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Feature | March 2, 2023

VAN magazine interviews Nicole Mitchell

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Photo by Caitlin Ochs for Miller Theatre
FROM THE MARCH 2, 2023 ISSUE


Tender Transitions
An interview with flutist and composer Nicole Mitchell

by George Grella

“Nicole Mitchell is a leading flutist in jazz...But Mitchell is also a contemporary composer in the classical sense: she writes music for other ensembles to play. This substantial side of her work will be on display March 30 at Miller Theatre in New York City, for one of Miller’s great Composer Portraits series.”

— George Grella

In conversation with George Grella, Nicole Mitchell discusses her work as a composer, including how the quality her playing comes out in her composing for others, the role of improvisation in her music, and the inspirations for the pieces on her Composer Portrait program: Whispering Flame, Procession Time, Transitions Beyond, Building Stuff, and Inescapable Spiral."

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Composer Portraits

Nicole Mitchell

Thursday, March 30, 2023, 8PM

The artistry of Nicole Mitchell is wide-ranging—a virtuosic flutist, acclaimed bandleader, noted educator, and the first woman president of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians (AACM). An award-winning composer, her music defies classification and celebrates contemporary African American culture. International Contemporary Ensemble performs a selection of her work from the past decade, featuring the composer as flutist.

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