Jazz Seminar Presentations: November 1
Jazz Studies
Open Jazz Jam Session
All University students are welcome to this jazz jam session hosted by Pitt set drum instructor James Johnson III.
Boateng and Barson Present The Migrant Liberation Movement Suite
Petrucelli's New Album Available October 2
Lee Caplan
Pitt Jazz Composers Concert
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The Pitt Jazz Composers Concert will feature original compositions by Pitt faculty, students, staff, and alumni. All works will be performed by the Pittsburgh Jazz Orchestra.
The featured composers are:
Hammond Wins Emerging Leadership Award
The Department of Music is very pleased to announce that Frank Hammond, our intrepid Jazz Studies Program Assistant, has won the Orosz Award for Excellence in Emerging Leadership. The Orosz Award recognizes Dietrich School and College of General Studies staff members in the early stages of their careers who have exhibited excellence in their performance and displayed leadership qualities among their peers.
Helbig and Heller Named ACLS Fellows
Faculty members Adriana Helbig (Ethnomusicology) and Michael Heller (Jazz Studies) are among 78 recipients selected nationally as 2018 American Council of Learned Society Fellows. Peer reviewers selected the fellows from a pool of nearly 1,150 applicants. Awards range from $40,000 to $70,000, depending on the scholar’s career stage, and support scholars for six to twelve months of full-time research and writing.