February 19 - 23 •
2025 Folk Alliance International Conference

Thursday, Feb. 20th
1pm - 2pm
David Amram Lounge: Global Rhythmic Patterns
The Landing - Level B
Workshop - Folk rhythms from around the world. Intricate rhythmic patterns found in Afro-Cuban, Middle Eastern, Native American, Asian, African, Irish, and Canadian step dances. Learn how these traditional rhythms can enrich your music.

Thursday, Feb. 20th
10:30 - 11:30
Dan Navarro's Cluster-Folk
Featuring Dan Navarro, Adam Amram, David Amram and special guests
with jam session to follow

Friday, Feb. 21st
1pm - 2pm
David Amram Lounge: The Art of the Harmony: From Simple Vamps to Global Roots
The Landing - Level B
Workshop - Simple vamps (like E minor to A7), Latin vamps , the Turkish Chiftitelli and the various harmonic styles of the 12-bar blues, from New Orleans second line stop time to Duke Ellington's classic C=Jam Blues to Boogie Woogie , Western Swing and Thelonious Monk's innovations.

Friday, Feb. 21st
10:30 - 11:30
Dan Navarro's Cluster-Folk
Featuring Dan Navarro, Adam Amram, David Amram and special guests
with jam session to follow


Saturday Feb. 22nd
11am - Noon
Wisdom of the Elders
West - Level 4
This will be a panel discussion featuring David Amram and others

Saturday, Feb. 22nd
1pm - 2pm
David Amram Lounge: Creating Spontaneous Songs at the Moment
The Landing - Level B
Workshop - Explore ways to create songs on the spot, using topics from audience suggestions. This session celebrates the natural human ability to improvise and find musical expression in the moment, drawing parallels between jazz, folk music, and the improvisational traditions found throughout the world.

Saturday, Feb. 22nd
10:30 - 11:30
Dan Navarro's Cluster-Folk
Featuring Dan Navarro, Adam Amram, David Amram and special guests
with jam session to follow

May 6 •
Amram records the final cuts for his upcoming new album of songs. Commissioned by Nora Guthrie (grand-daughter of Woody), the album features 5 Woody Guthrie songs, a Phil Ochs song and Amram originals. Featuring bassist Rene Hart, drummer Kevin Twigg, guitarist Justin Poindexter, percussionist Adam Amram and David Amram on vocals, piano and various instruments.
Release date and other details TBA

May 16 & 18 •
Gonzofest: A Tribute to Hunter F. Thompson
Garden District Bookshop, 2727 Prytania St, Ste 8
and other venues around New Orleans

May 16
7:20 pm
Amram will take part in a music/discussion panel moderated by John Brick

May 18th
1:00 pm
Amram will take part in a panel discussion, "Hunter by His Friends and Others Who Knew Him," moderated by Tim Denevi

May 18th
9:00 pm
The final event will be a concert/poetry reading with David Amram, famed New Orleans percussionist Herman LeBeaux, Adam Amram and others. Beginning with a poem celebrating Bob Kaufman's hundredth birthday, other poets included Frank Messina and Ron Whitehead. The concert will include jazz classics that Hunter loved.

For the full schedule (May 15th - 18th) for this Free event can be found at:
https://gonzofest.net/

May 24th • 9:45 - 10:20
The 30TH Annual LOWER EAST SIDE FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS
Johnson Theater For The New City
155 First Ave (between 9th and 10th St.)

For the 20th year, David Amram will perform in his old neighborhood for this free festival celebrating the legacy of this historic section of NYC.
More details at:
https://theaterforthenewcity.net/shows/lower-east-side-festival-of-the-arts-2025/

June 5th • 6:00 pm
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation (World Premiere)
SVA Theatre 1 – Silas, 333 West 23rd Street, NYC
Amram will be attending the premiere of this Spotlight Documentary which features David Amram along with Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell, Michael Imperioli and Natalie Merchant.
The film will also be shown on June 6th and June 8th. More details at:
https://www.tribecafilm.com/films/kerouac-s-road-the-beat-of-a-nation-2025

June 14th • 11 am
The Hudson River Festival
Croton Point Park, Croton, NY
David Amram will be featured at a Tribute to Pete & Toshi Seeger hosted by Tom Chapin

https://www.thatericalper.com/2025/05/29/tom-chapin-and-the-chapin-sisters-to-lead-seeger-tribute-at-hudson-river-music-festival/

June 22 • 2:00 pm
Adam Amram Family Band
TV Eye, The Ballroom
1647 Weirfield St, Ridgewood, NY, 11385
The Amram family comes together for a rare live show celebrating the release of Adam Amram's new album, To The End. Featuring David Amram, Alana Amram, Renee Hart, Cactus Lee and hosted by Adira Amram.

https://wl.seetickets.us/event/adam-amram-family-band/650357?afflky=TVEye

Jun 25 - 26 •
2025 International Horn Symposium
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
Amram will be sharing the roots of jazz and improvising, as a source for composing concert works, with 100s of fantastic classical hornists
June 25th
11 am
Master Class Roots of Jazz
2:30
Rehearsal with Jazz ensemble

June 26
Noon
Performances of Amram's Horn Concerto, Three Songs for Marlboro, and Blues For Monk
1:30
Final rehearsal for Jazz concert
7:30
Jazz Concert: NU Corno Jazz & Sages of Future Soul Big Band
with David Amram
directed by Shawn Davern

July 9 - 12 •
Woodyfest
Okemah, Oklahoma
David Amram will celebrating life & music of Woody Guthrie in Guthrie’s hometown of Okemah, Oklahoma at his 21st Woodyfest. All weekend he'll be jamming, performing and hanging out.
July 11 at the Crystal Theater 2 - 2:30 pm David Amram Concert
July 12 at the Okfuskee County Historical Society 11 - 11:30 am
Woody Guthrie Poets a panel discussion/workshop featuring David Amram

https://www.woodyfest.com/

August 24 • 7:00
Kerouac's Road: The Beat of a Nation
Upstate Films
Orpheum Theatre, 156 Main St, Saugerties, NY 12477
For one night only, the 94-year-old David Amram plays a few songs and presents this new insightful documentary which examines how Jack Kerouac's iconic novel On the Road continues to resonate in contemporary America, interweaving stories of modern-day travelers with insights from those influenced by or connected to the legendary author. Featuring appearances by Josh Brolin, W. Kamau Bell, Michael Imperioli, Natalie Merchant and David Amram, it reframes Kerouac's work for a generation seeking meaning beyond conventional success

August 31st •
Bradstock XXXII
Camp Pa Qua Tuck,
2 Chet Swezey Road, Center Moriches, NY
Amram performs (with his Quintet) for the 24th year at this two-day multi-stage music and arts festival

https://www.bradstock.org/

September 5th, 2025 •
David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs - Old Souls
New album release by David Amram

Produced and commissioned by Nora Guthrie. The David Amram Quintet performs five songs by Woody Guthrie and one by Phil Ochs.
"Like Satchmo, or Billie Holiday, or Nina Simone, (David's) voice is instantly recognizable as being like no other, digging into the soul of a song" ... Nora Guthrie

Featuring:
David Amram: Piano, vocals, penny whistles, hulusi, and arrangements
Justin Poindexter: Guitars
Rene Hart: Bass
Kevin Twigg: Drums
Adam Amram: Congas

Songs:
Oklahoma Hills
Pastures of Plenty
Peace Pin Boogie
Ramblin’ Round
Talking Subway
When I’m Gone

https://store.woodyguthrie.org/collections/cds-from-the-wgarchive/products/amram-guthrie-ochs-old-souls-cd

September 19 - 21 •
The Village Trip
Greenwich Village, NYC
David Amram, now in his eighth year as Artist Emeritus, will be participating in events all weekend.

Friday, September 19th
7:00 pm
Village Voices
St. John’s, 18 W 11th Street
World premiere of Five American Voices, a setting of words by great American writers composed by David Amram and featuring James Martin, Lynn Raley, William Anderson and Michael Cameron

Sunday, September 21
7:00 pm
Bernstein Remix: New Artists Reimagine the Maestro's Words and Music
The Loft at City Winery, 25 11th Ave. (at 15th St.)
David will also be featured in a Leonard Bernstein weekend. At Bernstein Remix, new artists re-imagine the Maestro's Words and Music. Featuring Janis Ian and David Amram and curated by Jamie Bernstein

October 9 - 13 • 37th Lowell Celebrates Kerouac
Lowell, MA
Amram will be hanging out and performing multiple times during the weekend.

September 11th
7:00 pm
Many Worlds/No Walls
Middlesex Community College, Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, recital hall, 240 Central St.
Kerouac collaborator David Amram and his jazz band (Kevin Twigg, Rene Hart, Jerome Harris and Adam Amram), along with guest classical soloists Yoshiko Kline and Kenneth Randofsky, perform a program of music covering the many overlapping worlds of David Amram and Jack Kerouac including pieces by J.S. Bach, David Amram and readings of Kerouac's works.

September 12
1:30 pm (sign-up at 1:00)
Annual Amram Jam
Fuse Bistro, 45 Palmer St
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 14 • Portraits for Violin,Viola , Cello and Piano
Carnegie Hall, Weil Auditorium
Near 154 West 57th Street, NYC
The NY Piano Quartet will play David Amram's Portraits for Violin, Viola, Cello and Piano

October 15 - 19 •
26th Woodstock Film Festival
13 ROCK CITY ROAD WOODSTOCK, NY 12498
David Amram will be doing a program about music for films he has worked on.
Details TBA

https://woodstockfilmfestival.org/

October 26 • 7:00
David Amram Live
Counterculture Museum
1485 Haight St, San Francisco

https://counterculturemuseum.org/events/david-amram/

Nov. 11 • 6-10 pm
Belongó Bugalú
City Winery - 25 11th Ave, NYC
Leaders, Artists, and Supporters
Honor David Perez and David Amram
and Recognize Michelle Cruz
Music-Filled Evening Inspired by the Spirit of East Harlem Features Performances by Arturo O’Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra
and Youth Ensemble the Fat Cats
Hosted by Errol Louis

https://shorefire.com/releases/entry/belongo-to-host-inaugural-gala-november-11-at-city-winery

November 14th & 15th •
Live at the Jazz Forum - A 95th Birthday Salute
The Jazz Forum, Tarrytown, NY
David Amram Quintet with Kevin Twigg, Drums and Glockenspiel, Rene Hart, Bass, Jerome Harris, 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, short readings from Jack Kerouac's On The Road and we will be making a live recording

https://jazzforumarts.org/event/17801/

November 14th •
New CD Album Release
Naxos Recordings - American Classics
New recordings of David Amram chamber music compositions:
Voyages for Violin
Piano Sonata
Violin Sonata
featuring Elmira Darvarova (violin) and Thomas Weaver (piano)

https://www.naxos.com/CatalogueDetail/?id=8.559962

Released Aug. 25th! •
"David Amram Honors Guthrie and Ochs - Old Souls"
Guthrie Legacy Recordings

David Amram:
“Thank you to Nora for “discovering” me as a promising young vocalist.”
Produced and commisioned by Nora Guthrie, (grand-daughter of Woody), she notes, "There’s no one else on earth like David Amram. He’s the definition of 'one of a kind'. He’s a renaissance musician composing classical and film scores, performing with jazz or folk groups, jamming with any and all genres of musicians, or conducting large orchestras. Like Satchmo, or Billie Holiday, or Nina Simone, his voice is instantly recognizable as being like no other, digging into the soul of a song."

The album features 5 Woody Guthrie songs and a Phil Ochs song. Featuring bassist Rene Hart, drummer Kevin Twigg, guitarist Justin Poindexter, percussionist Adam Amram and David Amram on vocals, piano and various instruments.

https://store.woodyguthrie.org/products/amram-guthrie-ochs-old-souls-cd

November 22 • 7:00 pm
David Amram's 95th Birthday Celebration
SUNY Schenectady, NY
Musicians Of Ma’alwyck will perform David Amram's classical chamber music compositions in the first half of the show and then David will join them performing his jazz and world music pieces with special guests

https://musiciansofmaalwyck.org/upcoming-concerts-events

November 25th •
David Amram's 95th Birthday Celebration
Jazz at Lincoln Center
Dizzy's Club at Columbus Circle

Trailblazing jazz French horn player David Amram returns to Dizzy’s Club for an unforgettable night of music and stories. A genre-defying force and co-founder of the Jazz and Poetry movement with Jack Kerouac performing with his quintet David Amram - piano, vocals, flutes, penny whistles, percussion, Jerome Harris- electric guitar, Rene Hart - upright bass, Kevin Twigg - drums, glockenspiel, Adam Amram - congas

https://ticketing.jazz.org/19807/

Works in progress •
David Amram:
"For December, I am starting to compose a new Orchestral piece, my 4th book, and complete the transcription of my symphony THIS LAND: Symphonic Variations on a Song by Woody Guthrie of my re-orchestration for a Symphonic Wind Orchestra (to be premiered June of 2026 at Ohio State College)"