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]

  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. 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.