Meg Okura on Talking Authentically About Your Music

Jazz violinist & composer Meg Okura explores how to connect and engage with audiences when discussing your music, striving to make a genuine connection, using her piece "Lilah". Visit https://JazzComposersPresent.com to watch full-length livestreams.

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Meg Okura is jazz violinist, composer, and leader of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. She has released six albums under her name since the founding of the PACJE in 2006. Her Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble has performed nationally and internationally, including Winter Jazz Fest, Dizzy's Club Coca Cola at Jazz At Lincoln Center, Blue Note New York, Birdland, the KL Jazz Festival (Malaysia), and the Kennedy Center in Washington D.C. Her recent honors include Copland Residency Awards, Chamber Music America New Jazz Works (Doris Duke Charitable Foundation), and Jazz Road Creative Residencies. Okura’s compositions have been performed by the BMI New York Jazz Orchestra, New York Symphonic Ensemble, and Sirius Quartet among others. As a violinist Okura's credit appears on over 100 albums, films, and live videos, including David Bowie, Michael Brecker, Lee Konitz, Steve Swallow, Diane Reeves, Tom Harrell, Vince Giordano, Jeremy Pelt, Sam Newsome, and a Grammy-nominated album by Emilio Solla y La Inestable de Brooklyn.

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AUDIO CREDITS

Intro: “Chance Encounter”, composed by Daniel Jamieson. Performed by Danjam Orchestra, on the album “Sudden Appearance” (2011) OA2 Records. http://danjam.ca/

Example & Closing: “Seven Short Pieces: VI. Lilah”, composed by Meg Okura. Performed by Meg Okura and Kevin Hays on the album “Lingering” (2024) Adhyaropa Records.
   • Seven Short Pieces: VI. Lilah