7pm, April 4 @ 21 C Museum Hotel in Bentonville // We can’t wait for a night of expressive resonance with guitarists Mak Grgic and Jake Hertzog in collaboration with the music department at the University of Arkansas and 21c Museum Hotel Bentonville. This special evening, which is free and open to the public, is part of the University of Arkansas Department of Music’s Bridging Differences series and is sponsored by the McIlroy Family Endowment in Visual and Performing Arts and the SEC Faculty Travel Program. If you’d like to donate to Trillium, a 501(c)3 nonprofit and reserve your spot, you can do so, but it’s not required!
Touted as a “gifted guitarist” by the New York Times, 2-time Grammy®-nominated artist Mak Grgic [GER-gich] is a star on the worldwide stage. An expansive and adventurous repertoire attests to his versatility and wide-ranging interests. From the ethnic music of his native Balkans to extreme avant-garde and microtonal music, his roles as soloist, collaborator, and Grammy-nominated recording artist are fueled by curiosity, imagination, and boundless energy. As a testament to his versatility and wide-ranging appeal, in 2018 Mak was invited by legendary singer-songwriter k.d. lang to perform as the opening act for the North American leg of her Ingénue Redux Tour.
Described as playing “an unapologetic brand of jazz-rock guitar that does not look back,” in All About Jazz, Jake Hertzog is a critically acclaimed guitarist, composer and educator whose career to-date has spanned eleven albums as bandleader across jazz, rock and classical new music styles. Most recently, Jake Hertzog is pushing the boundaries of improvisation, guitar, and technology with a turn of events, a release in collaboration media artist Adam Hogan. The pair blend free jazz, and ambisonic technology on a completely innovative new album released in 2023. A grand prize winner of the Montreux Jazz Guitar Competition, among many other accolades, Hertzog currently serves as Jazz Area Coordinator and Assistant Professor of Guitar at the University of Arkansas.