October News

Volume X, 2024

October

Robert Frost

O hushed October morning mild,

Thy leaves have ripened to the fall;

Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild,

Should waste them all.

The crows above the forest call;

Tomorrow they may form and go.

O hushed October morning mild,

Begin the hours of this day slow.

Make the day seem to us less brief.

Hearts not averse to being beguiled,

Beguile us in the way you know.

Release one leaf at break of day;

At noon release another leaf;

One from our trees, one far away.

Retard the sun with gentle mist;

Enchant the land with amethyst.

Slow, slow!

For the grapes' sake, if the were all,

Whose elaves already are burnt with frost,

Whose clustered fruit must else be lost—

For the grapes' sake along the all.

Dear Friends

Nepal, India, Spain, Germany, Austria, here we come! In celebration of our 10th Anniversary and our 4th Album All In Good Time, the Sheroes will be on the largest tour to date - see dates in the calendar below and on the poster. We had a beautiful run in the US, including the DC and the Detroit Jazz Festival, samples also below, and can't wait to see our friends around the world. Vienna friends - note the Sunday October 13 date at Porgy & Bess, not to be missed! Here is an interview with Dawn Burns for the WVPE program The Sauce on our US Tour.

All In Good Time is holding steady on the US JazzWeek charts, now scoring in the Top 20 for 9 weeks, thanks to all the DJs spinning the music and everyone listening. The album is available on all streaming services (search for Monika Herzig's Sheroes) - recommended order link - Bloomington friends, stop by Landlocked Music for your copy, buy local. Recording Academy Member friends, consider voting in the Best Jazz Album and Best Instrumental Solo category for Camille Thurman's smoking solo on All In Good Time, thanks.

Our first Erasmus+ collaborations at the Jam Music Lab University, Vienna with St. Louis College of Music, Rome, Italy the Academy of Music, Dance and Fine Arts, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, and the Conservatorio Statale di Musica Alfredo Casella, L´Aquila, Italy, was a huge success - the four international combos performed about a dozen selections from the Berklee Publication New Standards: 101 Lead Sheets by Women Composers and enjoyed Master Classes by bassist Federica Michisanti, vocalist Marta Caponi, pianist Paolo DiSabatini, vocalist Chanda Rule, and myself and jammed the night away at the Vienna ZWE and Frau Mayer - we'll do it again, video coming soon!

Tune in to the livestream of a Talking Jazz Live show on interactive concepts as well as 3 days of sessions focusing on Artistic Research in Jazz and Popular Music at the 4th gathering of the International Network for Artistic Research in Jazz (INARJ) October 4-6. Register for the zoom link here and here is the complete program.

I'm excited to announce a new partnership with Management Company Green Door Artist Management in New York. Watch for some new projects and initiatives soon.

Below is the calendar with all the tour dates, pictures and videos (make sure to allow display of content for this email) - I can't wait to connect with many of you and share musical moments and memories. Let me know where you can join us. Also find a link to a new Talking Jazz Episode with piano virtuoso Gary Motley. Talking Jazz is available as a podcast on all streaming services, subscribe for weekly shows with today's leading jazz artists.

Thank you for your support and friendship

Monika

All In Good Time is holding steady in the JazzWeek charts, thank you to all the DJs spinning the music and everyone listening. You can order your copy here.

Click here for a performance clip from Cleveland's Bop Stop during our US Tour - go Sheroes!

Thank you to Kyle Long at WFYI Indianapolis for the interview feature - enjoy!

Upcoming Events

OCTOBER 4-6, International Network of Artistic Research in Jazz Conference - livestream link

Oct 8 5:45 Frau Mayer, Vienna - Solo Piano

SHEROES 10th Anniversary Album Release World Tour

October 11 Stockwerk, Graz

October 12 Cafe Museum, Passau

October 13 Porgy & Bess, Wien

October 14 Ella & Louis, Mannheim

October 16 Jazzwoche, Hannover

October 18 Biberach Jazzclub

October 19 Femina Jazz, Cafe Berlin, Madrid

October 22-31 Jazzmandu Festival, Nepal

October 31/Nov 2/3 Piano Man, New Delhi

November 4 Global Music Institute, New Delhi

This tour is supported in part by Mid Atlantic Arts through USArtists International, a program in partnership with the National Endowment for the Arts, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Trust for Mutual Understanding.

Further support by the Austrian Ministry of Culture and US Embassy Kathmandu

November 15 Lehel/Herzig/Schwarz/ Strauch @Hemingway Lounge Karlsruhe

November 24 Rule/ Herzig/ Schwarz @ Tunnel, Vienna, Tickets

December 13, 2:30-4:30 Carmel Christkindlmarkt, Peter and Monika

December 17 noon, Eskenazy Hospital Indianapolis, Solo Piano

December 18 Sarah's Soiree, Noblesville, Monika Herzig Trio

December 22, 6:30-8 Carmel Christkindlmarkt, Peter and Monika

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

Much gratitude to the presenters and audiences of our US Tour, the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis, Caffe Vivace in Cincinnati, White's Lawn concerts in Bloomington, Merriman's Playhouse in South Bend, Jazz Erie, the Bop Stop in Cleveland, the DC Jazz Festival and the Detroit Jazz Festival, made possible by a Jazz Road Grants from South Arts.

The Detroit Jazz Festival has created a playlist of all the performers, enjoy here!

Thanks to DownBeat Magazine for the review in the October issue!

Below a video clip from the Sheroes US Tour featuring the Parade of Sadness - a New Orleans style parade in the key of D minor, the sadest key!

Opportunity Alert

The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Trust Foundation in collaboration with the Jazz Education Network is offering a Jazz Research Fellowship - applications open until October 15. More info here.. Article submissions to Jazz Education in Research and Practice are also open here.