Ralph Alessi

Event Information

Date & Time: Detailed Schedule below

Location: CalArts Campus

About:

Project Week is HASOM’s semesterly week-long program dedicated to exploration, collaboration, and creative growth. Taking place from Monday, March 9 through Friday, March 13, Project Week replaces the regular School of Music schedule with a wide range of workshops, performances, lessons, and events led by faculty and visiting artists. This immersive week invites students to step outside their usual routines, engage with new ideas, and connect with the broader HASOM community.

The semester’s project week is featuring visiting artist Ralph Alessi!

• 3/9 2pm-4pm ROD, Open rehearsal
• 3/10 1pm-4pm ROD, Open rehearsal
• 3/11 1pm-4pm ROD, Open rehearsal
• 3/12 8pm-10pm ROD , Charlie Haden Residency Concert

About the Artist

Ralph Alessi, Charlie Haden Artist in Residence, is an acclaimed American jazz trumpeter, composer, and educator and an ECM recording artist known for blending classical precision with avant-garde improvisation. Born in 1963 in San Rafael, California, into a professional musical family, he studied at CalArts and moved to New York City in 1991, where he collaborated with leading artists such as Ravi Coltrane and Jason Moran and released 13 albums as a leader, including Baida and It’s Always Now. He is also a dedicated educator, founder of the School for Improvisational Music in Brooklyn, and faculty member at institutions including Eastman, New England Conservatory, and the Hochschule der Künste Bern.