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Alex Graham to Perform on Our Front Porch
November 11, 2022 @ 4:30 pm - 7:30 pm
The Western Illinois Museum, in partnership with the Western Illinois University School of Music, is pleased to welcome musician Alex Graham on Friday, November 11th, as part of a new Jazz Series being offered monthly at the Museum. The doors and cash bar open at 4:30 pm followed by two sets of music at 5:15 and 6:15 pm. There is a $5 suggested donation at the door.
The performances in the series will take place once a month and will be held on the Museum’s Our Front Porch, an indoor area where, just like with any porch, guests are invited to relax and gather together. The series was designed by WIU Music Professor, Whitney Ashe, to connect WIU music majors with professional musicians. Alex Graham and other world-class musicians will perform with the HAT Trio, a group made up of WIU jazz faculty members Matt Hughes on bass, George Turner on guitar, and Whitney Ashe on piano.
The series continues in 2023 on March 10th with Chris Madsen, followed by Wayne Coniglio on April 14th Check the Museum’s website for additional performances.
This series has local support provided by the Performing Arts Society. Additional support is provided by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council Agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts.
The Western Illinois Museum is located at 201 S. Lafayette Street, one block south of Macomb’s Courthouse Square. For more information, call the Museum at 309.837.2750, text 309.837.2613, or email info@wimuseum.org. More details can be found on our website and social media channels.
About Alex Graham
“A careful, lucid improviser, Graham references, with erudition and panache, vocabulary and tonal connotations from Cannonball Adderley, Phil Woods, Jackie McLean, Kenny Garrett, and Donald Harrison, among others.”
–Ted Panken, Downbeat Magazine, May 2009.
Saxophonist and composer Alex Graham is an internationally recognized performer and educator. He has performed as a leader or sideman with a variety of artists at festivals, clubs, and concert halls all over the world. He has been awarded fellowships and residencies to compose original music and is an Associate Professor of Saxophone at Belmont University in Nashville, Tennessee. Graham’s recordings on Origin Records have been acclaimed by international critics and radio DJs, and feature some of the top jazz instrumentalists in the world. Alex is a Vandoren Regional Artist and a performing artist and clinician for Jupiter Saxophones. Visit Alex’s website for more information: www.alexgrahamjazz.com