Sentences with phrase «jazz studies»

Reed player Ron Carter, director of jazz studies at Northern Illinois University, will be the featured soloist in concert with the Hersey High School Jazz Band at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the school, 1900 E. Thomas St., Arlington Heights.

In 1974, Marsalis became the Director of Jazz Studies at the New Orleans Center for Creative Arts high school, mentoring such contemporary artists as Reginald Veal, Terence Blanchard, and Harry Connick Jr..

John Szwed is an anthropologist, musician, and writer who has taught African American studies, film studies, music, anthropology, and performance studies at New York University, the University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, and Columbia University, where he was director of the Center for Jazz Studies from 2009 — 14.

I have been a jazz trumpet player since high school, and almost got a masters degree in jazz studies.

Created and performed by the acclaimed South African choreographer Dada Masilo with two other dancers, the piece was commissioned by the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, in conjunction with the exhibition.

In addition, for over twenty five years, he has been a Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at Loyola University in New Orleans, LA.

Prior to joining the faculty at The University of Arizona, I taught K - 12 music in the Tucson Unified School District for nearly a decade, teaching elementary arts integration, general music, orchestra, and band; middle school orchestra and band; and high school marching band, concert band, orchestra, choir, and jazz studies.

Cited four times as best trombonist in the annual Downbeat Critics Poll, Wycliffe Gordon recently was named a visiting artist in the jazz studies program at Johns Hopkins University.

Pedro continued his jazz studies (composition and piano) until 2006.

After three years teaching at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Marsalis joined the University of New Orleans, where he spent 12 years heading the Jazz Studies department.

Created and performed in the gallery by the acclaimed South African choreographer Dada Masilo with two other dancers, the piece was commissioned by the Center for Jazz Studies, Columbia University, in conjunction with the exhibition.