Riley Mulherkar – Past Concerts
Riley Mulherkar has been recognized as a “smart young trumpet player” by The New York Times, praised by The Wall Street Journal as a “youngster to keep an eye on,” and is a 2020 recipient of Lincoln Center’s Emerging Artist Award for his work as “an original bandleader, composer, arranger, educator, community activist and advocate for jazz and the arts.”
Riley works with a number of leading artists of our time, including Wynton Marsalis, Anna Deavere Smith, and Alan Cumming, and is a founding member of The Westerlies, a new music brass quartet that creates the rarest of hybrids: music that is both “folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” (NPR Music). Riley also serves as Artistic Director of Joye in Aiken, bringing leading young talent to the historic city of Aiken, South Carolina.
Born and raised in Seattle, Riley moved to New York in 2010 to study at The Juilliard School, where he completed his Bachelor’s Degree in 2014 and his Master’s in 2015. In 2014, he was the first recipient of the Laurie Frink Career Grant at the Festival of New Trumpet Music.
Riley is actively engaged in educational outreach, directing the Summer Advanced Institute at Seattle JazzEd, and serving as an ambassador for Jazz at Lincoln Center’s “Jazz for Young People” program in New York and St. Louis from 2016-2018. Riley is an Edwards Artist and performs on Edwards trumpets.
Westerlies Fest 2024: Closing Night
The Westerlies return to The Royal Room on May 11 for the closing night of Westerlies Fest 2024, featuring two sets of music premiering new…
$25 ($15 student)
Westerlies Fest 2024: Samora Pinderhughes & The Westerlies
Featuring pianist/composer/songwriter Samora Pinderhughes and The Westerlies.
Full festival schedule at www.westerliesfest.org.
$25 ($15 student)
Westerlies Fest 2024: tilt & The Westerlies
Featuring tilt and an opening set by The Westerlies.
Full festival schedule at www.westerliesfest.org.
$25 ($15 student)
Stephen Becker • SHUTTER • Chelsea Crabtree
Andy Clausen's SHUTTER project presents chamber music inspired by the poetry of Mary Oliver. Recently released as SHUTTER, Vol. 2: https://…
$15 suggested donation
The Westerlies: Taking Shape
Traditional — Weeping Mary
Traditional — Parting Friends
Chloe Rowlands — Kerhonkson
Riley Mulherkar — The Evening Trumpet
Andy Clausen — The 5:10 to Ronkonkoma
Caroline Shaw — Entr'acte (arranged by The Westerlies)
Free (registration required)
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