About me
Nicole M. Mitchell es una flautista, compositora, directora de banda y educadora creativa galardonada. Quizás sea mejor conocida por su trabajo como flautista, ya que desarrolló un lenguaje de improvisación único y fue galardonada repetidamente como "Mejor Flautista del Año" por la encuesta de críticos de la revista Downbeat y la Asociación de Periodistas de Jazz (2010-2022). Mitchell surgió inicialmente de la escena musical innovadora de Chicago a finales de los 90. Comenzó con Maia y Shanta Nurullah en Samana (el primer conjunto exclusivamente femenino de la AACM) y como miembro de David Boykin EXPANSE. Su música celebra la cultura afroamericana contemporánea. Es fundadora de Black Earth Ensemble, Black Earth Strings, Sonic Projections y Ice Crystal, y compone conjuntos contemporáneos de variada instrumentación y tamaño incorporando improvisación y una amplia expresión estética. Mitchell, ex primera mujer presidenta de la Asociación para el Avance de los Músicos Creativos de Chicago, celebra las infinitas posibilidades al “crear mundos visionarios a través de la música que unen lo familiar con lo desconocido”. Algunos de sus trabajos más recientes con Black Earth Ensemble exploran colaboraciones interculturales; Bamako*Chicago, con el maestro maliense de kora, Ballake Sissoko y Mandorla Awakening con Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi) y Tatsu Aoki (taiko, bajo, shamisen). Como compositor, Mitchell ha recibido encargos del Ministerio de Cultura francés, el Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Chicago, el Instituto de Arte de Chicago, el Stone, el French American Jazz Exchange, Chamber Music America (New Works), el Chicago Jazz Festival, ICE y la Sinfonietta de Chicago. Mitchell ha actuado con luminarias de la música creativa como Craig Taborn, Roscoe Mitchell, Joelle Leandre, Anthony Braxton, Geri Allen, George Lewis, Mark Dresser, Steve Coleman, Anthony Davis, Myra Melford, Bill Dixon, Muhal Richard Abrams, Ed Wilkerson, Rob Mazurek. , Billy Childs y Hamid Drake. Recibió el premio Herb Alpert (2011), el premio Chicago 3Arts (2011), el premio Doris Duke Artist Award (2012) y el United States Artist Award (2020). Mitchell es profesor de música en la Universidad de Virginia y anteriormente enseñó en la Universidad de California Irvine y la Universidad de Pittsburgh.
Nicole M. Mitchell is an award-winning creative flutist, composer, bandleader, and educator. She is perhaps best known for her work as a flutist, having developed a unique improvisational language and having been repeatedly awarded “Top Flutist of the Year” by Downbeat Magazine Critics Poll and the Jazz Journalists Association (2010-2022). Mitchell initially emerged from Chicago’s innovative music scene in the late 90s. She started with Maia and Shanta Nurullah in Samana (the AACM's first all-woman ensemble) and as a member of the David Boykin EXPANSE. Her music celebrates contemporary African American culture. She is the founder of Black Earth Ensemble, Black Earth Strings, Sonic Projections, and Ice Crystal, and she composes contemporary ensembles of varied instrumentation and size while incorporating improvisation and a wide aesthetic expression. The former first woman president of Chicago’s Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Mitchell celebrates endless possibility by “creating visionary worlds through music that bridge the familiar with the unknown.” Some of her newest work with Black Earth Ensemble explores intercultural collaborations; Bamako*Chicago, featuring Malian kora master, Ballake Sissoko and Mandorla Awakening with Kojiro Umezaki (shakuhachi) and Tatsu Aoki (taiko, bass, shamisen). As a composer, Mitchell has been commissioned by the French Ministry of Culture, the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Stone, the French American Jazz Exchange, Chamber Music America (New Works), the Chicago Jazz Festival, ICE, and the Chicago Sinfonietta. Mitchell has performed with creative music luminaries including Craig Taborn, Roscoe Mitchell, Joelle Leandre, Anthony Braxton, Geri Allen, George Lewis, Mark Dresser, Steve Coleman, Anthony Davis, Myra Melford, Bill Dixon, Muhal Richard Abrams, Ed Wilkerson, Rob Mazurek, and Billy Childs, and Hamid Drake. She is a recipient of the Herb Alpert Award (2011), the Chicago 3Arts Award (2011), the Doris Duke Artist Award (2012) and the United States Artist Award (2020). Mitchell is a Professor of Music at the University of Virginia, and previously taught at the University of California Irvine and the University of Pittsburgh.
