Studio Music & Jazz
Finding his sound and his place
Drummer Brenten Handfield discovered jazz at the Frost School, and has soared with the mentorship of professor and award-winning jazz musician Etienne Charles, who has included Handfield in his Creole Soul ensemble.
Accolades for music’s ‘invisible artists’
Students and alumni of the Frost School’s Studio Jazz Writing Program were honored for their achievements as composers and in the crucial but little-known field of arranging.
Showcasing the powerful intersection of dance and music
Frost School jazz artist Etienne Charles has organized a concert with Miami’s Peter London Global Dance Company, showcasing their collaboration in a vital blend of Afro-Caribbean and contemporary culture that highlights the importance of artistic mentorship.
Frost School artists in 2025 Downbeat Critics Poll
Multiple Frost School alumni, faculty, and former faculty members appeared in the jazz world’s most prestigious list.
Major awards for 2 generations of Frost School jazz singers
The success of jazz vocalists Carmen Lundy and Kate Kortum, who graduated decades apart, showcases the enduring potency of the Frost School’s pioneering jazz vocal program.
Celebrating the transformative jazz of Miles Davis
Frost School jazz artists played a riveting concert commemorating the 100th birthday of jazz genius Miles Davis to open the Jazz Roots series at the Adrienne Arsht Center in Miami.
A jazz educator for the ages
The Frost School of Music’s Dean Shelton G. Berg has been inducted into Downbeat magazine’s Jazz Education Hall of Fame, one of the jazz world’s greatest honors for music educators.
A change-making performance on a world stage
The Frost School of Music debuted at New York’s Lincoln Center, with the Frost Symphony Orchestra playing professor Etienne Charles’ powerful jazz-orchestral work “San Juan Hill: A New York Story” under the baton of famed musical director Gerard Schwarz.