Regina Carter, a recipient of the 2023 National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Masters Fellowship, a MacArthur “Genius Grant” Fellowship and a Doris Duke Artist Award, is widely hailed for her prowess as a jazz violinist. On Monday, April 10, 2023 at 4:00 p.m. in Hatch Recital Hall at the Eastman School of Music, Carter will present the Richard F. Grunow Colloquium for Music Teaching, Learning and Performance, followed by a brief question-and-answer period. This biennial presentation is free and open to the public and will be available for viewing online via livestream.
Dr. Philip Silvey, Associate Professor and Department Chair of Music Teaching and Learning, shares, “We are grateful to welcome Regina Carter as our guest for the 2023 Grunow Colloquium. She is a consummate musician and exemplary educator whose work defies categorization. By her strength as a music teacher and her versatility as a performer, she epitomizes what this series seeks to celebrate.”
This year’s presentation, titled “GPS Signal Lost,” represents an experience that is common to most of us and prompts the question, “Have you ever gotten lost?” Though this feeling of misdirection can be distressing, Regina Carter says “We are so preoccupied with not making mistakes or behaving in a particular way — in life and music — that we often lose out on discovering something new or making meaningful connections with those around us. Getting lost and making mistakes can be a gift, a significant opportunity for growth.”
The Richard F. Grunow Colloquium for Music Teaching, Learning, and Performance is a cross-disciplinary series featuring presentations and performances by distinguished teachers, researchers and performers. This colloquium was established in 2016 to honor Dr. Richard Grunow, Professor Emeritus of Music Education at Eastman. Dr. Christopher Azzara, Professor of Music Education, speaks highly of his former colleague, “[Grunow’s] insights regarding music teaching and learning are important and his contributions to the Eastman School of Music have been invaluable.”
Please note that this year’s speaking engagement does not include a musical performance. To learn more about the 2023 Grunow Colloquium, and other events taking place at Eastman, visit our Concerts and Events Calendar.
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About Regina Carter:
A recipient of the 2023 NEA Jazz Master Fellowship, MacArthur “genius” award and a Doris Duke Artist Award, Violinist, Regina Carter has been widely hailed for the mastery of her instrument and her drive to expand its possibilities. In 2018 she was nominated for a Grammy for Best Improvised Solo for “Some of That Sunshine,” the title track on vocalist Karrin Allyson’s album.
Besides performing, Regina is on the faculty of the Manhattan School of Music and New Jersey City University. Past positions have included artistic director of the Geri Allen Jazz Camp at The New Jersey Performing Arts, artist in residence at Oakland University School of Music, Theatre, and Dance, resident artist for San Francisco Performances and resident artistic director for SFJAZZ. Born in Detroit, Regina began studying violin at the age of four using the Suzuki method. She attended Cass Technical High School in Detroit, and her training continued at the New England Conservatory of Music and at Oakland University in Michigan.
Regina has performed at numerous jazz festivals, including Monterey, Newport, Detroit, New Orleans, Atlanta, Bern, Montreux, Miami, Rochester, Montreal, Mid-Atlantic (Washington, DC), PDX (Portland, Oregon), Vitoria-Gasteiz (Spain), and North Sea (Rotterdam, the Netherlands). Among the orchestras she has appeared with are the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, the Chicago Symphony, the Orquestra Sinfônica do Estado de São Paulo, the Atlanta Symphony, the Knoxville Jazz Orchestra, and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Particularly thrilling was her participation in the 2017 International Jazz Day All-Star Global Concert in Havana, Cuba.
A winner of multiple readers’ and critics’ poll awards from DownBeat, JazzTimes, and other publications, Regina tours and records with her own group and has appeared frequently as a guest soloist, including with such performers as Kenny Barron, the late bassist Ray Brown, Akua Dixon, Steve Turre, Rhiannon Giddens, Stefon Harris, Mary J. Blige, the late Aretha Franklin, Joe Jackson, Billy Joel, Dolly Parton, Omara Portuondo, Cassandra Wilson and Sweet Honey In The Rock. Regina has three times been a Pulitzer Prize jurist and has served as a Film and Music panelist for the Kresge Artist Fellowships. She received an honorary doctorate of humane letters from Albion College in 2006.
Along with performing, recording, teaching, and mentoring, Regina is passionate about bringing music into nursing homes and hospice settings and being a comfort to the actively dying. As part of that commitment, she trained to be a hospice volunteer and End Of Life Doula.
Regina lives in Maywood, New Jersey, with her husband, drummer Alvester Garnett.
About Eastman School of Music:
The Eastman School of Music was founded in 1921 by industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman (1854-1932), founder of Eastman Kodak Company. It was the first professional school of the University of Rochester. Mr. Eastman’s dream was that his school would provide a broad education in the liberal arts as well as superb musical training.
More than 900 students are enrolled in the Collegiate Division of the Eastman School of Music—about 500 undergraduates and 400 graduate students. They come from almost every state, and approximately 23 percent are from other countries. They are taught by a faculty comprised of more than 130 highly regarded performers, composers, conductors, scholars, and educators. They are Pulitzer Prize winners, Grammy winners, Emmy winners, Guggenheim fellows, ASCAP Award recipients, published authors, recording artists, and acclaimed musicians who have performed in the world’s greatest concert halls. Each year, Eastman’s students, faculty members, and guest artists present more than 900 concerts to the Rochester community. Additionally, more than 1,700 members of the Rochester community, from young children through senior citizens, are enrolled in the Eastman Community Music School.
About the University of Rochester:
The University of Rochester is one of the nation’s leading private research universities, one of only 62-member institutions in the Association of American Universities. Located in Rochester, N.Y., the University gives undergraduates exceptional opportunities for interdisciplinary study and close collaboration with faculty through its unique cluster-based curriculum. Its College, School of Arts and Sciences, and Hajim School of Engineering and Applied Sciences are complemented by the Eastman School of Music, Simon School of Business, Warner School of Education, Laboratory for Laser Energetics, School of Medicine and Dentistry, School of Nursing, Eastman Institute for Oral Health, and the Memorial Art Gallery.