Dana Jessen

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Dana Jessen (born February 23, 1983 ) is an American musician ( bassoon ) who is active in improvised and contemporary music .

Career

Jessen obtained a Master of Music in bassoon playing with distinction from the New England Conservatory of Music and a Master in Improvisation from ARtEZ - Hogeshool voor de Kunsten in the Netherlands. She lived in Amsterdam for three years, where she conducted research on contemporary and improvised music in 2008/09 with a Fulbright grant and from 2009 to 2011 with a grant from the HSP Huygens Fellowship. She has worked in Europe and the United States since the 2000s. a. with Anthony Coleman ( Lapidation , 2008), Mark Alban Lotz , Michael Gordon , Taylor Ho Bynum , Mike Reed , Han Bennink , Frank Gratkowski , Joe Morris , Michael Moore , Ab Baars , Anne La Berge , Wilbert de Joode and Fred Lonberg-Holm . She also founded the quintet Splinter Reeds in California and performed with the San Francisco Contemporary Music Players, Ensemble Dal Niente, Calefax Quintet, Rushes Ensemble , Pamela Z, Taylor Ho Bynums Tri-Centric Orchestra, Lucky Dragons, Amsterdam Contemporary Ensemble, Callithumpian Consort and of the Harvard Group for New Music . She heads the Professional Development department at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music ; She has also taught in summer camps at the Walden School ( Young Musicians Program ) and in master classes and workshops on contemporary music and improvisation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , the University of Michigan , the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University and on from the University of California at Berkeley .

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  1. ↑ CD information (Innova Recordings)
personal data
SURNAME Jessen, Dana
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American musician (bassoon)
DATE OF BIRTH February 23, 1983