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July 22, 2011
Debra Kinzler
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MANHATTAN SCHOOL OF MUSIC JAZZ ARTS announces
2011 – 2012 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
THIS SEASON MSM EXPLORES “SOUND AND IMAGE”
Monday, September 26
ROOMS
Collaboration by the Limón Dance Company and MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Choreography by Anna Sokolow (1955)
Music by Kenyon Hopkins, created for the dance
Thursday, October 20
MAMBO NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD: LATIN JAZZ IN THE MOVIES
MSM Afro Cuban-Jazz Orchestra; Bobby Sanabria, director
Friday, November 11
50th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION of the film “WEST SIDE STORY”
MSM Jazz Orchestra; Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Friday, January 27 and Friday, March 2
STAN KENTON CENTENNIAL CONCERTS
A two-concert series celebrating the orchestral jazz legacy of Stan Kenton
MSM Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra & MSM Jazz Orchestra
Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Tuesday, March 27
IMAGENES NUEVOS!
New works for Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra; Bobby Sanabria, director
Thursday, April 26
MARY LOU WILLIAMS
ZODIAC SUITE (1945)
DIAL/OATTS BRASSWORKS
MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble; Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Garry Dial and Dick Oatts, guest artists
Also to Note:
February 17 – 20
Fourth Annual CHARLES MINGUS High School Competition & Festival
July 22, 2011 – The Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Program, Justin DiCioccio, Associate Dean and
Chair, announces its 2011-2012 Season Highlights. This year, MSM will be exploring the relationship of music to
“sound and image” looking at collaborations between composers and visual artists to choreographers’ visions, from
inspired pairing of music and text and to music’s subtle evocation of images.
In keeping with MSM’s “Sound and Image” programming theme for 2011-2012, the MSM Jazz Arts Vision concert
series offers a vivid spectrum, with each concert presenting repertoire that was composed and/or arranged for a
different visual performance setting: modern dance, film, the concert hall and the dance hall. All Jazz Arts Vision
concerts are listed below in date order.
Monday, September 26 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
ROOMS
Collaboration by the Limón Dance Company and MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble
Justin DiCioccio, conductor; Carla Maxwell, artistic director, Limón Dance Company
Choreography by Anna Sokolow (1955)
Music by Kenyon Hopkins, created for dance
Modern dance and Jazz are natural partners, having developed almost in tandem throughout the first half the 20thcentury. Anna Sokolow (1910 – 2000), a pioneering dancer and choreographer, was one of the first modern dance
choreographers to set her dances to serious, edgy jazz music. Rooms, which debuted in 1955 at New York’s 92nd
Street Y, remains a powerful portrayal of the profound loneliness many urban dwellers experience, danced to the
sounds of the then-new sounds of “cool” jazz, which mirrors in feeling the movement of the work’s eight dancers.
Tuesday, October 18 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
KIRCHE TÔNEN – THE MUSIC OF BILL KIRCHNER
MSM Concert Jazz Band * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Thursday, October 20 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
MAMBO NIGHTS IN HOLLYWOOD
Latin Jazz in the Movies
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra * Bobby Sanabria, director
Bobby Sanabria and the Grammy-nominated MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be performing the scintillating Latin Jazz dance scores made popular through movies of all genres, from Fred Astaire to Carmen Miranda to \
thrillers.
Friday, November 11 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
A CELEBRATION OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY
OF WEST SIDE STORY “THE MOVIE”!
MSM Jazz Orchestra * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
The film version of Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story” will be celebrated in a 50th anniversary concert that will
include jazz arrangements by acclaimed composers/arrangers Dave Grusin, Michael Abene and Don Sebesky. West
Side Story, the winner of 10 Academy Awards in 1961, remains the perfect coming together of several great American arts – modern dance, jazz dance, orchestral jazz and Afro-Cuban music.
Friday, January 27 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
STAN KENTON CENTENNIAL CONCERTS
First concert in a two-concert series celebrating the orchestral jazz legacy of Stan Kenton
MSM Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
The MSM Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra and Justin DiCioccio showcase the orchestral music created by Stan Kenton
and other composers – Pete Rugolo, Bill Russo, Robert Graettinger and Bill Holman – for the Innovations Orchestra in the late 1940s and through the 1950s. Programmed will be music performed by the Innovations Orchestra
from the albums City of Glass, Innovations in Modern Music, Lush Interlude and The Kenton Touch. Manhattan School of
Music is one of the only conservatories world-wide that offers its students the experience of playing in a Jazz Philharmonic Orchestra (a full symphony orchestra plus a jazz big band).
Friday, March 2 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
STAN KENTON CENTENNIAL CONCERTS
Second concert in a two-concert series celebrating the orchestral jazz legacy of Stan Kenton
MSM Jazz Orchestra * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
The second concert in the two-concert series celebrating the 100th year of Stan Kenton will include a Big Band Retrospective featuring such works as Artistry in Rhythm, Eager Beaver, Intermission Riff, Peanut Vendor, Concerto to
End All Concertos, Machito, Impressionism, arranged by Pete Rugolo, Bill Russo, Bob Graettinger, Shorty Rogers
and Gene Rowland; as well as a complete recreation of Bill Holman’s “Contemporary Concepts” album.
Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
IMAGENES NUEVOS!
New works for Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra * Bobby Sanabria, director
Bobby Sanabria and the Grammy-nominated MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra will be pointing to the future of the
music when they perform a concert showcasing original works by new Afro-Cuban and Latin composers.
Thursday, April 26 at 7:30 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
“ZODIAC SUITE” music by MARY LOU WILLIAMS
“BRASSWORKS” music by GARRY DIAL and DICK OATTS
MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Garry Dial, piano and Dick Oatts, saxophone, guest artists
Justin DiCioccio and the MSM Chamber Jazz Ensemble will be offering Mary Lou Williams’ landmark work, the
Zodiac Suite from 1945. Williams, a pianist and composer/arranger whose career began in vaudeville, and whose
artistry as an arranger burst open in Kansas City during the 1920s, was always ahead of her time. Duke Ellington once said, “Mary Lou Williams is perpetually contemporary….” Zodiac Suite was her first extended work, and
was composed to honor her friends born under different signs. The images of the constellations and their alleged
personality traits – were a ready source of inspiration for her to paint her friends in music, including Ben Webster,
Duke Ellington, Benny Goodman and Dizzy Gillespie.
This concert will also include music from the album “Brassworks” composed and arranged by Garry Dial and Dick
Oatts. Dial and Oatts began working together in 1989 producing “Dial & Oatts” recorded on DMP, combining
original compositions and arrangements using a 30 piece string orchestra joined by bassist Jay Anderson and drummer Joey Baron. A year later also for DMP, they released “Brassworks,” incorporating the original compositions
and arrangements of “Dial & Oatts” along with orchestrations by Rich DeRosa, uniting the Jazz Quartet and brass
choir. The recording was named “Disc of the Month” in March 1991.
Also of Note:
The Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Program will also be presenting a number of concerts/events, not part
of the SOUND and IMAGE programming, as a part of their season. This includes MSM’s Café Jazz series, show-
MSM performances at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola as part of the Upstarts! series; as well as the fourth annual Mingus High School Competition.
Fourth Annual CHARLES MINGUS High School Competition & Festival:
Sue Mingus and Justin DiCioccio, co-directors
Friday, February 17 through Monday, February 20 * MSM and other locations TBA
The music and legacy of Charles Mingus will be returning to Manhattan School of Music on Friday, February
17 continuing through Monday, February 20, 2012, when MSM collaborates with Let My Children Hear Music/
the Charles Mingus Institute to host the Fourth Annual Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival.
Once again, prominent jazz educators and musicians will be listening to recordings submitted by high schools
from throughout the United States to select the high school big bands and combos who will be competing in the
all-day competition that will be taking place on Sunday, February 19th. Also featured during this weekend paying
tribute to the legacy of Charles Mingus, will be clinics, workshops and concerts dedicated to exploring Mingus’s
music.
Below are quotes from participants of the 2011 Charles Mingus High School Competition and Festival:
“The music of Mingus taps into the youth of America. I think it is the emphasis on energy and the
band concept that draw young people to his music. It requires that you step up and be heard and not
hide in a section. It also promotes individuality among the people that tackle it.”
--Adam Linz, Jazz Coordinator, McPhail Center for Music
“The workshops were great and the competition was fantastic--we grew so much as musicians and
human beings because of it. The set at the Jazz Standard was AMAZING. There is nothing like experiencing this outstanding Mingus Big Band live! What an opportunity for kids to sit in with the pros! You
guys are providing an exceptional experience!”
--Philippe Crettien, The Rivers School band director
“The process of learning Charles Mingus music builds not only musical skills, but life skills. And seeing how other people treat it, the freedom that’s involved, it’s all pretty amazing stuff. It’s been a blast.”
—Howard Potter, Eastman Youth Orchestra band director
Jazz Arts Faculty Recitals:
Thursday, September 15 at 7:30 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Jamie Baum, Jazz Flute
Jamie Baum and her award-winning Septet will be performing the compositions and arrangements of Ms. Baum.
In addition to Jamie Baum, the Septet includes Ralph Alessi, trumpet and flugelhorn; Doug Yates, alto sax and
clarinet; Vincent Chancey, French horn; George Colligan, piano; Jeff Hirshfield, drums; and Johannes Weidenmueller, bass. The Jamie Baum Septet was founded in 1999, and has performed worldwide at venues from NYC’s
Jazz Standard and Joe’s Pub, to Portugal’s Braga Jazz Festival and Span’s Jazz Terrassa Festival. In addition to her
Septet, Ms. Baum has worked with renowned musicians such as George Russell, Randy Brecker, Kenny Barron,
and Dave Douglas as a leader and/or sidewoman. Jamie Baum received her master of music degree from MSM
in jazz performance and composition.
Tuesday, October 11 at 7:30 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Rogerio Boccato, percussion with Jean Rohe, voice and percussion
The Brazilian percussionist, drummer and educator Rogerio Boccato will be joined by Jean Rohe performing a
concert, “Experiments in Percussion and Voice.” Mr. Boccato recently relocated from Sao Paulo to New York,
where he teaches traditional Brazilian rhythms and styles applied to the drum set and to Jazz combos at Manhattan School of Music. A longtime member of the “Orquestra Jazz Sinfonica do Estado de Sao Paulo,” among
musicians that he has performed with include Antonio Carlos Jobim, Hermeto Pascoal, Kenny Garrett, Toninho
Horta, Joe Lovano, Dionne Warwick, among others. Jane Rohe is a popular performer in New York City’s jazz
and Brazilian music scene. Her original compositions and arrangements of songs from Latin America explore
the intersections of jazz, North American folk music, Brazilian and Afro-Peruvian traditions.
Other Jazz Concerts:
Wednesday, November 30 at 7:30 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Jazz Student Composers’ Chamber Concert
Tuesday, February 28 at 7:30 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Jazz Student Composers’ Chamber Concert
Wednesday, April 4 at 7:30 p.m. * Borden Auditorium
Jazz Students Composers’ Big Band Concert
MSM Concert Jazz Band
Justin, DiCioccio, conductor
Jazz Master Classes:
Tuesday, September 27 at 3:00 p.m. * Studio 610
JIMMY HEATH, saxophone/composer
Lecture: “I Walk With Giants”
Wednesday, September 28 at 3:00 p.m. * Studio 610
CHRISTIAN MCBRIDE, jazz bass
Tuesday, November 29 at 3:00 p.m. * Studio 610
JON GORDON, saxophone
Lecture: “Building a Life in Music”
Monday, January 30 at 3:00 p.m. * Studio 610
TED NASH, saxophone/composer
Composing for Big Band
Jazz Videoconference Master Class Series with Ottawa’s National Arts Center
“Manhattan on the Rideau”:
In its eighth year, the “Manhattan on the Rideau” series of distance learning jazz master classes will be connecting leading MSM Jazz faculty with accomplished Canadian music students in Ottawa. These sessions use the very
latest in broadband videoconference technology to connect teachers and students in real time with high-fidelity
audio and video.
Tuesday, November 8 at 12:00 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
John Riley, drumset
Tuesday, January 17 at 12:00 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Dave Liebman, saxophone
Tuesday, February 7 at 12:00 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Donny McCaslin, saxophone
Tuesday, April 2 at 12:00 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Peter Eldridge, voice
Date TBA at 12:00 p.m. * Miller Recital Hall
Vijay Iyer, piano
Upstarts! MSM at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola:
Monday, October 24 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra * Bobby Sanabria, director
Monday, November 21 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
MSM Jazz Orchestra and MSM Concert Jazz Band * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Monday, April 9 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
MSM Jazz Orchestra and MSM Concert Jazz Band * Justin DiCioccio, conductor
Monday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.
MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra * Bobby Sanabria, director
For tickets call Jazz@Lincoln Center at 212 258 9595
Café Jazz:
The Jazz Arts Programs features an array of student combos in its Café Jazz series, which take place in MSM’s
smaller performance spaces. Coached by MSM Jazz Faculty, these combos present a rich variety of music, from
Brazilian, Indian music, and electronic music to straight ahead jazz, featuring up-and-coming artists such as
pianist Christian Sands, Ben Benack, an award-winning trumpet player, bassist Kate Davis, drummer Jake
Goldbas, and others who are already making their mark in NYC clubs and venues, jazz competitions, as well as
on WBGO, at Dizzy’s Club Coca Cola, and showcases for emerging artist.
Thursday, October 13 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, October 19 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Monday, October 24 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Tuesday, October 25 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, October 26 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, October 27 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, November 1 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, November 3 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, November 8 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, November 10 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, November 15 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Tuesday, November 29 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, December 1 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Wednesday, February 1 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, February 2 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, February 7 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, February 9 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Wednesday, February 15 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, February 16 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Tuesday, February 21 at 8:00 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, February 22 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, February 23 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, March 29 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, April 5 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, April 10 at 7:30 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Wednesday, April 11 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, April 12 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, April 17 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Thursday, April 19 at 7:30 p.m. * Myers Recording Studio
Tuesday, April 24 at 7:30 p.m. * Ades Performance Space
Tickets:
A minimal ticket price is required for selected jazz concerts. To see which jazz concerts are ticketed, please visit
the MSM website at [email protected] or call the MSM Concert Office at 917 493 4428. The MSM Concert Office is open Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday from
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., and one hour before curtain for ticketed events. Manhattan School of Music is located on
the northwest corner of 122nd Street and Broadway, and is easily accessible by public transportation.
Bios:
Justin DiCioccio, Associate Dean and Chair of MSM’s Jazz Arts Program, is internationally recognized as one
of the foremost jazz educators of our time. He was inducted into the Jazz Education Hall of Fame in January 2001. His inventive approach has earned him the title “the musician’s teacher,” and his many performances,
conducting appearances, jazz and percussion clinics, and workshops are widely recognized in the professional and
educational fields. Mr. DiCioccio has served as program director and clinician for Carnegie Hall Jazz Education
and acts as a consultant to Jazz at Lincoln Center and Wynton Marsalis. He developed and directed the
LaGuardia High School of the Arts jazz program, the first fully accredited secondary jazz program in the United
States. Mr. DiCioccio is active with the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, the Music for Youth
Foundation, and the National Foundation for Jazz Education. He is a three-time recipient of the Presidential
Scholars Teacher Recognition Award in the jazz field by the U.S. Department of Education. On March 1, 2010,
he was confirmed as the State Department Appointed Cultural Envoy Jazz Ambassador to Tbilisi, Georgia.
Mr. DiCioccio’s performing and conducting credentials include concerts, commercials, Broadway shows, and
recordings with jazz, orchestral, rock, and new music groups. Over the years he has worked with acclaimed artists, including Arturo Sandoval, Randy Brecker, Chuck Mangione, Phil Woods, Stan Gets, and Clark Terry, among
others. Mr. DiCioccio is a former member of the Rochester Philharmonic and for five years was a member of
the Marine Band “The President’s Own,” in which he served as the official White House drummer during the
Kennedy and Johnson administrations.
Justin DiCioccio was named Chair of MSM’s Jazz Arts Program in 1999 and has been a member of its faculty
since 1984.
Bobby Sanabria, the Multiple Grammy nominated drummer, percussionist, composer, arranger, conductor,
producer, educator, film-maker, bandleader, and multi-cultural warrior, has performed and recorded with such
legends as Dizzy Gillespie, Tito Puente, Mongo Santamaráa, Paquito D’Rivera, Ray Barretto, Candido, Henry
Threadgill, Larry Harlow, and Afro-Cuban Jazz Godfather, Mario Bauzá. His first solo recording, N.Y.C. Aché’
has been become a cult classic. His first big band recording, Live & in Clave!!!, was nominated for a mainstream
Grammy in 2001. In 2003 he was nominated for a Latin Grammy for, “50Years of Mambo”, A Tribute to
Damaso Perez Prado. His 2005 Quarteto Aché’ disc was hailed by the critics as giving a new vision to the
standard jazz quartet. The readers of DRUM! magazine named him Percussionist of the Year in 2006. His recording “Big Band Urban Folktales”a 2008 Grammy nominee. This South Bronx native of Puerto Rican
parentage is a 2006 inductee into the Bronx Walk of Fame where he has a street named after him. His 2009 CD,
“Kenya Revisited Live!!!” is are-imagining of the legendary “Kenya” album by the Machito Afro Cubans with
incredible new arrangements with Bobby conducting the Manhattan School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra that has astounded critics and fans and was nominated for a Latin Grammy for Best Latin Jazz recording. He
on the faculty of MSM and the New School. He leads several ensembles: Quarteto Aché’, Ascensión, and the
Bobby Sanabria Big Band. He was associate producer of the TV documentaries “The Palladium: Where Mambo
Was King” and “From Mambo to Hip Hop.” Mr. Sanabria is featured in the documentary, LATIN MUSIC USA,
which aired on PBS in October 2009.
The Jazz Arts Program:
Manhattan School of Music is one of the first conservatories in the United States to acknowledge the importance
of jazz as an art form by establishing undergraduate and graduate degree programs in jazz. It is also one of the
richest programs of its kind, thanks to systematic and rigorous conservatory training combined with a myriad of
performance and networking opportunities in New York City. In addition to a variety of small combos, student
performing ensembles include the Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, Concert Jazz Band, Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Philharmonic, and Chamber Jazz Orchestra. Under the leadership of longtime faculty member and eminent jazz artistand-educator Justin DiCioccio, the program strives to produce students who perform, compose, and teach with
equal facility and passion. Notable alumni include Ambrose Akinmusire, Jon Benitez, Stefon Harris, Ryan Kisor,
Jane Monheit, Jason Moran, Chris Potter, Kim Thompson, Steve Turre and Miguel Zenon.
The Jazz Arts Administrative team includes Justin DiCioccio, Associate Dean and Chair; Chris Rosenberg,
Manager of Jazz Administration; Stephanie Crease, Coordinator; and Andrew Neesley, Assistant Coordinator.
The Jazz Arts Performing Ensembles:
The MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra has been internationally recognized for its performances at prestigious jazz
conferences and by its recordings on the Jazzheads label. This past March saw the release of their critically
acclaimed CD, Tito Puente Masterworks Live!!! Audiophile Audition said about this recording, “The Manhattan
School of Music Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra is unrecognizable as a student ensemble … the soloists are of such
a high level that none of them emerge as more memorable than the others.” In 2009, they released the critically
acclaimed Grammy-nominated CD, Kenya Revisited Live! This recording, that also features NEA Jazz Master
Candido Camero, is from a historic concert held at MSM (2008) that celebrated the 50th anniversary of Machito
& The Afro-Cubans 1957 jazz masterwork, Kenya. The MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra, now in its twelfth year
under the direction of Bobby Sanabria, has performed in such NYC jazz venues as Birdland, the Jazz
Standard, Jazz@Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola, as well as on the plaza of the Harlem State Office
Building in an outdoor concert celebrating MSM’s 90th anniversary. They have performed with a who’s who of
jazz giants from Tom Harrell to David Sanchez and Arturo O’Farrill to Sonny Fortune and Ray Barretto, among
many others. The MSM Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra and Bobby Sanabria are dedicated to performing the music
of ‘la tradition’ and pays homage to these legends while continuing to pass on and advance the tradition to the
next generation.
The MSM Jazz Orchestra under the direction of Justin DiCioccio performs regularly with major artists such
as Eliane Elias, Jon Faddis, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Dave Liebman, Wynton Marsalis, and Phil Woods. They
have appeared at jazz festivals including at Montreaux, Umbria and the North Sea; as well as at the Clinton White
House with Dave Sanborn, and numerous IAJE conferences. They have also been heard at New York City jazz
clubs including the Jazz Standard, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola and at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts. With
saxophonist Dave Liebman, they have recorded for the Jazzheads label, a box set of Miles Ahead, Porgy and Bess,
and Sketches of Spain, as well as the soon to be released CD “The Paris Concert” recorded live in November 2010.
The MSM Jazz Philharmonic offers musicians from the jazz arts program and classical division a unique educational experience that bridges the gap among classical, jazz, popular, show, and media music. This ensemble, conducted by Justin DiCioccio, is dedicated to performing original compositions that combine jazz rhythms, harmonies, and instrumental solos with contemporary classical compositional techniques. The MSM Jazz Philharmonic
serves the needs of students who seek opportunities to perform in the symphony orchestra as well as studio
orchestras. Guest performers have included Paquito d’Rivera, Roberta Gambarini, Jane Monheit, Randy Brecker,
Cecil Bridgewater, Dave Liebman, Joe Lovano, Bob Mintzer, Dick Oatts, Ted Rosenthal, and David Taylor.
The Jazz Arts Faculty:
Justin DiCioccio, Associate Dean and Chair
Acoustic Bass:
Jay Anderson, Larry Ridley, Harvie S
Afro-Cuban Music:
Bobby Sanabria
Brazilian Percussion and Music:
Rogerio Boccato
Business of Jazz:
Karen Kennedy
Composition:
Michael Abene, Richard DeRosa, Roy Eaton, Edward Greene, Jim McNeely, Michael Patterson, Richard Sussman
Drumset:
Justin DiCioccio, John Riley
Electric Bass:
Jeff Andrews
Flute:
Jamie Baum
French horn:
John Clark
Guitar:
Rodney Jones, Chris Rosenberg, Jack Wilkins
History:
Ira Gitler, Bill Kirchner, Mariah Wilkins
Indian Rhythm and Tabla:
Samir Chaterjee
Piano:
Garry Dial, Vijay Iyer, Phil Markowitz, Ted Rosenthal, Mark Soskin, Joan Stiles
Saxophone:
Dave Liebman, Donny McCaslin, Rich Perry, Steve Slagle, Joe Temperley, Steve Wilson
Trombone:
Luis Bonilla, Jack Gale, Wycliffe Gordon, John Mosca, David Taylor
Trumpet:
Cecil Bridgewater, Laurie Frink, Scott Wendholt
Vibraphone:
Joe Locke
Violin:
John Blake, Sarah Caswell
Visiting Artists:
Kenny Barron, Stefon Harris, Lew Soloff
Voice:
Theo Bleckmann, Peter Eldridge, Darmon Meader
Artist in Residence:
Dave Liebman
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