Marc Hannaford Explained

Marc Hannaford
Origin:	Australia
Genre:	Jazz
Occupation:	Pianist

Marc Hannaford is an Australian jazz pianist. 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.

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

Hannaford won the 2013 Music Council of Australia's Freedman Fellowship,^[1] the 2013 Jazz “Bell” award for most original album (Sarcophile),^[2] and the 2013 Australian Performing Rights Association's Art Award for best work (“Anda Two”).^[3]  

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.^[4] He is currently Assistant Professor of Music Theory at the University of Michigan.^[5]

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.^[6]

Discography

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Details
Parallels / Layers	Released: 2005 Label: Marc Hannaford Format: DD
The Garden of Forking Paths	Released: 2007 Label: Extreme (XCD 061) Format: CD, DD
Homage	Released: March 2009 Label: Jazzhead (Head107) Format: CD, DD
Polar	Released: June 2009 Label: Extreme (XCD 069) Format: CD, DD
Shreveport Stomp	Released: 2011 Label: Jazzhead Format: CD, DD
Homage	Released: June 2011 Label: Jazzhead Format: CD, DD
Sarcophile	Released: January 2012 Label: Marchon (003) Format: CD, DD
Ordinary Madness	Released: 2012 Label: Marchon (002) Format: CD, DD
Faceless Dullard	Released: August 2013 Label: Marchon (004) Format: CD, DD
Liminal	Released: September 2013 Label: Marchon Format: DD
Faceless Dullard	Released: November 2013 Label: Marchon Format: DD
The Vivificationists	Released: February 2014 Label: Marchon Format: DD
Can You See With Two Sets of Eyes?	Released: December 2014 Label: Marchon Format: DD
Monday Dates	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.|-| 2011^{[7] [8]} |Shreveport Stomp| Best Independent Jazz Album| |-

ARIA Music Awards

The ARIA Music Awards is an annual awards ceremony held by the Australian Recording Industry Association.|-| 2011^[9] |Shreveport Stomp| Best Jazz Album| |-

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.^[10] |-| 2010| Homage – Sam Anning, Allan Browne, Marc Hannaford| Best Australian Classic Jazz Album| |-| 2013| Sacrophile – Marc Hannaford| Most Original Australian Jazz Album| |-

• wins only

External links

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Notes and References

1. Web site: Freedman Fellowship to Marc Hannaford : News (Australian) Article : Australian Music Centre. www.australianmusiccentre.com.au. 2019-09-24.
2. Web site: The Bells - The Australian Jazz Awards. bellawards.org. 2019-09-24.
3. Web site: Work of the Year: Jazz. AMCOS. APRA. apraamcos.com.au. 2019-09-24.
4. One Line, Many Views: Perspectives on Music Theory, Composition, and Improvisation through the Work of Muhal Richard Abrams. C. 10.17613/qaa9-s909. en-US. Marc Edward. Hannaford.
5. Web site: Marc Hannaford . 2024-05-15 . University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance . en-US.
6. Web site: Payovich . Tracy . 2023-11-15 . Hannaford Recognized with Emerging Scholar Award for Music Theory Article . 2024-05-15 . University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance . en-US.
7. Web site: Independent Music Awards Nominees Announced. tonedeaf. 13 September 2011. 19 August 2020.
8. Web site: History Wins. Australian Independent Record Labels Association. 18 August 2020.
9. Web site: ARIA Award Search Marc Hannaford. ARIA. 27 August 2020.
10. Web site: Bell Award Winners. bellawards. 7 November 2020.