Center for Indigenous Studies Presents
Mali Obomsawin and Angelica Sanchez: An Artist Talk
Friday, July 19, 2024
Blithewood Manor Piano Room
2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
About Mali Obomsawin2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Wabanaki bassist, composer, and songwriter Mali Obomsawin’s music flies in the face of Western tropes that insist Indigenous cultures are monolithic, trapped in time. Highlighting centuries of clever adaptation and resistance in her own community, Obomsawin points toward abundant horizons for Indigenous peoples.
Mali Obomsawin will perform at Spiegeltent at Bard on July 19, co-presented with the Center for Indigenous Studies. Learn more and get tickets here.
About Angelica Sanchez
Pianist, composer, and educator Angelica Sanchez relocated to New York from Arizona in 1995. Since making the move to the East Coast, Sanchez has collaborated with esteemed artists such as Wadada Leo Smith, Paul Motian, Richard Davis, Jamaaladeen Tacuma, Nicole Mitchell, and Rob Mazurek, among others. Notably, Sanchez leads various groups, including her latest ensemble, the Nonet.
Her musical contributions have garnered recognition in both national and international publications, including Jazz Times, the New York Times, the Wire, and Downbeat, among others. Sanchez received the 2024 Rockefeller Brothers Pocantico artist residency, the 2022 Civitella Fellowship in Italy, and most recently the Jazz Gallery Composition Fellowship.
The piano duo project How to Turn the Moon, featuring Marilyn Crispell, was voted one of the top 50 best recordings in 2020 by NPR critics. Additionally, her album Sparkle Beings was selected by the New York Times as one of the top 10 Jazz recordings of 2022. Her Nonet recording, Nighttime Creatures, was recognized as one of the Best Recordings in 2023 by Downbeat magazine and featured on NPR’s Fresh Air.
Angelica Sanchez holds a master’s degree in arranging from William Paterson University and currently serves on the faculty at Bard College.
For more information, call 845-758-6822, or e-mail [email protected].
Time: 2:00 pm EDT/GMT-4
Location: Blithewood Manor Piano Room
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