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Portrait of Tia Imani Hanna, jazz violinist and vocalist

2005-2008 Concerts and Performances

Friday, October 31, 2008
Guest Artist with Ras-I
Theater for the New City
Outdoor Band Stage
155 First Avenue
New York, NY

Monday October 27, 2008
James Jabbo Ware's
Life Before the Piano
Featured artist with composer James Jabbo Ware at the Brooklyn College world premiere of his new work Life Before the Piano.

Thursday, October 23, 2008
Guest Artist with Alison Wedding
Alison Wedding, voice and piano, with Pete McCann on guitar
The 55 Bar
55 Christopher Street
New York, NY

September 20 to October 6, 2008
Vocal Improvisation Workshop Tour
East Lansing and Detroit, MI

August 19, 2008
Women Take the Bandstand
Kate Richards, singer/songwriter, with Frank Wagner on bass, Nik Munson, Andrea Wolper, Kendra Shank, Laurie Newell
Nuyorican Poets Cafe
236 E. 3rd Street
New York, NY

Tuesday, May 20 and Wednesday, May 21
Malcolm X Week Artist-in-Residence: Tia Imani Hanna
Presentation: "My Life as an Artist"
Shabazz Public School Academy
1028 W. Barnes Ave.
Lansing, MI

Thursday, May 29, 2008
Leanne Averbach & Fever!
Leanne Averbach, spoken voice
Tia Imani Hanna, violin & vocals
Jessica Novillo, vocals
Jack Glottman, keyboard
Hill Green, double bass
Samir Zarif, sax
A sultry fusion of the spoken words of Leanne Averbach with original and classic blues and jazz accompaniment.
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia St.
New York, NY

Sunday, March 30, 2008
Apollo Theater
Apollo Family Series Presents
The Harlem Symphony Orchestra

253 West 125th Street
New York, NY

Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist with The Bobby Kyle Band
Cornelia Street Café
29 Cornelia Street
New York, NY

Saturday February 23, 2008
Black History Month Concert
Emmanuel Baptist Church
279 Lafayette Ave.
Brooklyn, NY

January 13, 2007
King Remembered!
SOULOWORKS
Andrea E. Woods & Dancers

Featuring original improvisations by Tia Imani Hanna and Carlos Riviera. A work honoring the words and life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with dance, music and song.
Queens Central Library
Jamaica, New York

March 25, 2007
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist

SGI-USA Culture Center
New York, NY

April 14, 2007
Tia Imani Hanna:
Guest Artist with Songwriter Sarah Dupuy
Smooch Organic Cafe & Wine Bar
Brooklyn, NY

June 24, 2007
Broadway Meets Latin
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist with
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music Jazz Department
The Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, NY

August 26, 2007
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist
Brooklyn Buddhaland
Emergence of the Everyday People
SGI-USA Culture Center
Prospect Park, Brooklyn, NY

August 2, 2007
October 4, 2007
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist with
Paul West, Richard Wyands and Eddie Locke
Live Jazz at Albert's
Albert's Liberty House
Liberty, NY

October 30, 2007
Tia Imani Hanna: Featured Artist with singer/songwriter Denise Marsa
Ann Taylor Hosts Salute to Survivors
New York, NY

July 21, 2006
Guest artist with Penny Wells
Birmingham JazzFest
Birmingham, MI

November 12, 2005
Everything I Hear
Tia Imani Hanna in Concert
Women in the Arts Festival
Lansing, MI

June 2005 to August 2005
Recording Project
With singer and arranger Cathy Elliott
New York, NY

June 11, 2005
Girls' Night Out!
A Celebration of Women's Creativity
Through the Arts
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, NY

May 14 2005
Tia Imani Hanna in Concert
Everything I Hear

Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, NY
More about this concert here

March 3, 2005
Winner of the Brooklyn Arts Council
Individual Artist TIER Grant Awards Ceremony

Featuring a performance of
Tia Hanna's composition "Fiona's Cousin"
Brooklyn, NY

February 2005
Michigan Womyns Music Festival
Fundraiser
Lansing, MI

February 20, 2005
Black Composers Concert
Brooklyn Conservatory of Music
Brooklyn, NY

2010 Concerts and Performances

C.A.T.

Carolyn Koebel, percussion
Arlene McDaniel, piano
Tia Imani Hanna, violin and vocals

Opening Act: Spoken Word Artist Allie Merrick

Women in the Arts Festival
Friday, November 12, 2010
8 p.m.

Edgewood Church
The Small Chapel
464 N. Hagadorn
E. Lansing, Michigan 48823

C.A.T. is a fantastic combination of original compositions, re-arranged covers and energetic improvisation. Three great musicians team up to make awesome music.

"Carolyn Koebel and Arlene McDaniel are two of the best women I know and two of the most fun to work with." —Tia Imani Hanna

"Tia and I go way back so it is always a pleasure but it has been great fun to meet and work with Carolyn up until now we haven’t had the opportunity what a talented artist!" —Arlene McDaniel

"Ladies in the house! Cooking up music is always better when you have the right ingredients!" —Carolyn Koebel

Music Noire Featured Performer

Live Music Concert Series at the Mall
Starting Friday, August 20, 2010
Friday Nights: 5:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m.

Come join us Friday nights for live music entertainment located in the courtyard between BoomTown Kitchen + Tap and Cold Stone Creamery.

9608 Village Place Boulevard
Brighton, Michigan 48116
810-225-0337

Featured Performer The Thursday Night Music Club

Thursday, September 15, 2010
8 p.m.-10 p.m.

and

Thursday, August 19, 2010
8 p.m.-10 p.m.

Arcadia Brewing Company
103 West Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49017
Phone: 269-963-9690

Featured Musician The Art Alley
Opening Reception and Gallery Show

Thursday, August 12, 2010
4 p.m.-6:30 p.m.

The Art Alley
1133 S. Washington Ave.
Lansing, MI 48910

Singing with Your Soul Tuesdays

This workshop is for anyone who loves to sing.

May 25, June 1, June 8 and June 15, 2010
6:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.

Shabazz Academy
School Gym
1028 West Barnes Avenue
Lansing, MI 48910-1308
Call 517-267-8474 for more information.

Tia Imani Hanna Presents: Singing with Your Soul

This workshop is for anyone who loves to sing.

Saturday, May 22, 2010
3-5 p.m.

Edgewood Church
The Small Chapel
464 N. Hagadorn
E. Lansing, Michigan 48823

$20

For registration and more information visit Tia Imani Hanna workshop page.

Music Noire Featured Performer
47th Annual East Lansing Art Festival
May 22, 2010 at 1:15 pm

Tia Imani Hanna will be a featured performer with Musique Noire world fusion string and percussion ensemble at the Annual East Lansing Art Festival.

David Teske Trio World Folk Fusion Band

Tia Imani Hanna with David Teske Trio World Folk Fusion Band at the Arcadia Brewing Company.

April 23 and 24
9 pm-11 pm

April 30 and May 1
9 pm-11 pm
9 pm-11 pm

Arcadia Brewing Company
103 West Michigan Avenue
Battle Creek, MI 49017
Phone: 269-963-9690

Tia Imani Hanna Presents Everyone Can Sing
February, April and June 2010

Workshop Series for Adult Singers of All Abilities

Grandparents University
Wednesday, June 30 at 8:30 - 10:00 am
Michigan State University campus

MSU College of Music
Community Music School

841 Timberlane Street, Suite B
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone 517-355-7661 Ext. 11
Fax 517-355-3292

For registration and more information visit Tia Imani Hanna workshop page.

2009 Concerts and Performances

Tia Imani Hanna Presents Everyone Can Sing
December 2009

A Workshop Series for Adult Singers of All Abilities

MSU College of Music
Community Music School
841 Timberlane Street, Suite B
East Lansing, MI 48823
Phone 517-355-7661 Ext. 11
Fax 517-355-3292

For registration and more information visit Tia Imani Hanna workshop page.

Tia Imani Hanna Presents Everyone Can Sing

A Workshop for Adult Singers of All Abilities

Women in the Arts Festival
Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm-5:00 pm

Edgewood United Church
469 North Hagadorn
East Lansing, MI 48823-3644
FREE www.witafestival.com/workshops.htm

For more information visit Tia Imani Hanna workshop page.

Soho Voce

Soho Voce Performs at First Acoustics
July 23, 2009 at 8 p.m.

First Unitarian Congregational Society
50 Monroe Place
Brooklyn, NY 11201 map

Tickets $15 www.firstacoustics.org

What happens when a group of singers, each prominent in her primary genre—be it jazz, classical, folk or spiritual team up to create improvised song? Magic!

Join members of the singers' collective, Soho Voce, for an evening of spontaneously, joyously invented song. Using a variety of music forms in the tradition of Bobby McFerrin and Rhiannon and drawing on diverse music traditions (as well as the occasional composition), Soho Voce spins voices, ideas, and spirits into delicious improvisations. Expect the unexpected. . . you might even find yourself singing! Featuring Andrea Wolper, Germaine Ingram, Kate Richards, Laurie Newell, Marshell Kumahor, Mary Foster Conklin, Ruth Cunningham and Tia Imani Hanna.

Guest Artist with The Brothers Karamozov

Guest artist with The Brothers Karamozov
Tuesday, June 2, 2009 at 8:30 p.m.
Wedneday, August 12, 2009 at 8:30 p.m.

Martini's Pizza
832 S Westnedge Ave
Kalamazoo, MI 49008

Tia Imani Hanna & Friends

A House Concert Celebrating Local Artists

Sunday, March 1, 2009 at 4 p.m. 2 sets

Featuring Mary Foster Conklin, Tia Imani Hanna, Nik Munson, Kate Richards, Nick Russo, Alison Wedding and other special guests.

$20 admission

Local artist CDs available for sale
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