IWCMF: Porte Mande – Mark Dover & Jeremy Jordan, with Dan Asher & Allan Mednard
Free ($20 suggested donation)
- Mark Dover, clarinet
- Jeremy Ajani Jordan, piano
- Dan Asher, double bass
- Allan Mednard, drums
Led by Imani Winds' Mark Dover and pianist Jeremy Jordan, this innovative group explores jazz, classical, and everything in between.
All IWCMF concerts are free with a suggested donation and open to the general public. All other events are open to auditor guest pass holders, full session auditors, and participants only.
About Imani Winds Chamber Music Festival
Imani Winds Chamber Music festival is an intense summer program devoted to performance excellence and career development. The festival came about after many invitations to give masterclasses and career lectures around the country. Imani Winds realized the need to extend the time they devoted to passing on their experience as leaders in the chamber music community. This, with the ability to invite their esteemed colleagues and mentors, has helped shape what has become a highly successful New York City summer institute and festival.
https://www.imaniwindsfestival.com/About Porte Mande
Port Mande (formerly Duo Process), is the collaborative partnership between clarinetist Mark Dover of Imani Winds and pianist/producer Jeremy Jordan. The name Port Mande is a play on the linguistic term "portmanteau" – a word blending the sounds and combining the meanings of two others, like the word smog (itself a blend of "smoke" and "fog"). Much like a portmanteau, Dover and Jordan's artistic partnership is a blend of all of their vast musical influences – having worked prolifically in classical, jazz, hip hop, gospel, pop, electronic, and world music scenes. Port Mande's mission is to bring all cultures of people together by embracing music of every genre.
Both Dover and Jordan on their own have individually amassed a wide array of musical collaborations, having performed and/or recorded with many of today's most prominent artists, including Yo Yo Ma, Anthony McGill, Gil Kalish, Imani Winds, Vulfpeck, Edward Simon, Brian Blade, Scott Colley, David Binney, Cyrille Aimee, Charles Yang, The Temptations, and many others. Recent performances include a performance of Port Mande's original music at National Sawdust as part of Chris Gryme's Open G Series, as well at National Sawdust live on air at WFMT, Chicago and WKCR, NYC, premiering Jonathan Ragonese's Non-Poem 4 as part of the Live at National Sawdust Series, and Relevant Tones. The duo has also performed at Emerald City Music in Seattle, Lyrica Music in New Jersey, and the other NYC venues such as DROM, Spectrum, and Rockwood Music Hall. Port Mande's self produced and released debut EP, Is This Loss?, was released in July of 2020.
https://markdovermusic.com/port-mande/