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From “Madison”, by yours truly

w @felixmoseholm & @domobranch
fr @brvshcul7ur3

Full video on YouTube (link in bio)

#harptrio #harp #bass #drums #originalcomposition

🪉💓 Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon!@northjerseyharp and @rizaprintup 🪉💓

🪉💓 Thank you so much for a wonderful afternoon!@northjerseyharp and @rizaprintup 🪉💓

‘Looking forward to playing w @nutmancc and friends 🫶🏽

Come through!

Sun 4.26 @ 3pm EST
Riverside Church

Streaming avail

Repost from @riversidenyc
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🎶✨ Join us for an unforgettable Jazz Brunch at The Riverside Church on Sunday, April 26 at 3PM! ✨🎶

We’re bringing the rhythm, the flavor, and the soul together for a one-of-a-kind experience featuring jazz legend Cyrus Chestnut and his trio. Indulge in a full-service brunch complete with bubbly while enjoying incredible performances by celebrated vocalist Antonio McLendon and harpist Riza Printup, along with other talented local artists.

🎟️ Seating is limited – secure your tickets at the link in our bio and don’t miss this extraordinary celebration of music, community, and cuisine!

That year when I got to sit in on Crystal Silence and Windows 🕊️🙏🏽 #tbt #chickcorea #jlco

📷 @frankstewartphoto

That year when I got to sit in on Crystal Silence and Windows 🕊️🙏🏽 #tbt #chickcorea #jlco

📷 @frankstewartphoto

TONIGHT • 2/19 @ 7p & 9p

Repost from @thejazzgallery
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The Pan-Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble joins us on Thursday! The show celebrates the 20th anniversary of Meg Okura and the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble, a 10-piece ensemble, and marks the release of ISAIAH, PACJE’s fifth album.⁠
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Meg Okura - violin⁠
Anne Drummond - flute⁠
Sam Newsome - soprano saxophone⁠
Sam Sadigursky - bass clarinet⁠
David Smith - trumpet⁠
Rebecca Patterson - trombone⁠
Riza Printup - harp⁠
John Lee - guitar⁠
Brian Marsella - piano⁠
Evan Gregor - bass⁠
Peter Kroenreif - drums⁠
Randy Brecker - special guest⁠
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Meg Okura is a Tokyo-born, New York–based composer, violinist, and bandleader, and the founder of the Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble. A Juilliard-trained violinist, she is the winner of the International Society of Jazz Arrangers & Composers (ISJAC) Commissioning Award and the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra’s George Duke Commissioning Prize.⁠
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@megokura @newsome6158 @davidsmithtrumpet @johnleeguitar @rizaprintup @rebeccapattersonmusic @annemusiq @petecrowny @brianmarsella @randybrecker @samsadigursky⁠
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Sets at 7pm & 9pm⁠
Live & Livestreamed⁠
Tickets & Membership thru link in bio⁠
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🔊 Pan Asian Chamber Jazz Ensemble⁠
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The Jazz Gallery⁠
1158 Broadway, 5th fl⁠
(entrance on 27th st)⁠
New York NY 10001⁠
jazzgallery.org⁠

✨ Riza Printup — Chord47 Featured Artist ✨

Riza Printup is a genre-defying harpist, educator, and cultural force whose work bridges jazz, classical tradition, education, and community building. Equally at home on concert stages and in classrooms, her artistry celebrates the harp as a living, evolving instrument with deep roots and limitless possibilities.

With credits spanning artists like Stevie Wonder, Yo-Yo Ma, Lady Gaga, Paquito D’Rivera, and Christina Aguilera, Riza’s career reflects a rare versatility and depth. Beyond performance, she is a passionate advocate for music education: authoring children’s books, developing jazz curricula used internationally, founding educational initiatives, and serving in leadership roles within the American Harp Society.

Throughout February, we’ll be celebrating Riza’s work, ideas, and impact. Join us on Discord to learn, connect, and explore jazz harp through her lens. 🎶✨

#pajamajam 🎄🤎 Join us for what’s become a favorite annual tradition. We’ll be live via Facebook live 10p EDT / 7p PST (link in bio)

This year we’re highlighting a cause that’s near and dear to our hearts - the Diego and Elnora Veluz Foundation, an effort created to carry on the legacy of our late grandparents.

Grab some hot cocoa or your favorite nite cap and stop by to say “hi”!

Hope to see you there! 😊

Gratitude post …

Deeply honored to have been a part of this incredible project 🙏🏽 It was a behemoth of an undertaking, but the village CAME THROUGH!!

To the incomparable maestro, who I have deep mad respect for as a musician, arranger, visionary and beautiful human being, my brother @iamroblewis, Thank you. Rob’s brilliant and breathtaking writing gives everyone on the bandstand life. The running joke is being able to see the day when I’ll get an actual harp part for his orchestral arrangements. But what that translates into is trust for which I am fully aware of, deeply humbled by and grateful for 🫶🏽 Thank you.

My Sis for LIFE … @julesonstrings. The Queen. The Real Deal. I’ve never met anyone more authentic, humble, hard working, professional, laser focused, soulful, kind, compassionate, protective, driven, brilliant w her axe and pen … but even behind that, there are always 1 million+ fires, projects and asks she has to navigate while making sure YOU feel supported.

Jules is the one who started this all. She and I met nearly 15 years ago on a project she was working on. I remember her asking me how to write for harp because she wanted me to feel .. supported 🥹 I told her what I tell most composers and arrangers I work with, “Write what you’re hearing. Don’t try to make it perfect. I’ll take it from there.” What started out as newbies trying to figure it all out has over the years evolved into a beautiful friendship and sisterhood. It has been a joy watching her grow, blossom and OWN all that she’s doing now. So much love and respect for this incredible human being. Stories for DAZEEEEEEEEEE lol

A few years ago, on another project, the three of us were talking and realized how and when we actually met. Full circle moment. Grand Theft Auto 5 for the New York Film Festival, 15 years ago.

If you get a chance to see “Christmas in Paris”, please do. It’s simply magical. Celebrating 25 years since @xtina ’s first holiday album, the show will also and most definitely give you all the holiday feels.

Yes, the orch is miming, but what you’ll hear behind Christina’s iconic voice is Rob’s beautiful writing, Juliette in the strings and yours truly on harp.

In honor of #filipinoheritagemonth 🇵🇭, I want to lift up four BADASS pinay/pinoy harpists who have been doubling down, blazing trails doing THEIR thing.

• Gracie Sprout @grey_seaa (LA)
• Ariel Schwartz @ari_harp (LA)
• Kari Novilla @harpistkari (Chicago)
• Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre @geowav (Bay area)

Coming up I didn’t know any other Filipina/o harpists and always had a sense of disconnect both as a harpist and Filipina. I didn’t pursue nursing/medicine nor an orchestral career. I knew what I loved, but didn’t know where or how my playing would fit in.

Through the years, I’ve been able to grow, embrace and fall deeper in love with my Filipino roots while learning that eventually, as I continue to solidify my own musical voice, the musical connections that were/are meant to be, would eventually find themselves.

My heart is so full now seeing these beautiful and soulful young pinay/pinoy artists making their way. I am so proud of them and the journeys they’ve made and continue to make.

Please check them out and the KILLIN work they’re doing ♥️

#harp #pinay #pinoy #iykyk 🇵🇭

In honor of #filipinoheritagemonth 🇵🇭, I want to lift up four BADASS pinay/pinoy harpists who have been doubling down, blazing trails doing THEIR thing.

• Gracie Sprout @grey_seaa (LA)
• Ariel Schwartz @ari_harp (LA)
• Kari Novilla @harpistkari (Chicago)
• Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre @geowav (Bay area)

Coming up I didn’t know any other Filipina/o harpists and always had a sense of disconnect both as a harpist and Filipina. I didn’t pursue nursing/medicine nor an orchestral career. I knew what I loved, but didn’t know where or how my playing would fit in.

Through the years, I’ve been able to grow, embrace and fall deeper in love with my Filipino roots while learning that eventually, as I continue to solidify my own musical voice, the musical connections that were/are meant to be, would eventually find themselves.

My heart is so full now seeing these beautiful and soulful young pinay/pinoy artists making their way. I am so proud of them and the journeys they’ve made and continue to make.

Please check them out and the KILLIN work they’re doing ♥️

#harp #pinay #pinoy #iykyk 🇵🇭

In honor of #filipinoheritagemonth 🇵🇭, I want to lift up four BADASS pinay/pinoy harpists who have been doubling down, blazing trails doing THEIR thing.

• Gracie Sprout @grey_seaa (LA)
• Ariel Schwartz @ari_harp (LA)
• Kari Novilla @harpistkari (Chicago)
• Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre @geowav (Bay area)

Coming up I didn’t know any other Filipina/o harpists and always had a sense of disconnect both as a harpist and Filipina. I didn’t pursue nursing/medicine nor an orchestral career. I knew what I loved, but didn’t know where or how my playing would fit in.

Through the years, I’ve been able to grow, embrace and fall deeper in love with my Filipino roots while learning that eventually, as I continue to solidify my own musical voice, the musical connections that were/are meant to be, would eventually find themselves.

My heart is so full now seeing these beautiful and soulful young pinay/pinoy artists making their way. I am so proud of them and the journeys they’ve made and continue to make.

Please check them out and the KILLIN work they’re doing ♥️

#harp #pinay #pinoy #iykyk 🇵🇭

In honor of #filipinoheritagemonth 🇵🇭, I want to lift up four BADASS pinay/pinoy harpists who have been doubling down, blazing trails doing THEIR thing.

• Gracie Sprout @grey_seaa (LA)
• Ariel Schwartz @ari_harp (LA)
• Kari Novilla @harpistkari (Chicago)
• Gabrielle Elyse Oberes Padre @geowav (Bay area)

Coming up I didn’t know any other Filipina/o harpists and always had a sense of disconnect both as a harpist and Filipina. I didn’t pursue nursing/medicine nor an orchestral career. I knew what I loved, but didn’t know where or how my playing would fit in.

Through the years, I’ve been able to grow, embrace and fall deeper in love with my Filipino roots while learning that eventually, as I continue to solidify my own musical voice, the musical connections that were/are meant to be, would eventually find themselves.

My heart is so full now seeing these beautiful and soulful young pinay/pinoy artists making their way. I am so proud of them and the journeys they’ve made and continue to make.

Please check them out and the KILLIN work they’re doing ♥️

#harp #pinay #pinoy #iykyk 🇵🇭

A clip from the weekend’s set at the OSPAC Jazz Festival presented by @pvpnj and @wbgojazz 🤎 Thank you to Monifa Brown for the call! Deepest deepest gratitude to @sean_conly, @iamjeromejennings and @marcusprintupofficial for the amazing support and forever killin’ vibes 🙏🏽

#thequandary #original #ospacjazzfestival #harp #jazztrio #plustrumpet #butonanothertune #amateurphotography 🫣

A clip from the weekend’s set at the OSPAC Jazz Festival presented by @pvpnj and @wbgojazz 🤎 Thank you to Monifa Brown for the call! Deepest deepest gratitude to @sean_conly, @iamjeromejennings and @marcusprintupofficial for the amazing support and forever killin’ vibes 🙏🏽

#thequandary #original #ospacjazzfestival #harp #jazztrio #plustrumpet #butonanothertune #amateurphotography 🫣

Repost from @rapsody
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[ Eve • 8/23/19 ]

So divine to spend this Eve anniversary in Denver for an amazing show with the phenomenal women of @passingthecrownofficial .

Celebrating culture, storytelling and sisterhood with all these talented musicians, dancers, DJs, emcees, and singers has been a deep joy.

Thank you @julesonstrings , @moniquebrob , @rascalrandi & co. for the honor. Excited for the show! See you in a few hours Denver, Co! The HOMEGIRLS GOT SOMETHING TO SAY! 👑

What song from EVE are you runnin’ back today?

[ film by @aodream ]

Back to late night transcribing. Bird kicks my behind as the simplest chromatic lines get my feet chopped up … even if it’s just the melody 🫣

• footwork
• perseverance

#iwillgetcoordinated #trytrytryagain #coordinationisabooger #ninetypercent #harp #pedals #theregoesthepedicure #bluesforalice #charlieparker

Back to late night transcribing. Bird kicks my behind as the simplest chromatic lines get my feet chopped up … even if it’s just the melody 🫣

• footwork
• perseverance

#iwillgetcoordinated #trytrytryagain #coordinationisabooger #ninetypercent #harp #pedals #theregoesthepedicure #bluesforalice #charlieparker