Percussionist Lesley Mok To Perform at Jazz At Wolfson Presents

Jazz at Wolfson Presents is hosting percussionist Lesley Mok at the Wolfson Campus Auditorium, 300, N.E. Second Ave., Room 1261, on Feb. 12 at noon.

Mok was a recipient of the 2022 Resident Artist award and the 2021 Herb Alpert Young Jazz Award, a program that acknowledges jazz composers ages 30 and under.

They have one debut album, The Living Collection, that features a 10-piece chamber ensemble. It was recognized by All About Jazz and Jazz Trail Magazine, and was also named International Debut Album of the Year at the 2024 Deutscher Jazzpreis.

Mok is also an interdisciplinary artist who works in sound, installation, film and theater, and is inspired by queer and feminist art practices, Chinese philosophy, Afro-Cuban musical traditions and ancestral knowledge.

The event is free and open to the public.