Jazz
The concert is Tuesday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. and marks the culmination of the Faculty Tuesday series for this year.
With renowned faculty, award-winning student ensembles and trailblazing alumni performing weekly throughout the jazz clubs of Denver and Boulder, the Thompson Jazz Studies Program is firmly on the front lines of jazz along the Front Range. But that wasn鈥檛 always the case...
The first big band concert of the season for the Thompson Jazz Studies Program will feature a couple of familiar faces in new roles鈥攁long with new twists on old, familiar tunes.
Now in its sixth year, the Summer Jazz Academy this summer brings in Christian Howes, a guest artist who might be considered unconventional.
This year over Spring Break, the students and faculty of the Thompson Jazz Studies Program will give whole new meaning to the idea of taking their show on the road.
It鈥檚 been a Colorado tradition for more than 50 years and this year, it鈥檚 coming to Macky Auditorium. The Thompson Jazz Studies Program is getting ready for the 53rd Mile High Jazz Festival on Feb. 15-17.
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, 鈥淎nansi and the Sky God,鈥 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.