Marc Hannaford

Marc Hannaford
OriginAustralia
GenresJazz
OccupationPianist
Websitewww.marchannaford.com

Marc Hannaford is an Australian jazz pianist.[1] He was nominated for the ARIA Award for Best Jazz Album at the ARIA Music Awards of 2011 and at the AIR Awards of 2011 for Shreveport Stomp in 2011.[2]

He was part of The Antripodean Collective with whom they released three albums.

Hannaford won the 2013 Music Council of Australia's Freedman Fellowship,[3] the 2013 Jazz “Bell” award for most original album (Sarcophile),[4] and the 2013 Australian Performing Rights Association's Art Award for best work (“Anda Two”).[5] 

Hannaford completed a PhD in Music Theory at Columbia University in 2019, with a dissertation on the improviser, composer, and cofounder of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, Muhal Richard Abrams.[6] He is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Michigan.[7]

He received the Society for Music Theory's Emerging Scholar Award for his article, “Fugitive music theory and George Russell's theory of tonal gravity” at the joint meeting of the American Musicological Society and the Society for Music Theory in 2023.[8]

Discography

List of albums
Title Details
Parallels / Layers
  • Released: 2005
  • Label: Marc Hannaford
  • Format: DD
The Garden of Forking Paths
  • Released: 2007[9]
  • Label: Extreme (XCD 061)
  • Format: CD, DD
Homage
with Allan Browne and Sam Anning)
  • Released: March 2009[10][11]
  • Label: Jazzhead (Head107)
  • Format: CD, DD
Polar
  • Released: June 2009[12]
  • Label: Extreme (XCD 069)
  • Format: CD, DD
Shreveport Stomp
with Allan Browne and Sam Anning)
  • Released: 2011
  • Label: Jazzhead
  • Format: CD, DD
Homage
with Allan Browne and Sam Anning)
  • Released: June 2011[13][14]
  • Label: Jazzhead
  • Format: CD, DD
Sarcophile
  • Released: January 2012
  • Label: Marchon (003)
  • Format: CD, DD
Ordinary Madness
with Tim Berne, Scott Tinkler, Simon Barker and Philip Rex)
  • Released: 2012
  • Label: Marchon (002)
  • Format: CD, DD
Faceless Dullard
with Scott Tinkler and Simon Barker)
  • Released: August 2013[15]
  • Label: Marchon (004)
  • Format: CD, DD
Liminal
  • Released: September 2013
  • Label: Marchon
  • Format: DD
Faceless Dullard
with Scott Tinkler and Erkki Veltheim)
  • Released: November 2013
  • Label: Marchon
  • Format: DD
The Vivificationists
with David Tolley)
  • Released: February 2014
  • Label: Marchon
  • Format: DD
Can You See With Two Sets of Eyes?
  • Released: December 2014[16]
  • Label: Marchon
  • Format: DD
Monday Dates
with Allan Browne and Sam Pankhurst )
  • Released: 2018
  • Label: Marchon
  • Format: DD

Awards and nominations

AIR Awards

The Australian Independent Record Awards (commonly known informally as AIR Awards) is an annual awards night to recognise, promote and celebrate the success of Australia's Independent Music sector.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011[17][18] Shreveport Stomp Best Independent Jazz Album Nominated

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association.

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2011[19] Shreveport Stomp Best Jazz Album Nominated

Australian Jazz Bell Awards

The Australian Jazz Bell Awards, (also known as the Bell Awards or The Bells), are annual music awards for the jazz music genre in Australia. They commenced in 2003.[20]

Year Nominee / work Award Result
2010 Homage – Sam Anning, Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford Best Australian Classic Jazz Album Won
2013 Sacrophile – Marc Hannaford Most Original Australian Jazz Album Won
  • wins only

References

  1. ^ McBeath, John (3 March 2012), "Ordinary Madness; Sarcophile (Marc Hannaford)", The Australian
  2. ^ Lesnie, Melissa (12 October 2011), "ARIA Award for Best Classical Album revealed", Limelight
  3. ^ "Freedman Fellowship to Marc Hannaford : News (Australian) Article : Australian Music Centre". www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  4. ^ "The Bells - The Australian Jazz Awards". bellawards.org. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  5. ^ AMCOS, APRA. "Work of the Year: Jazz". apraamcos.com.au. Retrieved 24 September 2019.
  6. ^ Hannaford, Marc Edward. One Line, Many Views: Perspectives on Music Theory, Composition, and Improvisation through the Work of Muhal Richard Abrams (Thesis). C. doi:10.17613/qaa9-s909.
  7. ^ "Marc Hannaford". University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  8. ^ Payovich, Tracy (15 November 2023). "Hannaford Recognized with Emerging Scholar Award for Music Theory Article". University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  9. ^ Clare, John (1 September 2007), "The subtle violence of a retreating avalanche", The Sydney Morning Herald
  10. ^ Shand, John (28 March 2009), "Jazz", The Sydney Morning Herald
  11. ^ Gettler, Leon (9 April 2009), "Homage", The Age
  12. ^ Mitchell, Roger (7 June 2009), "Jazz", Sunday Herald Sun
  13. ^ Shand, John (28 October 2011), "browne/hannaford/anning", The Sydney Morning Herald
  14. ^ Gettler, Leon (7 October 2011), "Shreveport Stomp", The Age
  15. ^ Shand, John (23 August 2013), "cd reviews", The Sydney Morning Herald
  16. ^ McBeath, John (7 February 2015), "MUSIC REVIEWS", The Australian
  17. ^ "Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced". tonedeaf. 13 September 2011. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  18. ^ "History Wins". Australian Independent Record Labels Association. Retrieved 18 August 2020.
  19. ^ "ARIA Award Search Marc Hannaford". ARIA. Retrieved 27 August 2020.
  20. ^ "Bell Award Winners". bellawards. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2020.