Evan Mazunik
TEACHING ARTIST
EVAN MAZUNIK plays contemporary and improvised music as a composer, keyboardist, and musical director in the Denver, CO area. Fluent in Soundpainting (52 videos), a sign language for live composition, Evan is composer/director for ZAHA, his NYC-based ensemble. He has performed with Carla Bley, Anthony Braxton, and Robin Eubanks, and has played at creative music venues such as Roulette, The Stone, and Dazzle.
As a composer, his commissions have included works for jazz band, chorus, and various solo instruments, as well as interdisciplinary works for theater, dance, and film. He scored the HBO2 documentary “The Checker King,” which received critical acclaim at the DOCtober Film Fest in Santa Monica, CA.
As an educator, he founded the Sunnyside Piano Academy while in New York, and has collaborated with Jeffrey Agrell for master classes and workshops at Colorado Mesa University, University of Indiana, University of North Texas, Southern Mississippi University, the Royal Academy of Music in London, and many others.
In 2016, he was the first (and only) person – in conjunction with
Jeffrey Agrell – to perform a 100% improvised audience-interactive concert on Colorado Mesa University’s Guest Artist Series (see Agrell-Mazunik program). He returned on September 25, 2019 to once again perform on CMU’s Guest Artist Series with another improvisation enthusiast, Conrad Kehn.
Evan received a Bachelors degree in piano performance and a Masters in jazz studies from the University of Iowa. He currently serves as Director of Worship, Music & Arts at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church in Englewood, CO.
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Evan Mazunik at the 2018 Festival for Creative Pianists:
Evan Mazunik with John Salmon and Wynn-Anne Rossi