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    SHMP Presents: Divas of Soul: A Juneteenth Celebration

    Hear Ayesha Brooks sing the music of Mavis Staples, Etta James, Aretha Franklin, and Fontella Bass with Jeremy Lightfoot, Andy Roth, Wayne Horvitz, Darren Loucas, and the South Hudson Horns....

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    What’s Going On Festival: Year Two November 13-17, 2025
    Butch Morris

    Conduction, Improvisation and the Culture of Structure. Celebrating the legacies of Lawrence “Butch” Morris, Sun Ra, and Henry Threadgill November 13-17, 2025 Read Wayne’s article on Butch Morris here. Stay tuned for more info!...

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    New Works

    Student testimonials here. For advanced high school and college musicians, directed by Wayne Horvitz....

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    What’s Going On Festival

    Conduction, Improvisation and the Culture of Structure Celebrating the legacies of Lawrence “Butch” Morris, Sun Ra, and Julius Hemphill...

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    Butch Morris
    Butch Morris

    What’s Going On: Conduction, Improvisation and the Culture of Structure begins and ends with Butch Morris. The festival, which spans over 7 nights in October and November of this year, focuses on 3 iconic musical…...

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    The World of Julius Hemphill
    Julius Hemphil

    “As long as I can talk, I can be Julius Hemphill. As long as I can run my mouth I can be Julius Hemphill. Somehow, I discovered I could write this music and play the…...

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    Little Pieces For The Piano – Third Edition Book

    Little Pieces For The Piano is now available in print and as digital download. A book of Wayne Horvitz’s compositions written for the piano student in mind. Watch videos of pieces from the book here…....

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    Now available on vinyl

    Dinner at Eight (special remastered re-release) is on The Wire Magazine’s Top Archive Releases of 2021 list. Mylab is also now available for the first time on 2X colored vinyl....

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    “Dinner at Eight” LP (1986) re-release on Abstrakce Records

    Announcing the re-release of “Dinner at Eight” available now on Abstrakce Records. Originally released in 1986 and long out of print; this record brings drum machines and synthesizers to Wayne Horvitz’s unique approach to cutting…...

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    Little Pieces for the Piano 3rd Edition Now Available

    The 3rd edition of Wayne Horvitz’s Little Pieces for the Piano is now available on Bandcamp!...

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