SHARE:  

Volume I 2025

New Videos from New Delhi!


In this Edition:

  1. Greetings
  2. 2024 in Review
  3. Sheroes Videos @The Piano Man
  4. Talking Jazz Editions
  5. Upcoming Events
  6. Shop





Joni Mitchell's River - a meaningful and touching composition- here performed by the late Janiece Jaffe with my arrangement as recorded on Both Sides of Joni at the Jazz Kitchen March 19, 2021.

River

by Joni Mitchell


It's coming on Christmas

They're cutting down trees

They're putting up reindeer

And singing songs of joy and peace

Oh, I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

But it don't snow here

It stays pretty green

I'm going to make a lot of money

Then I'm going to quit this crazy scene

I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet to fly

Oh, I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I made my baby cry


He tried hard to help me

You know, he put me at ease

And he loved me so naughty

Made me weak in the knees

Oh, I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I'm so hard to handle

I'm selfish and I'm sad

Now I've gone and lost the best baby

That I ever had

Oh, I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I wish I had a river so long

I would teach my feet to fly

Oh, I wish I had a river

I could skate away on

I made my baby say goodbye


Dear Friends


Happy Holidays - whichever way you're celebrating, wishing you special moments with friends and family and a week of rest with lots of cookies. And yes, I'm the one with the brown hair - back to the roots!


Indiana friends - on Saturday, Dec 28, 7-10pm at Sara's Soiree in Noblesville, we will present a rare Piano Trio night featuring Cassius Goens III on drums and Peter Kienle on bass. Reservations at https://sarassoiree.com/ - would love to see you!


The research study survey on Perceptions of Jazz Performance will be closed on December 26 - if you haven't done so yet, please follow this link https://pcl.sitehost.iu.edu/robsexperiments/tests&examples/jazz.html and share your impressions, no musical knowledge needed - and share the link with your networks, thanks for helping!


Jazz Girls Unite - calling all girls between 10-18 years old for a free, fun day of playing in a band with peers, guided by world-class mentors - no jazz experience needed, but lots of confidence and life skills gained!


Saturday, March 8, Vienna, Austria - SIGNUP OPEN HERE

Saturday, March 15, Linz, Austria - signup coming soon

Saturday, April 5, Indiana University, Bloomington - SIGNUP OPEN HERE

Tuesday, April 15, Noblesville High School, IN - signup coming soon



Best Wishes for 2025 - see the year in review and upcoming dates below.


Monika

2024 Highlights


January - The Premiere of my commissioned choir piece Blood Root with words by Norbert Krapf, performed by the choir of the Unitarian Universalist Church in Bloomington on January 21, honoring the memory of John and Julia Lawson - Here is the performance


February - Successful Kickstarter Campaign for All In Good Time, thank you!


March - Jazz Girls Day, Vienna, Jazz Girls Day, Linz, and Skiing!


April - Tour of Spain with the Javier Moreno/ Jamie Baum Quartet


May - Our daughter Jasmin's graduation from Indiana University with a Bachelor in Computer Science


June - Indiana Jazz Exchange in Cologne with a tribute to Wes Montgomery


July - BeebleBrox Reunion Concert at the Indianapolis Zoo and release of a recording with our Alabama version - listen on Streaming Services


August - Sheroes US Release Tour of All In Good Time, thank you DC Jazz Festival, Detroit Jazz Festival, The Jazz Kitchen, Bop Stop, Caffe Vivace, Merriman's Playhouse, and Erie Jazz Society!


September - First Erasmus+Blended Learning Intensive Week with students from St. Louis College, Rome, Conservatorio Statale die Musica Alfredo Casello, L'Aquilla, Italy, Academy of Music, Dance, and Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and Jam Music Lab University, Vienna - New Standards: Workshops, Concerts, Masterclasses


October - Monika Herzig's Sheroes conquer the world, from Austria, Germany, Madrid, to the Jazzmandu Festival in Kathmandu, and The Piano Man Clubs in New Delhi. Thank you to USArtist International, Austrian Ministry of Culture, Austrian Embassy Madrid, and US Embassy Kathmandu for making our 4-week tour possible. Below are videos from The Piano Man.


November - Beautiful collaboration with Chanda Rule for Vienna Jazz Floor, here are special moments from that evening, a needed distraction from the political turmoil


December - Gathering of European Jazz Experts as we launch the Creative EU Project New Standards for Europe over the next 4 years AND reunited with the family!


2024 was a milestone year in so many ways, the biggest tours, the largest research projects, a big birthday - 2025, bring it on! Would love to hear about your 2024 highlights and wishing you a happy, healthy 2025.

Sending my gratitude to all the jazz radio programmers around the US who gave the Monika Herzig's Sheroes July 2024 release All In Good Time 2428 spins over the course of 20 weeks and helped us place at #60 in the Jazz Week Year-End Radio Charts 

PC, dedicated to the memory of Wayne Shorter, as performed November 2, 2024 at The Piano Man, New Delhi

Parade of Sadness - as performed November 2, 2024 at The Piano Man, New Delhi

A very special Talking Jazz Live Edition with my colleague Danny Grissett, celebrating Duke Ellington's 125th birth year. I'm hoping to do many more Talking Jazz Live editions in the spirit of Marian McPartland's Piano Jazz - once I can find the needed sponsorship!

Upcoming Events



December 28 Sarah's Soiree, Noblesville, Monika Herzig Trio


January 7/8 Jazz Congress New York

January 8-11 JEN Conference Atlanta


January 18 9:30pm, Chatterbox, Indianapolis, Monika Herzig Acoustic Project featuring Cathy Morris


February 13. Frau Mayer, Vienna with Micky Lee


February 26 - March 2, AEC Conference, Pamplona


March 8, Jazz Girls Day Vienna


March 11, Monika Herzig Trio Session Opener, Loop, Vienna


March 15, Jazz Girls Day Linz


March 25, 17:45 Piano, Frau Mayer, Vienna


April 1, Sheroes Lite, Pangea, New York


April 3, Sheroes Lite, Austrian Culture Center, New York


April 5, Jazz Girls Day, Indiana University


April 8, Sheroes Lite, New Orleans Jazz Museum


April 11, Sheroes Lite, Jazz at Helen's, Columbus, IN


April 15, Jazz Girls Day, Noblesville


Study: Qualities of Jazz Performance
Please consider participating in a survey on perceptions of jazz performance. Your answers will provide needed data to study audience perceptions of jazz performance qualities. The study will be published in a special issue of the Jazz Research Journal. The benefits of your participation will be the contribution of needed data to understand audience perceptions of jazz performance in order to guide performance practice. The survey takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your participation in this study is completely voluntary, risks are minimal as all data is anonymous, and identifiers will not be shared. If you have any questions about this research please contact jazzresearch101@gmail.com 
Follow this link, thank you! https://pcl.sitehost.iu.edu/robsexperiments/tests&examples/jazz.html


Streaming Links - click on the image of your favorite service, like, download, share, play often!

Spotify_Logo_RGB_Green image
png-transparent-music-slow-caves-drummer-bandcamp-extended-play-open-mind-angle-text-logo image
Untitled image
og__ckjrh2mu8b2a_image image
Recordings and Books at the ACME Online Shop

Order Both Sides of Joni at www.bothsidesofjoni.com

Facebook  Twitter  Instagram