A one-day, marathon-style festival that will feature 11 sets and 33 musicians including M³ musicians & friends!
Single tix available at Premium & Standard General Admission Seating
General Admission Ticket ($35)
One (1) ticket to the Festival, behind the Premium seating, General Admission
Premium Seating Ticket ($60)
One (1) ticket to the Festival with reserved premium seating, in the first rows and most central seats of General Admission seating
Terri Lyne Carrington
Terri Lyne Carrington is an NEA Jazz Master, Doris Duke Artist, and four-time Grammy award-winning drummer, composer, producer, and educator. She serves as artistic director of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice, as well for the Next Jazz Legacy apprenticeship program. In collaboration with vocalist Christie Dashiell, Carrington released We Insist 2025!, reimagining Max Roach’s Freedom Now Suite, affirming her mission of using jazz as a tool for social activism. She has performed on over 100 albums and currently holds honorary doctorates from York University, Manhattan School of Music and Berklee College of Music.
In Terri Lyne’s words, “The “Art of Living” project expresses my desire for freedom and my commitment to working with the younger generation, collaborating with former students that I have deep respect for. The art of living has to do with being in the present moment while caring for the future, for the planet and for humanity.”
Terri Lyne Carrington – drums
Devon Gates – bass
Miranda Agnew – trumpet
Morgan Guerin – tenor
William Parker
William Parker is a composer, bassist, multi-instrumentalist, librettist, author and educator with over 80 albums as a leader. Parker’s ensembles include the Curtis Mayfield Project, Raining on the Moon and PocketWatch. Special projects include Ellington in Mourning, Trail of Tears, A Thousand Cranes and hundreds of works for voices.
With video by Miriam Parker, William Parker and Patricia Nicholson will perform a new work “Leaf Returned to Tree” based on William’s dream, described in his own words: “A leaf falls to the ground, waking me up. I returned the leaf to the Tree. Tree said ‘It’s not my leaf, it is my sister’s leaf. Please return it to her.’ I returned the leaf to Sister Tree. She said, ‘I left it for you.’”
Theo Bleckmann
Theo Bleckmann is a multi GRAMMY® nominated vocalist, composer and ECM recording artist who has recorded over 17 albums and collaborated with artists such as Ambrose Akinmusire, Sheila Jordan, Kneebody, Ben Monder, Jo Hisaishi, John Hollenbeck, Phil Kline, David Lang, Ulysses Owens, Ryuichi Sakamoto Bang on a Can All-Stars, and, most prominently, with Meredith Monk since 1994. Most recently Pulitzer-Prize-winning composer David Lang wrote the monodrama “note to a friend”, for Theo Bleckmann which was recorded with the Attacca Quartet for Cantaloupe Records. Bleckmann’s newest album as a leader, “Love and Anger” has just been released on Sunnyside Records. l.
Martha Redbone
Martha Redbone – Voice and Percussion
Aaron Whitby – Piano
Charlie Burnham – Violin
Martha Redbone is performing instrumental American roots and folk music, accompanied by percussion and piano.
Photo by Christine Jean Chambers
Photo by Charlotte Jacobs
Marta Sanchez Trio
Marta Sanchez – piano
Rashaan Carter – bass
Kweku Sumbry – drums
The Marta Sanchez Trio is performing original compositions that blend rich melodies with complex rhythms, drawing inspiration from jazz, classical, folk, and experimental music.
Photo by Retinay Agency
Photo by Savanna Lim
Alexandria DeWalt & Mama Dee’s Group
Alexandria DeWalt – Flute and Voice
Mama Dee – Guitar and Voice
Kweku Aggrey – Bass
Marcus Grant – Drums
Alexandria DeWalt and Mama Dee’s Group are performing their commissioned M³ piece along with several original compositions.
Paige Brown & Carolina Borja-Marroquin‘s La Arenera
Paige Brown – voice, piano and electric keyboard
Carolina Borja-Marroquin – cello, voice and loop pedal
La Arenera is the creative partnership and sonic playspace of Carolina Borja-Marroquín and Paige Brown. Through their music, the duo evokes a sense of freedom, exploration, and exhilaration, blending influences from the African diaspora and the Indigenous peoples of the Americas into a rich and immersive sonic experience. La Arenera creates a space of joy and liberation, a liminal realm stretching from Bogotá to Arkansas, where boundaries dissolve and artistic expression knows no limits.
Photos by Ricardo Adame
Photo by Diego Rivero
Photo by Lizzy Dutton
Photo by Lu Heringer
Chanelle Ignant and Unma Allinar
Chanelle Ignant – guitar
Unma Allinar – Caixa de folia and pandeiro
Carmen Quill – bass
Vitor Gonçalves – piano
Chanelle Ignant and Unma Allinar are performing three works, including their collaboratively commissioned M³ composition and two original pieces composed by the duo.
Photo by Tony Smith
Photo by Daniel Verdecchia
Summer Kodama (Empty Melon) and Coco Elysses
Summer Kodama – Empty Melon – Bass, Vocals and Electronics
Coco Elysses – Congas, Diddley Bow, Percussion and Spoken Word
Allan Mednard – Drums
Marta Sanchez – Pianist
In this 15-minute interlude, the ancient and the futuristic converge. Modern-day Renaissance woman and AACM Chairperson Coco Elysses brings the haunting, earthy resonance of the Diddley Bow into dialogue with Empty Melon (Summer Kodama) and her immersive “performance universe.” Through Kodama’s pulse-driven upright bass performance and Elysses’ compelling storytelling, the work becomes a meditation on the lineage of Black American Music and the boundless possibilities of the electronic avant-garden.
Photo by Ogata
Photo by Jack Louis Batchelor
Melissa Almaguer & Ge Linna
Ge Linna – voice and sampler
Melissa Almaguer – hydrophone, sp404, gong, bass drum, tap dance
Caroline Davis – saxophone
Re·member Water is a live duo performance by Melissa and Ge Linna that explores change, shifting perspectives, and the practice of deep listening. Through live water play, gongs, voice, and tap dance, the artists create a fluid sonic landscape that invites audiences to reconnect with their bodies, one another, and Mother Earth.
Special thanks to the Mellon Foundation, Jerome Foundation, NYSCA, Kenneth Rainin Foundation, Nancy & Joe Walker, mediaThe foundation, New Music USA, Patrina Foundation, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council (LMCC), Upper Manhattan Empowerment Zone Arts Engagement, Cheswatyr Foundation, Copland Fund, CRS (Center for Remembering and Sharing), Brooklyn Music School, Consulate General of the Republic of Indonesia, Christopher Pelham & Yasuko Kasaki, our M³ Board Members Sumi Tonooka (Chair), Jennifer Kessler, Moy Eng, Emil Kang, and all of our individual donors and supporters.