Dawn Avery
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Dawn Avery is a Mohawk
cellist, vocalist, and composer
. She studied with John Cage
. She appeared on the 1998 Grammy-nominated Christmas album, Breath of Heaven [] by Grover Washington Jr.. She is a member of Taagi, Three Sides, a Native classical trio with percussionist Steven Alvarez
and violinist Tara-Louise Montour http://www.medicinedream.com/steven_bio.php.
Mohawk nation
Mohawk are the most easterly tribe of the Iroquois confederation. They call themselves Kanien'gehaga, people of the place of the flint...
cellist, vocalist, and composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
. She studied with John Cage
John Cage
John Milton Cage Jr. was an American composer, music theorist, writer, philosopher and artist. A pioneer of indeterminacy in music, electroacoustic music, and non-standard use of musical instruments, Cage was one of the leading figures of the post-war avant-garde...
. She appeared on the 1998 Grammy-nominated Christmas album, Breath of Heaven [] by Grover Washington Jr.. She is a member of Taagi, Three Sides, a Native classical trio with percussionist Steven Alvarez
Steven Alvarez
Steven Alvarez is a Mescalero Apache composer, percussionist, and film and stage producer. He is a member of the intertribal band Medicine Dream as well as Taagi, Three Sides, a Native classical trio with cellist Dawn Avery and violinist Tara-Louise Montour...
and violinist Tara-Louise Montour http://www.medicinedream.com/steven_bio.php.
External links
- http://www.dawnavery.com/
- http://steinhardt.nyu.edu/music/alumni/bio/avery
- "American Indian Composers Go Classical", by Felix Contreras, from All Things Considered, January 1, 2009