Date: Sept. 28

Time: 1 PM

Location: CalArts Campus; ROD Concert Hall

About:

Visiting Artist Miguel Atwood-Ferguson joins for the Jazz forum class!

OPEN TO THE INSTITUTE

photo of  Miguel Atwood-Ferguson
Los Angeles native Miguel Atwood-Ferguson is a prolific multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, conductor, and educator whose expansive work spans over 600 recordings and 2,500 live performances. Classically trained on the violin from age four, his remarkable versatility seamlessly bridges genres including jazz, classical, hip-hop, electronic, and pop. Over a decorated career, he has collaborated with a vast array of global icons, working alongside legends like Stevie Wonder, Quincy Jones, and Ray Charles, as well as modern visionaries such as Flying Lotus, Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, Anderson .Paak, and Kamasi Washington.

Renowned for his ability to write and record entire multi-instrumental string arrangements single-handedly, Atwood-Ferguson earned the moniker “The One Man Orchestra” from collaborator will.i.am. His landmark achievements include arranging and conducting the celebrated Suite for Ma Dukes tribute to J Dilla, scoring Marvel’s Luke Cage series, and making history by bringing hip-hop to Lincoln Center’s David Geffen Hall with his orchestral tribute to The Notorious B.I.G. In 2023, after more than a decade in the making, he released his critically acclaimed 52-track solo debut, Les Jardins Mystiques Vol. 1, which was named Contemporary Album of the Year by The Guardian.