Cali Immersive Residency

CALI IMMERSIVE RESIDENCY PROGRAM

Join us for our fourth annual re-imagined professional residency program at the John J. Cali School of Music. The week-long residencies include a rotation of top-rated artists and ensembles. Each residency will contribute to an ongoing exploration of the ever-changing landscape of music today, introducing students to a future that will be, at times, less traditional. Through the multiple opportunities to learn and collaborate with guest artists, Cali students will broaden their understanding of their future musical careers. (Subscribe to the full residency Google Calendar!)

PLEASE JOIN US FOR THE PUBLIC EVENTS AT THE CALI SCHOOL OF MUSIC AND THE CO-HOSTED BRIDGES SERIES CONCERTS AT MERKIN CONCERT HALL IN NEW YORK CITY.

Co-presented with Kaufman Music Center

The 24/25 Season

DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN

ARTIST IN RESIDENCE 2024-25

COMPOSER, VIOLINIST + EDUCATOR

Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR) is a Black Haitian-American composer who sees composing as collaboration with artists, organizations, and communities within the farming and framing of ideas. He is a prolific and endlessly collaborative composer, performer, educator, and social entrepreneur. “About as omnivorous as a contemporary artist gets” (New York Times), Roumain has worked with artists from J’Nai Bridges, Lady Gaga, and Philip Glass to Bill T. Jones, Marin Alsop, and Anna Deavere Smith.

ATTACCA QUARTET

INNOVATIVE STRING ENSEMBLE

MARCH 28, 2025 | NOVEMBER 4 — 7, 2024 + Bridges Series Concert, NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Two-time GRAMMY-award-winning Attacca Quartet, as described by The Nation, “lives in the present aesthetically, without rejecting the virtues of the musical past” and is recognized and acclaimed as one of the most versatile and outstanding ensembles of the moment — a true quartet for modern times. Gliding through traditional classical repertoire to electronica, video game music, and contemporary collaborations, they are among the world’s most innovative and respected ensembles.

“THEY MAY BE A RELATIVELY YOUNG ENSEMBLE, BUT ALREADY THEY COME VERY CLOSE TO EPITOMIZING THE STRING QUARTET IDEAL: FOUR STRIKINGLY INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS WITH THE ABILITY TO SPEAK ELOQUENTLY IN ONE VOICE.” — The Washington Post

JAKE RUNESTAD

COMPOSER + CONDUCTOR

APRIL 23 — 25, 2025

Jake Runestad is an award-winning composer and conductor who believes in the power of music for positive change. Jake’s “highly imaginative” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald) musical works have been featured in thousands of performances worldwide and have earned a 2022 EMMY® Award for Musical Composition and a 2020 GRAMMY® Award nomination.

Completed Residencies 24-25 Season

JLIN

FORWARD-THINKING ELECTRONIC COMPOSER

OCTOBER 21 – 25, 2024

A math lover, former steel factory worker, Pulitzer Prize nominee, and proud resident of Gary, Indiana, Jlin (Jerrilynn Patton) has quickly become one of the most distinctive composers in America and one of the most influential women in electronic music. Jlin’s thrilling, emotional, and multidimensional compositions have earned her praise as “one of the most forward-thinking contemporary composers in any genre” (Pitchfork). Jlin has collaborated with artists including William Basinski, Holly Herndon, the late, iconic SOPHIE, Björk, Max Richter, and Ben Frost and has been commissioned by the Kronos Quartet, Third Coast Percussion, legendary choreographers Wayne McGregor & Kyle Abraham, and fashion designer Rick Owens.

Photo by Lawrence Agyei

DOREEN KETCHENS

CLASSICAL + JAZZ CLARINETIST

OCTOBER 31 + NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Doreen Ketchens has been called Lady Louie, Miss Satchmo, and The Female Louis Armstrong, to name a few. However, on May 26, 2022, Doreen was honored with a Doctorate degree in music from Five Towns College in Long Island, New York. Now she is Dr. Doreen J. Ketchens! Dr. Doreen has changed the way scholars view their clarinets. She has successfully created her own style that blends her classical training with the soul of jazz.

BÉLA FLECK

BLUEGRASS, FUSION, FOLK, JAZZ, CLASSICAL + GLOBAL MUSIC

NOVEMBER 19 — 21, 2024

Over the last four decades, Béla Fleck has made a point of boldly going where no banjo player has gone before—a musical journey that has earned him 16 Grammy awards in nine different fields, including Country, Pop, Jazz, Instrumental, Classical, and World Music.

WESTERLIES

VERSATILE CHAMBER ENSEMBLE

FEBRUARY 3 — 8, 2025 | Bridges Series Concert, FEBRUARY 8, 2025

The Westerlies, “an arty quartet…mixing ideas from jazz, new classical, and Appalachian folk” (New York Times), are a New York-based brass quartet comprised of Riley Mulherkar and Chloe Rowlands on trumpet and Andy Clausen and Addison Maye-Saxon on trombone. From Carnegie Hall to Coachella, The Westerlies navigate a wide array of venues and projects with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.

“CHAMBER MUSIC WITH BRACING MELODIES AND, CRUCIALLY, AN UNDENIABLE SENSE OF FUN.” — L.A. Times

Photo by Kevin W. Condon

PAT METHENY

JAZZ GUITARIST + COMPOSER

FEBRUARY 17 — 19, 2025

Pat Metheny is an American jazz guitarist and composer. He was the leader of the Pat Metheny Group (1977–2010) and continues to work in various small-combo, duet, and solo settings, as well as other side projects. His style incorporates elements of progressive and contemporary jazz, Latin jazz, and jazz fusion. He has three gold albums and 20 Grammy Awards and is the only person to have won Grammys in 10 categories.

J’NAI BRIDGES

OPERA MEZZO-SOPRANO

MARCH 3 + 5, 2025 | Bridges Series Concert, MARCH 5, 2025

American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, known for her “rich, dark, exciting sound” (Opera News) is quickly becoming one of the most sought-after talents of her generation. Two-time Grammy® Award-winning American mezzo-soprano J’Nai Bridges, known for her “plush-voiced mezzo-soprano” (The New York Times), and “calmly commanding stage presence” (The New Yorker), has been heralded as “a rising star” (Los Angeles Times), gracing the world’s top opera and concert stages.