The College of Music is set to launch an exciting addition to its curriculum this fall—the new Bachelor of Music in Vocal Jazz degree in our Thompson Jazz Studies Program will offer intensive ...

MTU's Jazz program was started in the 1950's by Don Keranen and has been an integral part of the Visual and Performing Arts department at Michigan Tech for more than 6 decades. Run by trumpeter, ...

On March 20, Thompson Jazz Big Bands will celebrate the impact and influence of Associate Professor of Jazz Studies Paul McKee who retires this year. In the following tribute, Professor of Jazz ...

UNC Pembroke senior Jaylen Jones was accepted to the prestigious jazz graduate program at the University of North Texas.

MSU Jazz Studies students perform at the 2026 National Jazz Collegiate Championship at the Lincoln Center in New York City. Photo courtesy MSU College of Music. Michigan State University's Jazz ...

A key piece of the jazz studies program at the University of Northern Colorado returns to view next weekend when the 53rd UNC-Greeley Jazz Festival plays for three days on UNC campus. Described as an ...

Trumpeter and composer Taylor Barnett’s selection to replace Antonio Garcia as director of Virginia Commonwealth University Jazz Studies program seems like an inevitable and transformational choice.

The University of North Texas is marking a milestone: 75 years of offering jazz studies. "Jazz initially was saloon music in the brothels, not the concert hall," UNT One O'Clock Lab Band Director Alan ...