Friday January 24th • 5:30 pm PST
40th Annual American Eagle Awards Honoring David Amram
2024 NAMM Show, NAMM IDEA CENTER, Anaheim Convention Center, 800 W Katella Ave, Anaheim, CA 92802
Each year the Council presents its annual American Eagle Awards to honor individuals and institutions who have made comprehensive contribution to musical life in America.

Saturday, March 30 • 6:00 - 7:30
The Church at Sag Harbor Performing Arts Series
48 Madison Street Sag Harbor, NY, 11963
The Church Presents DAVID AMRAM, an intimate performance of music and stories with an American Music Legend
Featuring The David Amram Quintet with Adam Amram (Congas), Jerome Harris (Electric Guitar), Kevin Twigg (Drums, Glockenspiel) & Rene Hart (Upright Bass)

April 14th - 18th •
Winton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Educational Series
The Crystal Bridges Museum of the American Arts, Bentonville, AK
David Amram will be a featured guest with Justin Poindexter's Jazz Ensemble in a series of concerts for young people and a special program for adults at Winton Marsalis' Jazz at Lincoln Center Educational Series

April 27th • 7:30
The Town and The City Festival honoring Jack Kerouac
Academic Arts Center 240 Central Street, Lowell MA
7:30pm - Willie Alexander
8:30pm - David Amram

https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/95656886/david-amramwillie-alexander-academic-arts-center-lowell-the-town-and-the-city-festival

Friday May 3rd • 7:30
Latin Jazz Tribute to Jack Kerouac
The Francis Kite Club
40 Ave. C (near 3rd St.)
with Guest Star David Amram and La Sala de Pepe ALl-Stars: Kiki Cotto, Angel Acevedo with poet Sandra Santana and special appearance by Caridad de la Luz (La Bruja)

https://www.festivalkerouac.com/

May 13th • 6 - 7:30 Jose Quintero & Theodore Mann: The Catalysts of the Phenomenal Rise of Circle in the Square
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
Bruno Walter Auditorium
(8th Ave. & 61st St.)
In 1951 Circle in the Square Theatre was founded in an abandoned nightclub in Greenwich Village. Ted Mann donated his Circle-in-the-Square Theater for Jack Kerouac and Amrams first-ever public Jazz/Poetry readings in NYC in 1957. Jose Quintero was one of the directors with Elia Kazan and Harold Clurman for The Lincoln Center repertory theatre, for which Amram was the musical director.

https://www.nypl.org/events/programs/2024/05/13/jose-quintero-theodore-mann-catalysts-phenomenal-rise-circle-square

May 23 • 7:00 - 10:00
David Amram: Music Built to Last
The Savoy Denver
2700 Arapahoe St, Denver, CO 80205
David Amram: classical composer, conductor, multi-instrumentalist, jazz musician and author
Hugh Ragin: band leader and jazz trumpet
Yumi Hwang Williams: Colorado Symphony concertmaster, violin
Kolio Plachkov: Colorado Symphony associate principle Horn, french horn
Ellen Ferguson: solo flute with the Colorado Symphony
Laura Schulkind: flutist and musicologist
Tony Black: drums
Adam Amram: congas

Sunday, May 26th • 7:58 pm
Lower East Side Festival of the Arts
The Johnson Theater Free Concert
1st AVE between 9th and 10th Street, NYC

David Amram and Friends

June 1st • 8:00 Symphony Space
2537 Broadway at 95th St., NYC 10025-6990
Stretto Piano Festival of Hannah Reimann
Featuring Amram's most popular classical chamber and jazz compositions with pianist Thomas Weaver, Saxophonist Ken Radnofsky, violist Consuelo Sherba, guitarist Jerome Harris, bassist Rene Hart, percussionist Adam Amram, narrator Adira Amram, plus some surprise guests.
The program includes The Wind and the Rain (1962); Sonata for Piano (1960), Greenwich Village Portraits (2014), Theme from Splendor in the Grass and much more!

https://www.symphonyspace.org/events/vp-david-amram-classical-jazz-compositions

June 14th •
David Amram to be awarded the National Music Council's annual Eagle Award as the Ambassador of Classical, Jazz and global folk music, Music built to last and educational programs throughout the country.
(private event)

July 9th • 8:00
The Blue Door
4001 N.W. 63rd, Oklahoma City, OK
David Amram and Friends
Annual kick off concert for Woody Guthrie Folk festival

https://www.ticketstorm.com/event/davidamramandfriends/bluedoor/oklahomacity/29809/

July 10 - 14 •
Woodyfest
Okemah, OK
The Woody Guthrie Folk Festival is held annually in mid-July to commemorate the life & music of Woody Guthrie in Guthrie’s hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma.
Details TBA

September 1st • 2:00 - 3:00
Bradstock XXX
Camp Pa Qua Tuck, Center Moriches, NY
31st Annual Fund Raiser for kids on Long Island

David Amram, accompanied by Kevin Twigg, Rene Hart, Claudia Jacobs, and Adam Amram and surprise guests will perform 3:30 - 4:30 at the 30th Annual Bradstock, a 2 day Festival showcasing local performers & artisans.

September 14th • 2-6 pm
6th Annual Village Trip Festival of the Arts
JAZZ: the Passport to Global Folk Roots
West 4th Street between 6th Avenue and Barrow Street, NYC

Featuring The David Amram Group (Amram, Jim Seeley (trumpet), Rene Hart (bass), Kevin Twigg (drums & glockenspiel), Adam Amram, (percussion) & Avram Pengas (bazookie, guitar, vocals) playing the works of jazz masters of the past, with influences from Africa, Latin and Native America, the Middle East and Asia.
Avram Pengas will lead us in traditional music from Lebanon, Egypt,Greece.Armenia, Palestine Turkey and Israel.
Justin Poindexter, Educational Director for Lincoln Jazz Outreach and his wife Sasha Papernick will play music from Russia, Baltic countries and the USA Carolinas and the Deep South during the intermission.
All the musicians will be jamming and including special surprise guests for this block party in front of the iconic music store Music Inn.

September 15th • 6-8 pm EDT Why Do We Only Listen to Dead People? with Carol Gimbel
KMFU NY Radio, 91.1, 90.1, 91.9 FM or wfmu.org

Amram will be talking to Carol Gimbel show about chamber music and Amram’s upcoming concerts for the 6th Annual Village Trip Festival of the Arts beginning with Joe’s Pub on Sept 16th, as well as his concert of six most popular classical chamber works and world premiere of Voyages for Violin, for soloist Elmira Darvarova, commissioned by the NY Chamber Music Festival Oct 10th at Carnegie Hall, Weill Auditorium (Free of charge with reservation)

September 16th • 7 - 8:15 pm
6th Annual Village Trip Festival of the Arts
The Music of the Bard: Words & Music of Shakespeare in the Park 1956-1967
The Public Theater at Joe's Pub 425 Lafayette Street (at Astor Place)

This year marks the 70th birthday of what became Shakespeare in the Park as conceived by Joseph Papp. We celebrate with David Amram who, from 1956 to 1967, composed the music for 25 of its productions. Gail Merrifield Papp, Joe’s widow and theatrical partner for 25 years, will be among the friends joining him for this unique evening.

September 21st •
Farm Aid
Broadview Stage at Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Springs, NY

David's 31st appearance as a guest performer with Willie's Nelson band. Farm Aid has raised nearly $80 million to promote a strong and resilient family farm system of agriculture.

September 22 • 3:00
Players’ Choice
First Reformed Church of Scotia
224 N. Ballston Ave (Route 50), Scotia, NY

Conversations for Flute, Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano
was chosen as one of the Player's Choice for this concert. David Amram will be in attendance to talk to the audience about composing this piece

September 27th • 5 - 7 pm EDT 6th Annual Village Trip Festival of the Arts
Interview with David Amram
Lobby Bar at the Washington Square Hotel, 103 Waverly Place, NYC

Cliff Pearson, co-producer of the Village Trip Festival will host the interview and interview Amram.
David Amram, “Renaissance Man of American Music” and real-life Zelig, is now in his sixth year as Artist Emeritus of The Village Trip, having enthusiastically agreed to perform at the inaugural festival in 2018 when it was little more than a few paragraphs of ideas. He is the spirit of the festival, and a link to more than a half-century of fabled Village history. Indeed, David has lived much of it—hanging out with the Abstract Expressionists who changed the course of art, jamming with Parker, Monk and Mingus who changed the course of jazz, and composing for the great Joe Papp, who changed the course of theater.

He was Composer and Music Director for the Lincoln Center Theater, working with Arthur Miller, and was appointed by Leonard Bernstein to be the New York Philharmonic’s first Composer in Residence. With his buddy Jack Kerouac, he brought jazz and poetry to New York, and he’s played at every Farm Aid with his pal Willie Nelson. At 93, he’s still playing gigs in the US and abroad, as well as composing and conducting classical music.

October 10th • 7:30 - 10:00
Carnegie Hall, Weil Hall
881 7th Ave., NYC
Free Concert!
New York Chamber Music Festival presents an evening of Amram's most popular classical chamber music compositions from 1957 through 2024 and a World Premier of Voyages for Violin, written for soloist Elmira Darvarova, founder of the New York Chamber Music Festival

The program includes…..
Three Lost Loves (2016)
Piano Sonata (1960)
Prologue and Scherzo for Solo Saxophone (2000)
Violin & Piano Sonata (1960)
The Wind and The Rain (1959)
Blues & Variations for Monk(1989)
Kerouac Readings from "On The Road" with music (1957)

October 10 - 13 •
36th Annual Lowell Celebrates Kerouac Festival
Lowell, Massachusetts

Various Music, Poetry and Commentary events Thursday through Sunday, including walking tours of Jack Kerouac's hometown.

Saturday October 12th 7:00 pm
Olympia’s Zorba’s Music Hall. 437 Market Street
The Amram Jazz Band featuring multi-instrumentalist & composer, David Amram, Kevin Twigg on drums, Rene Hart on bass, Jerome Harris on guitar and Adam Amram on percussion.
Followed by Lowell’s own The Party Band at 9:00 pm

Sunday October 13th 1:30 pm
The Old Worthen—downstairs. 141 Worthen Street
Annual Amram Jam Signups begin at 1:00 pm.
Bring your Kerouac inspired poem or prose to read while accompanied by David Amram, Adam Amram, Kevin Twigg, Jerome Harris and Rene Hart. Emceed by Wireless Mike Flynn.

October 19th • 7:00
Opening Gala for Bronx Heritage Auditorium
Bronx Music Hall
438 E. 163rd St, Bronx, NY
David Amram will be a featured soloist with Bobby Sanabria and the Multiverse Orchestra
https://www.bronxmusichall.org/grandopening

November 9th • 7:00 BROOKLYN FOLK FESTIVAL
ST ANN’S CHURCH 157 Montague Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201
“JAZZ; A Passport for all Music with Global Folk Roots"
The David Amram Quintet will feature Rene Hart Bass, Kevin Twigg Drums and Glockenspiel, Adam Amram Congas and Percussion, Jerome Harris Guitar and David Amram, Piano, French Horn, Chinese Hulusei, Penny Whistles, Dumbek, Latin Percussion, and Scat Vocals. Surprise guests will appear and there will be short readings from  Jack Kerouac’s On the Road with music

Nov. 15 & 16 • 7:00 & 9:30 David Amram's 94th Birthday Celebration
The Jazz Forum, Tarrytown, NY
David Amram Quintet with Kevin Twigg, Drums and Glockenspiel, Rene Hart, Bass, Justin Poindexter, Guitar, Adam Amram, Drums and Percussion and Piano, French horn, Chinese Hulusei, Penny Whistles, Dumbek, Latin Percussion, Scat Vocals by David Amram
2 shows each night - surprise guests and short readings from Jack Kerouac's On The Road

Sunday November 24 • 7:30
A QUESTION OF IDENTITY
World Premieres of Works by Francine Trester and David Amram
New England Conservatory’s Historic Jordan Hall
290 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115

Featuring works commissioned by Kenneth Radnofsky (alto and tenor saxophones, clarinet, bass clarinet): Neshot Hayil (Women of Valor) from Judaic Texts ‘Ya Ribon Olam,’ ‘Shir Lama’alot,' & ’Eshet Hayil' by Francine Trester and The Poetry of Sonia Sanchez ‘A Song for Sweet Honey in the Rock,’ ‘For Sister Gwen Brooks,’ & ‘Blues for Deb’ by David Amram
Special Guest Artists: Carrie Cheron mezzo-soprano, Adira Amram readings, Francine Trester violin, David Amram piano, palmas, Ziang Yin piano
Free and Open to the Public