EXPERIMENTAL: TRUMPETER, IMPROVISOR, COMPOSER

“…left an indelible impression — her tone limber and personal, and her ideas deftly executed.” — NBC 7 San Diego

“Stephanie’s not running with the pack, and that takes a lot of nerve in itself,” — Henry Threadgill, Pulitzer prize winning composer and multi-instrumentalist

“…stands out for her artistic daring as a composer and band leader, as well as for the intriguing ways she deploys her instrument.“ — SD Union Tribune

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STEPHANIE RICHARDS

In collaboration with space, senses and surface, trumpeter and composer Stephanie Richards has created a  unique voice in jazz and experimental music.  Stephanie has premiered her own works from stages as varied as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to smaller iconic stages like the Blue Note and The Stone, to site-specific works for carousels, bodies of water and football fields.  She has collaborated with artists such as Pulitzer Prize awardee Henry Threadgill and musical pioneers Butch Morris, John Zorn, Anthony Braxton, composer Helmut Lachenmann and performance artists Mike Kelly, Laurie An-

derson and Yoko Ono. As a founding mem-ber of Asphalt Orchestra, created by the new music collective Bang on a Can, Richards has toured the US, Canada and the UK and worked with David Byrne, St. Vin-cent, choreographer Susan Marshall and Tyondai Braxton.

An ardent ensemble collaborator, Stephanie has worked with the International Contem-porary Ensemble, Numinous Ensemble, TILT Brass and is soon to release a new record with the James Carney sextet, featuring Ravi Coltrane, Oscar Noriega and Tom Rainey. Moving toward collaborations of punk and

hiphop, Stephanie has also performed alongside the Kronos Quartet, the Pixies, Kanye West, A-Trak and Common.    Richards holds degrees from the East-man School of Music, McGill University and the California Institute of the Arts. A

recent addition to the music faculty at UC San Diego, Richards also continues to encourage the performance and commissioning of jazz and new music as Vice President and co-curator of the award winning Festival of New Trumpet Music (FONT) alongside trumpeter Dave Douglas. 

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Richards performing live score at MoMA’s Tim Burton Exhibition.

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“Stephanie is a compelling impro-viser/performer/composer…a

suburb musician” —Mark Dresser

Music

FullMoon Sessions : Solo Trumpet + Live Electronic Processing with Dino Deane (2017 Full Release)

https://soundcloud.com/stephanie-richards-sounds/sets/fullmoon-sessions-1

Steph Richards: Live https://soundcloud.com/stephanie-richards-sounds/sets/live

Asphalt Orchestra: The Pixies’ Surfer Rosa (tracks 6, 11 arranged by Richards)

https://itun.es/us/xMNF3

Recent + Upcoming:

- With the support of Anthony Braxton’s Tricentric Foundation, Richards is working on a

commissioned project of scents and sounds. Recorded in August 2016, the project featur-

ing musicians Jason Moran on piano, Kenny Wolleson on percussion and Stomu Takeishi on bass and in collaboration with scent artist Sean Raspet. This “scratch-n-sniff” project is

set to release in 2018.

- Richards new ensemble “Hot July” premieres at Korzo Konceptions Series, Brooklyn, NY

feat. Tom Rainey (drums), Stomu Takeishi(bass), Vincent Chancey (horn).

- The Steph Richards Trio at New Revolution Arts, Brooklyn, NY August 2016 feat. Kenny

Wolleson (drums), Stomu Takeishi(bass)

- Steph Richards 5tet premieres at The Loft, San Diego, CA November 2016 feat. Mark

Dresser (bass), Micheal Dessen (trombone), Chris Speed (saxophone), Andrew Munsey

(drums).

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FULLMOON SESSIONS with Stephanie Richards, trumpet J.A. Dino Deane, live processing

Recent Discography • Trillium J: The Non-unconfessionables - Composition No. 380, Anthony Braxton

(New Braxton House Records, 2016)

• 2003, Manfred Werder (Edition Wandelweiser Records, 2016)

• Taylor Ho Bynum PlusTet (Firehouse 12 Records, 2016)

• Changing Same, Joseph C. Philips Jr. and Numinous (New Amsterdam Records, 2015)

• Composition No. 46 (+168 and Language Music), Anthony Braxton (New Braxton House Records, 2014)

• Surfer Rosa, Asphalt Orchestra (Cantaloupe Records, 2014)

• Steven Lugerner Dectet (Primary Records, 2012)

• Asphalt Orchestra (Cantaloupe Records, 2011)

Upcoming Solo projects, To Be Released 2016-18

• FullMoon Sessions: Stephanie Richards (solo trumpet) and J.A. (Dino) Deane (live processing/feedback).

• USP: NYC: Stephanie Richards (trumpet, flugelhorn, compositions), James Carney (piano), Sam Minaie (Bass), Andrew Munsey (drums/percussion)

• COVERBAND: Kellen Harrison (bass), Seth Misterka (sax), Stephanie Richards (trumpet), Greg Saunier (drums), and Matt Schulz (drums).

• Steph Richards Trio: Stephanie Richards (trumpet, compositions), Stomu Takeishi (bass), Kenny Wolleson (drums)

• Steph Richards Scratch and Sniff: Stephanie Richards (trumpet, compositions), Jason Moran (piano), Stomu Takeishi (bass), Kenny Wolleson), Sean Raspet (scents)

PRESS: http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/music/sdut-stephanie-richards-interview-2016sep13-htmlstory.html http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/06/arts/music/06asphalt.html?_r=0 http://www.wnyc.org/story/best-pixies-cover-album-ever-asphalt-orchestra/ http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/30/arts/music/kronos-asphalt-orchestra-and-jacob-garchik-per-form.html http://www.nbcsandiego.com/blogs/sounddiego/Two-Places-at-Once-375551551.html

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