ennanga
by Ashley Jackson
FOR YOUR
GRAMMY® CONSIDERATION
Best Chamber Music/Small Ensemble Performance
Ashley Jackson and The Harlem Chamber Players, Prema
Best Classical Instrumental Solo
Ashley Jackson, Ennanga
Best Album Notes
Best Arrangement, Instrumental or A Capella
I'm Troubled in Mind, arranged by Ashley Jackson
Producer Of The Year, Classical
Silas Brown
ABOUT
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Harpist Ashley Jackson explores the musical and spiritual connections between various forms of American musical expression in her new album, Ennanga. Through the works of notable Black composers who have redefined musical landscapes, the album celebrates the centrality of the African American spiritual to the history of American music. Ennanga features The Harlem Chamber Players and Jackson's harp transcriptions of works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Alice Coltrane, as well as original compositions by William Grant Still and Brandee Younger.
ABOUT Ashley Jackson:
Photo Credit: Anita Zvonar
Praised for her “soulful” and “eloquent” playing (Musical America), harpist Ashley Jackson enjoys a multifaceted career as a highly sought-after musician and collaborator in New York and beyond. As a soloist, she has performed at Lincoln Center, Celebrate Brooklyn! and the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. As an orchestral and chamber musician, she's performed with the New York Philharmonic, the Louisiana Philharmonic, International Contemporary Ensemble, The Knights, and is a regular member of The Harlem Chamber Players. As a producer, her credits include the film In Song and Spirit, a musical documentary that weaves together excerpts from Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl with stories of Jackson's own family history; as well as Infoxication, a mixed-media collaboration with curator Roya Sachs and composer Danielle Eva Schwob.
She is currently an Assistant Professor and the Director of Undergraduate Studies for the Music Department at Hunter College. Jackson holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from The Juilliard School, a Master of Music degree from the Yale School of Music, and a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University.
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