Lots of great music, poetry & stories all weekend
Cornelia Street Lives!
Amram is celebrating the rebirth of the Cornelia St Cafe, playing the opening night for the Cafe's new incarnation.
http://www.corneliastreetcafe.com/underground/performances.asp


April 7th 8:00 David Amram Quartet - The Falcon, Marlboro, NY
featuring Kevin Twigg - Drums, Glockenspiel, Rene Hart - Upright Bass,
Adam Amram - Conga and David Amram - Vocals, Piano, Flutes, Percussion & French Horn
"Having visited the Falcon and loving the feeling of community that fills the air, I am honored and happy to perform there with my band. The Falcon reminds me of my favorite places in the 50s when I played in Greenwich Village with the bands of Charles Mingus, Dizzy Gillespie and Oscar Pettiford; when Jack Kerouac and I gave the first-ever jazz-poetry readings in NYC; when I played with Ramblin’ Jack Elliot, Odetta and Pete Seeger in the 60s, and was composing for the Lincoln Center Theater’s production of Arthur Miller’s "After the Fall" and Joe Papp’s NY Shakespeare Festival, as well as creating film scores for "Splendor in the Grass" and "The Manchurian Candidate". I played with the great singer-songwriters of the time, with Middle Eastern and Native American musicians, and in the 70s, with the great Latin-jazz events."

...David Amram


April 10 -12Miami, FL - University of Miami, Artist in Residence


April 13 - 15Sarasota, FL - Sarasota Film Festival (Being honored with their Lifetime Achievement Award for his classic film scores)


April 22 - 26 • Tulsa, OK - Woody Guthrie Center Annual Concert Celebration


April 27th8:00 Benefit for The Peoples' Voice Cafe • Community Church of New York 40 East 35th Street • New York, NY 10016

DAVID AMRAM QUINTET AND FRIENDS
KEVIN TWIGG - DRUMS AND GLOCKENSPIEL
RENE HART - BASS
ADAM AMRAM - CONGAS AND PERCUSSION
ELLIOT PEPER - BONGOS AND PERCUSSION

JAZZ , LATIN, NATIVE AMERICAN, GLOBAL FOLK MUSIC AND AMRAM'S OWN COMPOSITIONS

The Peoples' Voice Cafe is an alternative coffee house offering quality entertainment. We provide a space for the artistic expression on a wide variety of humanitarian issues and concerns. The cafe is a collectively run not-for-profit corporation and is not affiliated with any political organization.

Please Bring your family and friends of all ages!


April 30th, 2019"International Jazz Day"
Clinton, CT


MAY - 2019

May 4 - 5Las Cruces, NM – Atkinson Recital Hall at New Mexico State University, Las Cruces - with the Las Cruces Symphony Orchestra - New Mexico's premiere of David's new symphony orchestra work, PARTNERS, whose three movements David dedicates to the partnerships of Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie; Lester Young and Billie Holiday; and Machito and Celia Cruz - David will introduce the work to the audience at each performance.


May 6thNew York City - David will perform at the annual LILY Gala Banquet


May 16thSloop Club, Beacon, NY – David will give a Talk about Pete and Toshi Seeger and the work of the Clearwater educational ship


JUNE - 2019

June 15 & 16thCroton on Hudson, NY - Clearwater Festival - David will be performing several times each day


AUGUST - 2019

8/1/2019August 2019 - Amram will spend most of August completing Fanfare, the first movement of Global Suite for Winds, Brass and Percussion, commissioned by the Harvard Wind Ensemble to be premiered in the fall of 2019. The entire three movement suite will be premiered in the fall of 2020 as part of the series of musical celebrations for Amram’s 90th Birthday taking place in New England and around the country.


SEPTEMBER - 2019

9/1/19September 2019 – New York Premiere of Bulgarian Wedding: A Duo for Violin and French Horn, performed by violinist Elmira Darvarova and french hornist Howard Wall. The premiere celebrates Amram being appointed as the Artist Emeritus for The Village Trip, a festival honoring 150 years of artistic innovations in Greenwich Village. He was last year's first Artist-in-Residence.


Sunday, Sept. 15th3-7 pm Cornelia Street in Exile returns Downtown as Cornelia Meatpacking
At Gansevoort Plaza, at Ninth Ave. and Gansevoort St, the host will be Robin Hirsch, the former owner of the Cornelia Street Cafe. Kicking off the show will be David Amram. Also performing will be Arturo O’Farrill, the Shinbone Alley Stilt Band and Rogerio Souza and the Billy Newman Quarteto.


September 21-22Farm Aid Concert
David will be performing again at Willie Nelson's Annual Farm Aid Concert
Alpine Valley Music Theater, Alpine, Wisconsin
David will be performing a pre-concert show on Friday 9/21 for supporters and volunteers. This "Farm Aid Eve" event is where David was the first recipient of The Spirit of Farm Lifetime Award.
Saturday afternoon, he will be leading a workshop "Bringing Farmers and Musicians Together in Their Respective Communities"
Then Saturday evening, he will be a guest performer with the Willie Nelson Band playing the finale set of the concert.


September 23rd5:30 pm Run of Show benefiting The Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine
Space 54 - 226 East 54th Street NYC 10022
David will receive and award and perform with Erik Lawrence
Also featured are Tito Rodriguez Jr., Milt Jackson, Pat Metheny & Christian McBride


Sept. 26/28The Village Trip Festival New York City
The Bitter End (9/26)
St. John’s in the Village (9/28)
As Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip, David will present a chamber music concerto featuring his original compositions inspired by Greenwich Village and will appear at the Hootenany Folk Night at The Bitter End Café.
With violin virtuoso, Elmira Davarova; New York Philharmonic French hornist Howard Wall; renowned classical saxophonist Kenneth Radnofsky; and pianist/composer Thomas Weaver.


OCTOBER - 2019

Sunday, October 6th1-4 pm Amram Jam at Bobolink Dairy and Bakehouse
369 Stamets Rd, Milford, NJ 08848
phone # 908-86-GRASS
David will be performing with Renee Hart and Adam Amram at their final pig roast of the 2019 season. There will be cheese plates, iced tea, and garden veggies at the show, so come hungry! Bring your lawn chairs and blankets!
There is no charge for the concert, but you may to reserve your spot at http://shop.cowsoutside.com/specialevents.aspx
For more info about concert and venue: http://www.cowsoutside.com/


October 10 - 14thLowell, MA - Lowell Celebrates Kerouac is a 4 day festival observing the 50th Anniversary of the Passing of Jack Kerouac in October of 1969 and His Continuing Literary and Cultural Legacy
David will be featured at the following events:

Thur. Oct. 10th 8:00 pm @ Cappy's Copper Kettle
Music and Poetry readings (with David Amram) hosted by John McDermott

Fri. Oct 11th 7:15pm @ Zorba’s Music Hall 437 Market Street.
Remembrances of Billy Koumantzelis and Al Hinkle
Fri. Oct 11th 8:30pm @ Zorba’s Music Hall 437 Market Street.
A Night of Jazz with the Legendary David Amram, and his band: Kevin Twigg on drums, Rene Hart on bass, and Adam Amram on Percussion
10:00pm: The Music of Mt. Pleasant

Sat. Oct 12th 9:00 am @ French and Bridge Streets
A Traditional Jazz Funeral led by Ken Field and The Revolutionary Snake Ensemble commemorating the 50th anniversary of the death of Jack Kerouac.
Sat. Oct 12th 11:00 am @ Gallery Z 167 Market Street
Mercy Meal

Sun. Oct 13th 1:30 - 4:00 pm @ Downstairs at the Old Worthen 141 Worthen Street
Annual Amram Jam

for more info: www.lowellcelebrateskerouac.org


October 22-27 • October 22 – 27th
The Symphony Silicon Valley in San Jose, presents the California premiere of Amram's PARTNERS: A Double Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra, conducted by JoAnne Falletta


October 26 - 27thSan Jose, CA. - Symphony Silicon Valley performing PARTNERS. David will introduce the work to the audience for each performance.


NOVEMBER - 2019

November 1st7:30 Appearing with Our Band - Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter
at Greenwich House Music School, 46 Barrow Street, NYC 10014
This concert will celebrate the release of Our Band's debut album, Bright as You. Showcasing the pair's soulful, intelligent songcraft and lush analog harmonies, Bright as You is produced by Brookyln Indie dynamo Sam Owens (aka Sam Evian) and features instrumental contributions from American music legend David Amram.


November 4 - 8thSan Jose, CA - Harker School. Amram will be the Artist-in-Residence for one week at the Harker School in San Jose CA and visit with students to share the relationship of studies of 20th Century Literature, Social Studies, American History, Creative Writing, Film, Theater, Biology, Anthropology, Comparative Religions and Music.
He will also encourage students who never felt comfortable participating in a musical group to see simple ways to relate to improvising as a way to learn to solve everyday problems and see how formal music is created by understanding what we are surrounded by and finding a structure to celebrate what we often take for granted or ignore.
Amram will also conduct the school orchestra in two of his compositions and join the jazz band as a soloist and band member.


November 10th, 20195:00 pm 9TH ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER: 
THE BEYOND SALON
Celebrating the next 50 years of Beyond Baroque with the Beyond Salon, an evening of words, music, food, wine, and wit at the historic Santa Monica Bay Woman’s Club.
Beyond Baroque
681 N. Venice Blvd.
Venice, CA 90291

http://beyondbaroque.org


November 11th, 20198:00 pm DAVID AMRAM TRIO and Friends
David Amram: piano, french horn, flutes and whistles, scat vocals and Latin Percussion with Adam Amram: congas and percussion, Rene Hart: bass and surprise guests in a fun evening in classics of jazz, folk, world music, with readings of Kerouac with music.


Nov 15 and 167 and 9:30 pm JAZZ FORUM Presents David Amram's 89th Birthday Celebration
1 Dixon Lane, Tarrytown
NY 10591



"One of America’s true musical treasures and a great friend of Jazz Forum Arts, the distinguished composer, musician, conductor, and author David Amram will celebrate his 89th birthday with special guests and good friends. With David’s lifetime of honored achievement in jazz, classical music, film scoring, world music, poetry and so much more, there’s a lot to celebrate and you can join the party."

Featuring Eric Lawrence, Rene Hart, Kevin Twigg, Elliot Peper, Mark Morganelli, Vic Juris (Friday only), Adam Amram (Saturday only) and a Special Surprise Guest!
There will be two shows each evening
www.jazzforumarts.org


November 17th, 20197:00 The Towne Crier - Beacon, NY
David Amram and Friends continues to celebrate his 89th birthday in his own neighborhood


November 23, 2019The Vibe of the Village Festival
1220 Fifth Ave at 103rd St, NYC
Celebrate the creative legacy of The Village Voice (1955-2018), the downtown alternative weekly that "gave New York its cool."
The Festival will be three days (11/22-11/24).
At Saturday at 8:00 pm:
Voices of the Village with David Amram & Friends
Legendary composer, conductor, and musician David Amram leads an evening of performance celebrating the creative and collaborative spirit of the Village from the 1950s and '60s on.
https://www.mcny.org/events/all


DECEMBER - 2019

December 15th, 20197:00 The Falcon - Marlboro, NY
David Amram and Friends continues his 89th birthday celebration at this iconic folk club in upstate New York


December 19th, 20198:00 Theater For The New City
155 First Avenue
(between 9th and 10th Streets)
New York, NY 10003
David Amram and Friends bring his 89th birthday celebration to New York City


December 23, 20198:00 pm Music from Five Centuries
A concert by Elmira Darvarova, Violin & Howard Wall, Horn. David's piece "Bulgarian Wedding" was commissioned by Darvarova and Wall and this will be its New York premier. There will be other music from the 17th century to the 21st century, from Baroque and Renaissance to Classical, as well as Romantic, Contemporary, Folk, Blues, Jazz, Tango, and Rock.

For a full program listing of works follow this link:
https://www.carnegiehall.org/Calendar/2019/12/23/Elmira-Darvarova-Violin-Howard-Wall-Horn-0800PM


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