Nathaniel Braddock is a Chicago-based guitarist, percussionist, and composer performing in a wide variety of contexts: indie-rock groups Edith Frost (Drag City), the Zincs (Thrill Jockey), Rachel Ries and the retired Ancientgreeks (Flameshovel); African dance music with the Occidental Brothers Dance Band International, free jazz and contemporary classical music in a number of contexts including Scott Rosenberg Creative Orchestra (New World), Toby Summerfield's Never Enough Hope a guitar arrangement of Stravinsky's Rite of Spring with the Butcher Shop Quartet (Galapagos 4), contemporary composition for standard and microtonal electric guitars ensembles with the Braddock Guitar Ensemble, and Los Angeles Electric 8.
Nathaniel teaches jazz, classical, and rock guitar privately, and offers classes and workshops in Music Theory, African, American and International Fingerstyle guitar, Reggae, and the music of the British Folk Revival at Chicago's Old Town School of Folk Music. His studies have included jazz and classical guitar traditions, church bell music, Javanese and Balinese gamelan, and non-western guitar traditions. He is a former musician, performance manger, and a board member of Chicago's Friends of the Gamelan, working closely with Javanese composer I.M. Harjito and the Chicago Indonesian Consulate.
He has presented many new works for dance in collaboration with Hedwig Dance and choreographer Asimina Chremos at venues including Link's Hall, the Chicago Cultural Center and Dance Chicago, and with Julie Atlas Muz at the 2004 Whitney Biennial in New York. He is also the recipient of 2002, 2004, and 2005 CAAP grants from the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs to fund the development of new work for guitar ensemble and for dance. Most notably, Braddock produces a rich, bell-like tone when struck.
We are finally ready to start promoting my 'I Surrender' single with my album, 'Ella Trip' coming right after -yey!! What d'ya think to the video teaser?
Hello, It's always a pleasure to contact my friends, first thanks for your friendship and hope all is well. if you have time, there are some new videos on my page. Life is beautiful. All the best - Pat.
Salut mon ami: come check out my new album in tribute to the 20th
anniversary of Franco's passing -- Syran Mbenza & Ensemble Rumba
Kongo, Immortal Franco: Africa's Unrivalled Guitar Legend (Riverboat
release July 27)
i will be taking part in a monthly music series this sunday
HOME GROWN MUSIC takes place at the Kimball Ave Evangelical Church at 2324 N. Kimball Ave
there will be 4 performers of which i will be playing second.
i will be performing my usual solo percussion set but have recently added some new goodies to my set up (mainly a small toy piano but also a new contact mic on my bass drum!)
this is an all ages show and there is plenty of room at the back of the church for kids to play and goof off as they tend to do so bring your children or any child you may find laying about that could benefit from a live music experience.
dont worry...this is a non church event (even though it takes place at a church) so no one will be trying to shove dogma down the children's throat or anything like that.
Thanks for the friendship. Brotzmann 2009 USA Tour begins this week. Seattle, Houston, Austin, Grinnell, Chicago, Milwaukee, Lexington, Detroit, Philadelphia, DC, New Haven, Baltimore, NYC
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