Jazz
The Thompson Jazz Studies Program faculty members present Be(bop) Boulder on Sept. 20 as the Faculty Tuesday series continues.
Thompson Jazz Studies Program Director John Gunther and Assistant Professor of Violin Chas Wetherbee will record Gunther's original work, “Anansi and the Sky God,” this week in front of a live studio audience.
The faculty of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program recently released a new CD of original works, "Be(bop) Boulder."
Stravinsky, Bernstein, Davis and "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" are all on the program for the College of Music's showcase concert at Boettcher Concert Hall at the Denver Performing Arts Complex April 26.
Jazz piano DMA Paul Shinn will compete in the first ever jazz piano competition at the University of South Africa's Unisa International Competition on Jan. 26.It’s not unusual for a young pianist to enter a competition. Learning new repertoire,
Thompson Jazz Studies alumna Tia Fuller returns to the College of Music for a concert and master class the weekend of Nov. 14.
College of Music students Anisha Rush, Josh Reed and Heath Walton have received grants from local organization Pathways to Jazz.
As far as careers go, jazz pianist Stephen Thurston is hitting all the right notes. The 2013 Jazz Piano graduate talks about his flourishing career in Denver, what's next and what advice he has for students.
The Thompson Jazz Studies Program continues to set the standard for excellence among its peers: three students were recently selected for a prestigious, invitation-only Program for Jazz at the Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute in Illinois.
The students were invited to perform as part of the Monterey Jazz Festival’s prestigious Next Generation Jazz Festival, which annually brings more than a thousand middle-school, high-school and college big bands, combos and ensembles to “duke it out for the glory of performing at the Monterey Jazz Festival in September,” according to the festival’s website.