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Mary Halvorson Quintet At Umbrella Music Festival This Sunday

This Sunday at 10:00 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her acclaimed quintet will close Chicago’s 2011 Umbrella Music Festival with a set at Hungry Brain.

Tonight: Mary Halvorson Quintet/Septet At The Stone

Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with three of her own ensembles over the course of next two nights at The Stone in New York. Tonight at 8:00 p.m., she’ll take the stage with the Mary Halvorson Quintet to preview…

Mary Halvorson Quintet To Close The Umbrella Music Festival November 6th

On Sunday, November 6th at 10:00 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her acclaimed quintet will close Chicago’s 2011 Umbrella Music Festival with a set at Hungry Brain. Although she has performed around the city numerous times in collectives and…

Mary Halvorson Coming To The Stone October 14-15th

This October, Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with three of her own ensembles over the course of two consecutive nights at The Stone in New York. On Friday, October 14th at 8:00 p.m., she’ll take the stage with the Mary Halvorson…

Mary Halvorson Featured In Today’s Wall Street Journal

Last month, guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson returned to the studio with her quintet to record the follow-up to the group’s wildly successful debut, Saturn Sings (Firehouse 12 Records). Writer Steve Dollar was there to document the entire experience, and the result…

Tonight: Mary Halvorson Quintet At Cornelia Street Café

Tonight at 9:00 and 10:30 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her working quintet, featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, will perform at Cornelia Street Café in New York. These two sets will be the…

Mary Halvorson To Play Cornelia Street Café + Return To Studio In July

On Friday, July 29th at 9:00 and 10:30 p.m., Brooklyn-based guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her working quintet, featuring trumpeter Jonathan Finlayson, alto saxophonist Jon Irabagon, bassist John Hébert and drummer Ches Smith, will perform at Cornelia Street Café in New…

Mary Halvorson Trio To Tour Australia In June

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson and her longstanding trio, featuring bassist John Hébert and Ches Smith, will perform in Australia for the first time this June. The group, which recorded her acclaimed 2008 debut, Dragon’s Head (Firehouse 12 Records), and served as the…

Mary Halvorson Interviewed At eMusic

Seth Colter Walls’ new interview with guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson is now posted at eMusic. Ms. Halvorson answers questions about the way she describes her music, the differences in her approach when she’s playing in others’ ensembles, what she thinks of…

Mary Halvorson At (Le) Poisson Rouge And Joe’s Pub In May

Guitarist/composer Mary Halvorson will perform with both of her own ensembles, the Mary Halvorson Trio and the Mary Halvorson Quintet, in New York next month. On Wednesday, May 18th, Search & Restore will present Ms. Halvorson’s longstanding trio, featuring bassist John…