Studio Music & Jazz

Studio Music & Jazz

Learning live and onstage

Famed jazz-fusion group Snarky Puppy gave the Frost School’s Jazz Sextet a masterclass in front of a live audience at the GroundUP festival this weekend.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/02/snarkypuppyxfsom.html


Studio Music & Jazz

Frost School professor Etienne Charles receives major Caribbean award

The Trinidadian-American jazz composer, trumpeter, and bandleader just capped a string of achievements, including a long-sought album release and multiple honors, by winning an Anthony N Sabga Award, which comes with a substantial cash prize.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/02/etienne-award.html





Studio Music & Jazz

Adding a chapter to jazz history

Frost School of Music jazz faculty and students joined their British counterparts on a recording that captures a missing link in jazz icon Kenny Wheeler’s musical legacy. The jazz world is anticipating the album’s January 31 release.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/01/wheeler-album.html






Studio Music & Jazz

A musical rapport inspires teacher and student

Famed jazz pianist Emmet Cohen’s passionate and collaborative musical spirit was shaped, in many ways, by Frost School of Music Dean Shelton G. Berg. They’ll perform together when the Frost School alumnus brings his beloved Live From Emmet’s Place concert to campus next week.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/01/emmet-cohen.html


Instrumental Performance

Making music and community

The annual Music at McBride Plaza free concert series in downtown Coral Gables, featuring Frost School of Music ensembles, aims to create community and connection.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2025/01/mcbride-series.html


Studio Music & Jazz

Frost School artists make a showing in DownBeat Readers Poll

For the third time this year, multiple Frost School alumni and faculty were honored in the jazz field’s top magazine.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/12/downbeat-readers-poll.html



Studio Music & Jazz

Outstanding jazz program leader Whit Sidener to be honored

Frost School alumnus and former professor Whit Sidener, who built the jazz program into a national powerhouse in almost 40 years of leadership, has been named the 2024 Distinguished Alumnus of the Year.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/11/program-leader-honored.html



Studio Music & Jazz

Music and history join forces

In a unique performance at the Frost School of Music, a historic Black film takes on new life and resonance through famed jazz composer Wycliffe Gordon’s spectacular live musical score.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/11/within-our-gates.html


Studio Music & Jazz

Grooving through the galaxy with jazz and Cowboy Bebop

The open-mindedness and skills that bass player Marty Quinn built studying and teaching at the Frost School of Music earned him a spot with a jazz band playing music from the hit Japanese anime Cowboy Bebop, drawing thousands to shows across the country.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/11/cowboy-bebop.html



Studio Music & Jazz

Quincy Jones and the Frost School Connection: A Legacy of Music and Friendship

The iconic music producer Quincy Jones’s long friendship with Frost School of Music leader Shelton G. Berg gives a glimpse of Jones’s generosity and influence.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/11/quincy-jones.html


Studio Music & Jazz

In Memoriam - Matt Bonelli

Bassist Matt Bonelli, a Frost School of Music graduate and instructor, was an integral part of an energetic and creative music community on and off campus.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/11/memoriam-matt-bonelli.html


Studio Music & Jazz

New work pushes boundaries while summoning the past

Veteran jazz musician and Frost School professor Brian Lynch steps into new artistic territory with ‘7x7by7,’ an adventurous new multimedia project that reflects his rich musical life. It premieres this week at Gusman Concert Hall.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/brian-lynch-7x7.html



Studio Music & Jazz

The annual Jazz Roots Series returns in November

The annual Jazz Roots series at Miami’s Adrienne Arsht Center, led by Frost School of Music Dean Shelton G. Berg, will highlight Frost School values and groups in stellar concerts celebrating jazz legends and contemporary Cuban icons.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/jazz-roots-2024.html


Studio Music & Jazz

In Memoriam: John McNeil

Revered jazz trumpeter and educator John McNeil, an early graduate student of the jazz program at the Frost School of Music, passed away last month.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/mcneil-memoriam.html


Instrumental Performance

Black Musicians Caucus presents free local concert

Members of the Frost School’s Black Musicians Caucus perform this weekend in a concert produced by students in the Master in Live Entertainment Management Program.

https://news.miami.edu/frost/stories/2024/10/blackmusicianscaucus.html



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