13th Annual Charles Mingus Virtual Festival - Feb. 11 - 15, 2021
Presented by Let My Children Hear Music/The Charles Mingus Institute, the Charles Mingus Festival shifts to the digital stage to celebrate the musical legacy of Great American Composer Charles Mingus!
Now in its 13th year, the Charles Mingus Festival provides a platform for young musicians to explore their voices through Mingus Music.
Presented online for the first time, this year’s Mingus Virtual Festival brings the experience of Mingus Music and New York City to young students, musicians, and audiences across the globe.
Festival weekend will feature virtual performances by students and professionals, instrumental master classes, skill building workshops, interviews, historical films, a celebration of Mingus Mondays, and a look into Mingus' epic masterwork, Epitaph.
Learn how to record at home, gain perspective from Mingus's sidemen and collaborators, and develop musicianship with members from the Grammy award-winning Mingus Big Band and Mingus Orchestra.
In addition to traditional Combo and Big Band formats, submission categories were expanded to include virtual ensemble and individual activities including arranging, contrafact composition, contrafact transcription, performance transcription, and lyric writing.
The Festival will livestream at CharlesMingus.org on Thursday, February 11th through Monday, February 15th, 2021, with additional events on Zoom.
Tickets will be available for master classes and workshops.
This year’s print-at-home festival program includes articles, games, and insights into the world of Mingus.
Together we make the complicated simple through creativity.
We look forward to celebrating with you!
13th Annual Charles Mingus Virtual Festival
