Award winning composer & performer Jack Perla creates and performs stage music, chamber music, and jazz. Honors include the Thelonious Monk Institute Jazz Composers Award & commissions from the Houston Grand Opera, Argosy Fund for New Music, James Irvine Foundation & the Oakland Symphony.
- Jack’s group Music Without Walls performs at the intersection of jazz and classical traditions, combining hard-driving rhythm, soaring melody and improvisation.
- The Poet’s Cabaret adds voices, and focuses on musical story-telling.
- Sangam blends elements of Indian & Western classical and contemporary music, and jazz improvisation.
- Swimming Lessons for the Dead and The Visit are two jazz releases performed widely after Jack won the Thelonious Monk Institute’s Jazz Composers Award.
For booking information about any of these groups/programs, or classes & workshops, please visit the contact page.
