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Tom Teasley and John Wubbenhorst present a lecture-performance focusing on the intersection of jazz and classical Indian music. John Wubberhorst is among the foremost experts in explaining Indian musical concepts to Western musicians having lived in India for several years. He is a disciple of the famed Bansuri flutist, Hariprasad Chaurasia. Tom Teasley is well […]
Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson kicks UDC's JAZZAlive series for Fall 2023. Tuesday, September 26, 2023 • 12:30 p.m. UDC Recital Hall (Performing Arts/Building 46-West) • Free & Open to the Public
UDC's music program celebrates Women’s History Month with a lecture-recital on the piano music by Black women composers. Dr. Leah Claiborne, coordinator of UDC Keyboard Studies and Music of the […]
JAZZforum - Aidan Levy in Conversation with Reuben Jackson - Saxophone Colossus: The Life and Music of Sonny Rollins Wednesday, February 8, 2023 • 7:00 p.m. Saxophone Colossus is Aidan […]
Join the UDC Jazz Ensembles under the direction of Allyn Johnson for a Thanksgiving celebration. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php/
World percussionist Tom Teasley shares his experience as a performer and composer. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php/
Vocalist and jazz studies major Jade Jacobs presents her Junior Recital. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php/
Allyn Johnson plays the Hammond B3 and is joined by guest saxophonist Paul Carr, and drummer Ynomrah Hicks. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php/
Jazz ensembles under the direction of Allyn Johnson celebrate Jazz Appreciation Month. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php.
Free performance by the Reginald Cyntje Group – Brian Settles, tenor sax; Herman Burney, bass; Lenny Robinson, drums; & Reginald Cyntje, trombone & compositions. Learn more at https://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php
A UDC JazzAlive concert. Learn more at http://lrdudc.wrlc.org//jazz/events.php/
Join pianist and UDC Jazz Studies Director Allyn Johnson for a lively session of conversation and performance. Learn more at http://lrdudc.wrlc.org/jazz/events.php
JAZZforum presents a screening of George Schuller’s recently produced film The Modern Jazz Quartet: From Residency to Legacy. The drummer, composer/arranger, producer and director of the film George Schuller will join author and discographer Michael Fitzgerald for a discussion on this new documentary that examines the role of the MJQ while in residence at Music […]
The legendary vibraphonist Lennie Cuje has been a fixture on the jazz scene for over 60 years. International Musician notes that he “has experienced life on a grand scale — in music, in war, and in two homelands.” A screening of the Washington Post’s award-winning documentary A Life in 4/4 Time will be followed by […]
Acclaimed percussionist, composer and recording artist Joe Chambers will share his expertise as a master performer and educator. Chambers has worked with some of the most influential jazz figures of the last several decades and is a recognized performer and composer whose works have been performed at Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. As a sideman […]