Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony 2019 by University of the Pacific Conservatory of Music

The Brubeck Institute was established at University of the Pacific from 2000 to 2019 to honor Pacific’s distinguished alumni, Dave ’42 and Iola ’45 Brubeck. The mission of the institute is to build on Dave Brubeck’s legacy and his lifelong dedication to music, creativity, education and the advancement of important social issues including civil rights, international relations, environmental concerns and social justice. The institute’s five core programs have included the Brubeck Collection, Brubeck Festival, Brubeck Fellowship Program, Summer Jazz Colony and the Outreach Program.

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BRUBECK INSTITUTE

SUMMER

COLONY 2019 UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC

AUGUST 3–10

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Colony Director’s Letter 2019

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Welcome to the 2019 Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony at University of the Pacific. For 20 years, Pacific and the Brubeck families have honored alumni Dave and Iola Brubeck’s legacy of musical innovation and global humanitarianism. As the Brubeck family explores new avenues to celebrate the life and contributions of Dave and Iola through the Brubeck Living Legacy organization, fall 2019 marks the launch of our Pacific Jazz Ambassadors program, expanding upon the high level of jazz education for which Pacific’s Jazz Studies continue to be recognized (more on page 10). In the last 18 years, the Summer Jazz Colony has been an important aspect of the mission of the Brubeck Institute and Pacific’s Conservatory of Music. We have so many great memories of the Colony and we are looking forward to making new ones in the years to come. Over these years, we have had the privilege of getting to know many talented high school musicians from around the globe and seeing them perform with our faculty and renowned guest musicians. This year promises to continue that trend. I hope you will enjoy the opportunity to celebrate jazz and the results of this week’s collaboration between current masters and rising stars of jazz music. Thank you for all your support!

Patrick Langham Interim Executive Director, Brubeck Institute Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, University of the Pacific

Events schedule 2 Youth jazz partners 3 – 4 Artists in residence 5 – 9 Pacific Jazz Ambassadors 10 Colonists 11 – 14 Jazz Studies at Pacific 14 Special thanks 15 Endowments 16 Supporters 17 – 18

Evening Concert Schedule Take 5 Jazz at the Brew, Valley Brewing Co. 157 West Adams Street, Stockton, CA 95204 Enjoy jam sessions from 7–9 pm on the following dates: Sunday, Aug. 4 Monday, Aug. 5 Tuesday, Aug. 6 Thursday, Aug. 8 University of the Pacific Faye Spanos Concert Hall Friday, Aug. 9 | 5:30–7:30 pm Closing concert featuring faculty, guest artists and colonists

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Patrick Langham Interim Executive Director, Brubeck Institute Professor of Music and Director of Jazz Studies, University of the Pacific

YOUTH JAZZ PARTNERS

The National Youth Jazz Orchestra (NYJO) is a charity with a mission to promote jazz as an exciting, engaging and inspirational art form through world-class performances and education work. Since its founding in 1965, NYJO has grown from one jazz orchestra of emerging professionals to a multi-faceted organization working in jazz education at all levels. The Jazz Orchestra, led by artistic and music director Mark Armstrong, remains the gateway to the profession for many; alumni include Guy Barker, Mark Nightingale, Laura Jurd and Amy Winehouse. Beginning January 2020, we will be expanding our offering for emerging professional musicians with the new NYJO Jazz Exchange, a creative ensemble(s) supported by Ensemble Coach Orphy Robinson, for musicians all over the U.K. who are seeking an alternative route into the profession from the traditional jazz orchestra format. The fastest growing area of NYJO’s work is our national education program. While some places are well served by jazz education opportunities, in others it can be more difficult for young potential jazz musicians to progress. We are now working to change that, and our battle cry is “Levelling the Playing Field in Jazz Education.” In addition to our NYJO Academy in London, we have now set up NYJO Regional Academies in Wiltshire, Darlington, Cumbria and Lancashire. We currently have 90 education partner organizations around the U.K.; nine are “Feature Partners,” who have signed up for a minimum three-year partnership to work closely with NYJO developing jazz education opportunities that suit their local needs. NYJO.org.uk Facebook.com/NYJO.Jazz @NYJOuk

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Formed in 1983, WAYJO’s is Australia’s premier youth jazz orchestra and strives to provide unparalleled opportunities for outstanding emerging jazz musicians and composers. Our members benefit from career-defining experiences including performing, recording and touring under the mentorship of respected Australian and international artists. Thanks to recent associations with Kunstuniversität Graz (KUG) in Austria, Showa University of Music in Japan, and the Brubeck Institute in the U.S., our members also have the opportunity to travel and learn internationally. WAYJO alumni are featured prominently in the international jazz scene, with past members Linda Oh, Troy Roberts, Daniel Susnjar, Graeme Blevins, Daniel Susnjar and Mat Jodrell all making waves at an international level. WAYJO.com @wayouthjazzorchestra

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Patrick Langham is an experienced

educator and performer with a 15-year career at University of the Pacific’s Conservatory of Music. As professor and director of Jazz Studies, Langham has developed the university’s Jazz Studies degree programs from the ground up. He has taught core classes to Brubeck Institute Fellowship students since 2003; he served as education director for the Institute from 2005 to 2006, and since 2016 he has served as interim executive director. In 2017, Langham was awarded the California Music Educators Association Jazz Educator Award honoring excellence in jazz education and performance, and he is currently the president of the California Alliance for Jazz. Langham holds bachelor’s and master’s of music degrees, both with a concentration in jazz studies, from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Langham is a co-founder of the Take 5 Jazz Club in Stockton, and he regularly performs at the club and throughout the region. As a saxophonist, he has played with many distinguished jazz artists, including Lewis Nash, Bob Hurst, Donald Brown, Tom Harrell, Essiet Essiet, Terell Stafford and Louis Hayes.

Randy Sandoli, pianist and composer, is

an assistant director at University of the Pacific’s Brubeck Institute. Sandoli recently recorded and released his second album, Simcha, featuring trio, quartet, quintet and sextet arrangements of his original music. In addition to leading his own group and performing often with others, Randy maintains a full-time teaching schedule at Pacific’s Conservatory of Music.

Carl Allen, jazz drummer, grew up on gospel, R&B and funk, but after hearing a recording by the legendary saxophonist Benny Carter, he later turned to jazz. With over 225 recordings to his credit, the gifted Milwaukee-born, New Yorkbased drummer, entrepreneur and educator has performed or recorded with Freddie Hubbard, Michael Brecker, Dizzy Gillespie, Randy Brecker, Benny Golson, Christian McBride, Jennifer Holliday, J.J. Johnson, Rickie Lee Jones, Sammy Davis Jr., Branford Marsalis, Kenny Garrett, Lena Horne, Ruth Brown, Wayne Shorter, Herbie Hancock, Bobby Hutcherson, Mike Stern, Nellie McKay, Terence Blanchard, Phil Woods, Benny Green, Cyrus Chestnut, Joe Henderson, Billy Childs and others. In May 2012, Allen received an honorary doctorate from Snow College in Ephraim, Utah. As the artistic director of Jazz Studies at The Juilliard School in New York City, he was instrumental in creating one of the best jazz programs in the world. Mark Armstrong is a jazz trumpeter,

composer, arranger and educator from London, U.K. He studied at Oxford University and the Guildhall School of Music. As jazz professor at the Royal College of Music, he runs classes on jazz harmony, arranging, composition and improvisation, and directs the Big Band. He is a member of the Ronnie Scott Jazz Orchestra, which recently completed a residency with Maria Schneider. He also has a commercial career playing in recording sessions and musical theatre. Armstrong is artistic director of the National Youth Jazz Orchestra, which has seen him conduct two BBC Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall, and record two studio albums as well as perform in concerts and clinics all around Europe. He is a music examiner, moderator and presenter for the ABRSM, which provides music exams for jazz and classical students in the U.K. and worldwide. 5 CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of

today’s leading voices on the trombone. Davis has worked with jazz luminaries such as Art Blakey, Jackie McLean, Benny Golson, Freddie Hubbard, Horace Silver, Cedar Walton, Hank Jones and Roy Hargrove. Raised in Binghamton, NY, his many notable performances include “The Jimmy Fallon Show” with Stevie Wonder and “The White House Tribute to Ray Charles” (PBS). Davis appears on over 150 recordings and 20 as a leader, including his latest release, Correlations (Smoke Sessions). He also appears on Chick Corea’s Spanish Heart Band album Antidote and toured Europe with the group in July 2019. Davis continues to work regularly with One For All, Larry Willis, Rene McLean, Nat Reeves, Dizzy Gillespie All-Stars, Jimmy Heath, Ron Carter’s and Christian McBride’s big bands. Davis was recently honored for over 25 years of service as a faculty member at the Hartt School’s Jackie McLean Jazz Studies Division, University of Hartford, CT.

Dr. JB Dyas, bassist, has been a leader in

jazz education for the past two decades. Formerly executive director of the Brubeck Institute, Dyas, currently serves as vice president for education and curriculum development at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz at UCLA. Throughout his career, he has performed across the country, taught students at every level, directed large and small ensembles, developed and implemented new jazz curricula, written for DownBeat magazine and other national music publications, and presented numerous jazz workshops, teacher-training seminars and jazz “informances” around the globe with such renowned artists as Dave Brubeck and Herbie Hancock. He received his master’s degree in Jazz Pedagogy from the University of Miami and PhD in Music Education from Indiana University.

Essiet Okon Essiet has long established himself as one of New York’s premier bassist. He received critical acclaim more than two decades ago as a member of saxophonist Bobby Watson’s post-hard bop group Horizon. Essiet was born in Omaha, Nebraska, where his parents moved from Nigeria, West Africa. Essiet began his musical studies at age 10 on the violin, and at age 14 he took up a bass violin. During his childhood, his family moved often around the U.S., to Europe and Africa. His early exposure to many cultures, languages and folkways fostered Essiet’s worldview of strength through diversity. Essiet’s first music collaborations were with renowned musicians such as percussionist Famoudou Don Moye, pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, and drummer Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers. Later on, Essiet performed and recorded with such notables as Benny Golson, Johnny Griffin, James Moody, Freddie Hubbard, Bobby Hutcherson, Cedar Walton, Pat Martino, Kenny Burrell, Jackie McLean, Frank Morgan, Kenny Barron, Louis Hayes, Jimmy Cobb, Billy Higgins, Billy Hart, Art Farmer, Abby Lincoln, Dee Dee Bridgewater, Billy Cobham, Al Foster, Eddie Henderson, Steve Turre, Jon Faddis, Victor Lewis, Kenny Garrett, Kenny Kirkland, Mulgrew Miller, Jeff “Tain” Watts, Mike Stern, Kevin Mahogany, Kurt Elling, Fort Apache Band, Danilo Perez, Claudia Acuna, Geri Allen and Ralph Peterson and others. Currently, Essiet leads his own group “IBO,” a project combining jazz harmonies with West and South African rhythms.

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Patrick Langham is an experienced

Randy Sandoli, pianist and composer, is

Steve Davis is widely regarded as one of

Dr. JB Dyas, bassist, has been a leader in

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Laura Hartmann became interested in arts administration when she took a job with the Aspen Music Festival and School after completing a master’s degree in flute performance at the Brooklyn Conservatory, NY. In 1990, she began working for Herbert Barrett Management, where she has traveled with many leading jazz artists. In 1997, Hartmann founded LVanHart Artist Productions. Since then, she has met and collaborated with many of today’s great jazz musicians developing her own roster, which has included Steve Wilson, Mike Stern, Terell Stafford, Ray Vega, Joe Locke, Michael Wolff, Don Byron and Tom Harrell. Her production credits include: The Ray Barretto Sextet and The Chico O’Farrill Afro-Cuban Jazz Orchestra at Chicago Symphony Center; A Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Dr. Billy Taylor featuring Ramsey Lewis; tributes for the Chamber Music America conference honoring Dr. Billy Taylor, Chick Corea, Marian McPartland and the America Brass Quintet. In 2013, Hartmann co-produced the celebration of the life of Mulgrew Miller with Steve Wilson at Dizzy’s Club, Jazz at Lincoln Center, NYC. She has been involved in the production of such albums as Steve Wilson/Lewis Nash duo’s Duologue (MCG Jazz), Wilsonian’s Grain Live in New York: The Vanguard Sessions (Random Act Records), and Diane Monroe/Tony Miceli duo’s Alone Together (Dreambox Media). Ingrid Jensen, hailed as one of the most

gifted trumpeters of her generation, was born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, BC. After graduating from Berklee, Boston, MA, she moved to Austria to teach at the Bruckner Conservatory. She returned to the U.S. three years later to record for ENJA records. Based in New York, she has recorded 10 albums as a leader or co-leader, and is featured on many Grammy and JUNO winning albums. Ingrid also leads her own groups, and performs with Terri-Lyne Carrington’s Mosaic Project, the Christine Jensen Jazz Orchestra, Artemis and others.

Brian Kendrick currently maintains an active

performance schedule playing jazz, contemporary, orchestra and chamber music, and Broadway on the West Coast. Kendrick is director of the jazz and percussion programs at San Joaquin Delta College and teaches regularly at the Brubeck Institute, Pacific Summer Jazz Camp, and Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony. Kendrick holds bachelor’s and master’s of music degrees in Percussion Performance from Texas Tech University and a Master of Science degree from Syracuse University. He has performed throughout North America and Europe. He is active as a clinician and adjudicator with jazz honor bands; professional organizations, such as Jazz Educators Network and Percussive Arts Society; summer camps, such as Cazadero; and numerous festivals throughout the West Coast.

Dana Landry, pianist, is always pursuing

the next artistic challenge. He is as at home playing bebop with a jazz quartet as he is playing Prokofiev with an orchestra. Landry is featured on recordings released by record labels including Summit, Origin, and Artist Alliance, several of which made it to the top of the Jazz Week U.S. Radio Airplay Chart. His first CD as a leader is Journey Home, featuring virtuoso vibist Gary Burton, was nominated for a Grammy Award. Landry serves as director of jazz studies at University of Northern Colorado, where he directs the award-winning UNC Jazz Lab Band I, which recently released the Romeo and Juliet Project, a jazz orchestra suite based on Shakespeare’s most famous work. He is currently working on An Electronic Wonderland, which combines big band and electronica and was inspired by Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. 7 CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC

Joe Mazzaferro is a Sacramento-based

trumpeter, educator and composer and an assistant professor of practice at Pacific’s Brubeck Institute. As a musician, he is active on the Northern California jazz scene and in demand as a guest artist and clinician across the United States. In November 2017, Mazzaferro released his debut album In Terms Of… (Joe Mazz Music) featuring saxophonist Jeff Clayton along with special guests, drummer Carl Allen and pianist Donald Brown. The album peaked at #43 on the JazzWeek Charts and received high praise from jazz critics. The album has been described as “vintage hard bop with maturity” (George Harris, Jazz Weekly) as well as “a little bebop, a little swing, and a lot of tenderness, heart, and passion come together on this intriguing debut” (Tom Henry, Toledo Blade). As an active freelance musician, Mazzaferro has performed with many jazz greats, including Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Wycliffe Gordon, Gunther Schuller, and Lewis Nash at such legendary venues as the Monterey Jazz Festival, the Brubeck Festival, Yoshi’s Jazz Club and Fantasy Studios. Currently, Mazzaferro is the coordinator of jazz studies at California State University, Stanislaus, executive director and co-founder of the Sacramento Jazz Orchestra and a member of the Capital Jazz Project.

Marty Pervan has performed on trumpet,

trombone, sousaphone as well as alto, baritone and tenor saxophones. As an educator, he has taught brass, theory, composition and improvisation in several primary and secondary schools, and directed large and small school and community ensembles including the Western Australian Youth Jazz Orchestra. Pervan’s musical versatility has enabled him to engage in a diverse range of genres such as New Orleans style brass, Latin, jazz, reggae, ska, dub, funk/soul, as well as his own original music for quartet, sextet and big band. He often plays with the Symphony Orchestra in Perth, Western Australia, and is in high demand as a session musician appearing on over 50 recordings as a performer, composer and arranger. He is a regular part of the pool of pit musicians hired for professional touring musical productions, most recently in Tim Minchin’s Matilda and the Disney touring production of Aladdin.

Gabe Rupe is a Colorado-based bassist, who grew up in Denver. As a jazz musician, Rupe has won multiple awards of excellence, 2016 Vail Jazz All-Stars, 2016 Telluride Jazz All-Stars, 2017 Jazz Band of America, 2017 Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, and was selected as the 2017 YoungArts’ finalist in jazz double bass. He studied jazz at University of the Pacific as a Brubeck Fellow. Rupe studied and performed with a variety of acclaimed artists including Eric Gunnison, Brad Goode, Paul Romaine, Shane Endsley and Greg Gisbert. His current musical influences are John Clayton and Christian McBride, although his appreciation for bass extends further back to such greats as Milt Hinton, Scott LaFaro and Ray Brown. Rupe believes that jazz is a language as much as it is history and culture. He feels jazz is a microcosm of the story of the United States and a complete reflection of the human experience.

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Dana Landry, pianist, is always pursuing

Joe Mazzaferro is a Sacramento-based

Marty Pervan has performed on trumpet,

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ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Emmett Sher is a guitarist who grew up in

Staten Island, NY. He first discovered and fell in love with jazz in high school. Emmett attended the Brubeck Institute Fellowship program, where he performed, toured and recorded with an elite band of young musicians from across the U.S. Through this program, Emmett was able to study with world-renowned musicians Stefon Harris and Ed Simon. He received a YoungArts’ finalist award in jazz performance and composition and attended the YoungArts Finalist week in Miami, FL. After the Brubeck Institute, Emmett was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to Oberlin Conservatory, where he recently completed his third year studying jazz guitar and composition with Dan Wall, Billy Hart, Bobby Ferrazza and Jamey Haddad. Recently, Emmett studied at the Conservatorium Van Amsterdam, Europe, where he was mentored by Jesse Van Ruller. This summer, Emmett has been touring with various bands across the U.S. and Portugal. He is preparing to travel to Krakow, Poland, where he is a semifinalist in the Jarek Smietana Jazz Guitar Competition.

Gregory Tardy is a saxophonist, multi-reedist, and composer and one of the most versatile jazz musicians of his generation. In 1993, he started performing internationally with the legendary drummer, Elvin Jones. His performance schedule has taken him all over the world. As a soughtafter sideman, he has been featured on several DownBeat Albums of the Year and Grammynominated recordings including a Grammy winning album with Brian Lynch in 2006. Tardy performed and/or recorded with many prominent jazz artists, including Andrew Hill, Wynton Marsalis, Jay McShann, Nicholas Payton, Steve Coleman, Betty Carter, Don Byron, Bill Frisell, Rashied Ali, Ellis Marsalis, Tom Harrell, Dave Douglas, Brian Lynch, John Patitucci, Ferenc Nemeth, Elio Villafranca, Eddie Palmieri, Andrew Cyrille, Roy Hargrove, James Moody, Rufus Reid, Oliver Lake, Björk, Common, Willie Jones III, and others. Tardy has also played and/or recorded with many notable saxophonists, including Joe Lovano, Mark Turner, Chris Potter, Dewey Redman, Joshua Redman, Ravi Coltrane and Sherman Irby. He has been featured exclusively as a clarinetist on recordings/performances by Andrew Hill, Tom Harrell, Regina Carter, Ohad Talmor/Steve Swallow, Stefan Harris and Chris Potter. Tardy has recorded 14 albums under his own name. His unique compositions blend his love of traditional jazz with a modern-seeking style. He has also recorded for the famed Impulse label, as well as the Steeplechase, J Curve, Palmetto and Dubat labels.

WELCOME PACIFIC JAZZ AMBASSADORS! Beginning fall 2019, Pacific’s Conservatory of Music launches a new Pacific Jazz Ambassadors program. Current and future Jazz Ambassadors will continue the established legacy of musical innovation and furthering global humanitarianism. With the Conservatory’s enrollments at all-time highs, the university’s commitment to music and to our jazz studies program remains strong. The Jazz Ambassadors will collaborate regularly with the visiting professional artists and clinicians and engage with the youth in local schools. They will also perform at jazz events in the U.S. and internationally, representing our institution and exemplifying the excellence of Pacific’s jazz education. Pacific Jazz Ambassadors 2019–20 Toby Keys, piano Tal Kalman, saxophone Kate Williams, trumpet

Micah Collier, bass Austin Kim, drums

Kate Williams is a trumpeter from Vacaville, CA. She began playing jazz while living in Alaska and since then has played in a variety of student and professional groups, including the Next Generation Jazz Orchestra, SFJazz High School All Stars Big Band and Combo, and the Bay Area’s Electric Squeezebox Orchestra. Kate has won numerous DownBeat awards for her compositions and arrangements. She has been mentored by and performed with artists such as Terri Lyne Carrington, Ingrid Jensen, Joshua Redman, Ambrose Akinmusire and Sean Jones. Williams studies at University of the Pacific, starting as a Brubeck Fellow and is now in her second year serving as a Pacific Jazz Ambassador.

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Brubeck Fellows perform at Pacific’s Take 5 Jazz Club off campus in 2018. Pictured from left: Kate Williams, Micah Collier and Austin Kim.

ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE Emmett Sher is a guitarist who grew up in

Micah Collier, bass Austin Kim, drums

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Brubeck Fellows perform at Pacific’s Take 5 Jazz Club off campus in 2018. Pictured from left: Kate Williams, Micah Collier and Austin Kim.

COLONISTS James Baba is from Hillsborough, CA, and a rising

junior at San Mateo High School. He started music at the age of six, first playing the piano, then picking up saxophone at age nine. Initially, James played only classical music, but since middle school, he has become increasingly interested in jazz. He has played in a variety of bands, including a marching band, jazz combos, jazz big bands and wind ensembles.

Joseph Bly is 16 years old, born and raised on the American River in Carmichael, CA. He attends Rio Americano High School and has been in their top band since his freshman year. He enjoys playing at festivals such as the Monterey Jazz Festival, Swing Central and Essentially Ellington. Joseph has received numerous awards and studied with many great musicians.

Willie E. Bowman, Jr. is 16 years old and has just

completed his junior year at Frank Sinatra School of the Arts. Willie comes from a family with interests in music and arts, and he has always had a passion for music. He started playing the drums about five years ago. Since middle school, he has been playing professionally with The Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Programs and has traveled with them across the U.S. He attributes his professional beginnings to his middle school music teacher, Mrs. Elizabeth Hanson. Although the drums are Willie’s primary instrument, he also plays vibraphone, xylophone, marimba and piano. Willie also performs with the Wind Ensemble, Orchestra, Pit, Jazz and Latin Bands in his high school.

Isaac Goodman is a 15-year-old student at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, CA. He started playing classical piano at the age of seven and began to study jazz three years ago. Isaac has played in jazz combos and big bands as well as in solo piano performances around the area. He has won various piano competitions such as The West Coast Ragtime Competition, The New American Music Festival, and he has received numerous awards at jazz festivals in California. Zoe Harrison is a 17-year-old bassist and a senior at

Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, CA. She studies jazz and classical bass with Michael Schwagerus. Zoe has played in the Davis High School Symphony Orchestra and Jazz Band, conglomerate combo Groove Extension, and top UC Davis big band and combos under the direction of Jacam Manricks. Zoe has performed at Carnegie Hall and numerous jazz festivals including the Teagarden Jazz Festival, where she received an outstanding bass award.

Lasse Corson is a pianist attending Southwest High School in Minneapolis, MN. For the past two years, he has served as pianist with the Minnesota Youth Jazz Band. His main passion is playing piano in jazz combos, his own and others, during a variety of live performances around the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. He first took up jazz piano at age 13 while attending an arts magnet middle school in Florida.

Evan Haskin is a member of the award-winning Creative Music Ensemble directed by Justin Nielsen. Evan has played at numerous workshops and festivals and received many awards and scholarships. Evan has also been accepted into multiple arts academies, and has shared the stage with Wycliffe Gordon, Kobie Watkins (acclaimed drummer for Sonny Rollins), and Benny Green. Evan studies privately with French jazz great Romain Pilon and San Francisco-based jazz guitarist Matthew Wrobel.

Connor Ettinger is an 18-year-old alto saxophonist

Jessica Luna is a bassist born and raised in Stockton, CA. She began her studies on violin at the age of three and by twelve, she started playing jazz bass and has since continued her studies. She received her Bachelor’s in Music Education from CSU Sacramento, CA, and is currently pursuing a Master’s of Music Education degree from University of the Pacific.

Cameron Fermoyle is a drummer from Perth, Australia, and a high school senior. He recently participated in the prestigious WAAPA Jazz Young Artists Ensemble and is a current WAYJO member. Cameron plays original music and standards, drawing inspiration from the likes of Nasheet Waits, Bill Stewart and Elvin Jones. He aims to study jazz performance and hopes to perform both locally and overseas, with New York being his personal goal.

Hannah Mayer is a pianist attending Oakland School for the Arts and is a member of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars Big Band and the Monterey Jazz Festival Next Generation Women in Jazz Combo. She won third place in Jazz Search West 2019 and has shared the stage with Chucho Valdes, Sean Jones, and the Pete Escovedo Orchestra. Hannah was the composer and music director of a musical adaptation of Ray Bradbury’s All Summer in a Day performed at Shotgun Players, Berkeley, CA.

from Sacramento, CA. A recent graduate of Rio Americano High School, he began playing jazz in his freshman year. With Rio’s AM Jazz Ensemble, he went on to perform at the 60th Monterey Jazz Festival, the 12th annual Charles Mingus Jazz Competition, and the 24th Essentially Ellington Festival among others, receiving two DownBeat awards. In autumn, he will be attending the University of Washington.

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Grady Flamm is a 17-year-old trumpeter and a senior at Rio Americano High School in Sacramento, CA, where he plays in the award-winning AM Jazz Ensemble. In 2019, Grady was selected to perform in the Monterey Jazz Festival’s Next Generation Jazz Orchestra as co-lead trumpet and also received the Outstanding Trumpet award at the Essentially Ellington Festival in NYC. Since 2017, he has been honored with numerous DownBeat Student Music Awards as part of the AM Jazz Ensemble and his student-led Mingus combo. Grady has shared the stage with artists and luminaries including Carl Allen, Bob Mintzer, Marquis Hill, Bria Skonberg, Anat Cohen, and has opened for the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra.

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COLONISTS James Baba is from Hillsborough, CA, and a rising

Willie E. Bowman, Jr. is 16 years old and has just

Connor Ettinger is an 18-year-old alto saxophonist

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COLONISTS Aidan McCarthy is a bassist and composer living in Oakland, CA. He started playing rock guitar at the age of nine. Taken by the beauty and complexity of jazz music, Aidan made the switch to acoustic bass at the age of 13. He currently studies bass with Glenn Richman. Aidan is a member of the Jazz School’s Studio Band directed by Dave Eshelman, Jazz School’s Advanced Combo II, and Oaktown’s Advance Jazz Group. Aidan’s unique style has been further refined by playing with other rising stars on the Bay Area’s booming music scene. Harry Mercer started playing guitar at the age of

12 when he fell in love with his dad’s Led Zeppelin and Jimi Hendrix records. He became interested in jazz at 16 and he has been very fortunate to learn from mentors such as pianist Julian Joseph and guitarist Mike Outram. In September, Harry is moving to London to study at the prestigious Guildhall School of Music, where he hopes to begin his professional career in music.

Nathaniel Miller is a trumpeter from Walla Walla, WA. He has been a part of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Summer Jazz Academy, the Conservatorium van Amsterdam Keep An Eye Summer Jazz Workshop, and the NAFME All Northwest Jazz ensemble. He was the winner of the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival Trumpet Soloist competition in 2017, 2018 and 2019. He is also a self-taught saxophonist and enjoys playing both trumpet and saxophone in numerous jazz, blues and funk groups. Cole Petridis is a 16-year-old jazz trombonist based

in Los Angeles, CA. Cole began playing trombone at the age of 11. He has received outstanding soloist awards at numerous festivals. In 2017, Cole won the Outstanding Middle School Performer Award at the Reno Jazz Festival. He was selected as the lead trombone player for the 2019 SCSBOA Jazz All Stars. Cole studies privately with Ira Nepus and Scott Whitfield. He also plays piano and composes.

Lester Ridout is a passionate, 16-year-old jazz

drummer from the U.K. This year, he has been accepted to the highly competitive Junior Jazz at The Royal Academy of Music, London, and was also successful in gaining a place at The Purcell School of Music. He has been a member of The National Youth Jazz Collective. Lester’s performances have included such venues in U.K. as The Vortex, Goldsmiths Hall, Green Note, Kings Place, Milton Court and Limelight Theatre.

Jack Ross is an aspiring jazz trumpeter from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire in the U.K. Over the last two years, Jack has been a member of the NYJO Academy and is currently part of the NYJO London Advanced Group and the NYJO Academy Big Band, directed by widely recognized jazz drummer Sebastiaan de Krom. Jack will begin his studies in jazz at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in September 2019.

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Aidan Taylor is a rising junior at A.W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Palm Beach, FL, where he plays bass in the Philharmonic Orchestra and in the top Jazz band JE1, the 2019 Downbeat Large Jazz Ensemble Winner. In January 2017, Aidan received the Outstanding Soloist Award at the Heritage Festival in San Francisco, and has received superior ratings for the past four years in the Florida Solo and Ensemble Festival. Aidan was also selected for the AllState Orchestra in 2017 and 2019. At the 2019 WDNA Jazz Competition, Aidan won a scholarship to the 2019 Litchfield Jazz Camp in Washington, CT. Julia Wallace is a trumpeter from Perth, Western

Australia. She studies jazz trumpet at the West Australian Academy of Performing Arts. Julia loves being a part of the WA Youth Jazz Orchestra and a number of different ensembles. Highlights of her past year include being a part of Artemis Orchestra, Perth’s all-female Big Band, recording and releasing an EP for her local indie band “Man Sandal,” and playing with WAYJO featuring Dick Oatts.

Jazz Studies at Pacific Jazz at Pacific has been well represented at festivals and competitions across the nation. Our students learn from renowned artists and educators who provide an environment for aspiring jazz artists at any level: Patrick Langham, Director, Saxophone Dee Daniels, Vocal Jazz Jamie Dubberly, Trombone Brian Kendrick, Drums Joe Mazzaferro, Trumpet Lewis Nash, Drums Tom Peron, Trumpet Gerry Pineda, Bass Alex Reyes, Saxophone Randy Sandoli, Vocal Jazz Ensemble Ed Simon, Piano go.Pacific.edu/JazzStudies

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SPECIAL THANKS The Brubeck Institute is able to accomplish its goals because of the contributions of time and talent of many individuals and organizations. The institute would like to acknowledge the following for their tireless efforts in supporting our programs and especially the 2019 Summer Jazz Colony. Maria Pallavicini, Interim President Ken Mullen, Vice President for Business and Finance G. Burnham (Burnie) Atterbury, Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations Marge Grey, Associate Vice President for Marketing and Communications Brubeck Institute Patrick Langham, Interim Executive Director Randy Sandoli, Assistant Director Lewis Nash, Artist in Residence, Fellowship Program Edward Simon, Artist in Residence, Fellowship Program Melissa Riley, Administrative Assistant Conservatory of Music Peter Witte, Dean Briana Bacon, Assistant Dean for Development Yvette Khan, Administrative Assistant James Gonzales, Technical Director Sylwia Lipiec-Qualls, Marketing Coordinator Holt-Atherton Department of Special Collections Michael Wurtz, Archivist-Special Collections Nicole Grady, Special Collections Librarian Brubeck Institute Advisory Board Chris Brubeck, Musician and Composer Darius Brubeck, Musician and Composer Donald V. DeRosa, President Emeritus, University of the Pacific Antonio Garcia, Director of Jazz Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University Richard S. Jeweler, Brubeck Family Attorney Mary Somerville, University Librarian Peter Witte, Dean, Conservatory of Music Brubeck Ambassadors Shirley Dozier Carole Gilbertson Marlene and Bob Hnath Dr. Stuart I. Jacobs Dr. Ron and Louise Kass Larry Leasure Ned Leiba

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Scott Liggett Tommie Pardue Dr. Jean Purnell Paul and Marion Sachs Carol Sims Tasha Stadtner Stephanie Stevenson Denny Stilwell Howard and Marjorie Stokes Honorary Board Members Clint Eastwood Chair, Honorary Board Director, Producer, Actor, Composer Herb Alpert Artist, Producer James R. Bancroft Partner (retired) Bancroft & McAlister David Benoit Pianist, Composer, Conductor Ken Burns Filmmaker Donald V. DeRosa President Emeritus, University of the Pacific Clive Gillinson Executive and Artistic Director, Carnegie Hall Ralph Guild Chairman of the Board, Interep Tom Hall Conductor, Baltimore Choral Arts Society; Radio Personality Tim Jackson General Manager, Monterey Jazz Festival Executive and Artistic Director, Kuumbwa Jazz Quincy D. Jones Producer Dame Cleo Laine Musician, Actress Norman M. Lear Television Writer and Producer, Businessman Larry Leasure Former Regent, University of the Pacific, Business and Real Estate Dennis A. LeVett Real Estate and Investments Ramsey E. Lewis Jr. Composer, Pianist George Lucas Filmmaker Yo-Yo Ma Cellist Wynton Marsalis Trumpeter, Composer Christian McBride Jazz Bassist Doug Ramsey Author, Critic Hedrick Smith Writer, Film Producer A. Earle Weatherwax Musician, Developer George T. Wein Founder, Festival Productions Gordon Zuckerman Developer, Writer

Brubeck Institute Endowments The Brubeck Institute is grateful for the financial assistance it has received from the following endowments: Jane M. Bancroft Fellowship Endowment was established in 2007 to support a Brubeck Institute Fellow. Richard N. Barkle Endowed Scholarship was established in 2013 to support Brubeck Institute programs. Brubeck Artist-In-Residence Endowment by Gordon and Anne Zuckerman was established in 2007 to support visiting artists who work and perform with students participating in the fellowship and Summer Jazz Colony programs, as well as artists performing at the Brubeck Festival. Iola W. Brubeck Fellowship Endowment was established in 2013 to support a Brubeck Institute Fellow. Brubeck Institute Endowment was established by multiple donors in 1999 as the first permanent source of support for the Brubeck Institute. Michael Brubeck Memorial Endowed Scholarship for Saxophone was established in 2006 by the Brubeck Ambassadors Council and Dr. and Mrs. DeRosa upon the death of Dave and Iola Brubeckâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second son. Donald V. and Karen M. DeRosa Brubeck Endowment was established in 2004 to support Brubeck Institute programs. The Georgia Frontiere and A. Earle Weatherwax Endowed Scholarship with love and honor for Dave and Iola Brubeck was established in 2014 to support Brubeck Institute programs. Ralph and Calla Guild Endowment was established in 2007 to support Brubeck Institute programs. Newell and Sharon Johnson Brubeck Collection Endowment was established in 2012 to support the Brubeck Collection, a living archive housed in the universityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s library. Peter and Alexandra Ottesen Endowed Scholarship for Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony was established in 2012 to provide support for a student participant in the Summer Jazz Colony program. Tommie Pardue Endowment was established in 2005 to support Brubeck Institute programs. Elizabeth and David Rea Endowment was established in 2000 as the first named endowment to support Brubeck Institute programs.

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SUPPORTERS University of the Pacific and the Brubeck Institute gratefully acknowledge the following individuals, foundations and corporate and government agencies who have made generous gifts to the Institute: $1,000,000 or more Mr. James R. Bancroft Mr. Kent Lathy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis A. LeVett Mr. and Mrs. Gordon R. Zuckerman $500,000 to $999,999 The Herb Alpert Foundation Mr. Richard N. Barkle $250,000 to $499,999 Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Guild Mr. and Mrs. H. Larry Leasure $100,000 to $249,999 Dr. and Mrs. Donald V. DeRosa Warren and Zoann Dusenbury Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Angus L. MacLean, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David K. Rea Ms. Stephanie Stevenson and Dr. Stuart Jacobs Earle Weatherwax (In loving memory of Georgia R. Frontiere) $50,000 to $99,999 Anonymous Mrs. Iola Whitlock Brubeck Mr. Clint Eastwood Guild Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stanley S. Hubbard The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation George Lucas Family Foundation Ms. Elmyra “Tommie” Pardue $25,000 to $49,999 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Philip C. Berolzheimer Charles P. Berolzheimer Foundation Mr. Warren Dusenbury Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Ferrari, Sr. Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc. Mr. Newell and Mrs. Sharon Johnson Lucasfilm Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter Ottesen Dr. and Mrs. David A. Stadtner Mr. and Mrs. Howard Stokes Union Bank of California $10,000 to $24,999 ACTION Council of Monterey County Mr. W. Jamey Aebersold Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. Berolzheimer II Dr. Ross E. Bewley, Jr. Blackwing LLC Mr. Benjamin Baker Bond, Jr. Carol Franc Buck Foundation City of Stockton DBI Beverage San Joaquin Mrs. Shirley Dozier Mr. Russell Gloyd Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hnath Kadan Limited Dr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Kass

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National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts Newman’s Own Foundation Mr. Wynn Odell Mr. and Mrs. Sanford R. Robertson Ms. Sandra L. Rossi Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Sachs The San Francisco Foundation Stockton Port District Visit Stockton Dr. George T. Wein Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. $5,000 to $9,999 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory J. Basso Mr. Mark J. Bluth Drs. Tony and Virginia Chan Cortopassi Family Foundation Crete Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Dermody Downtown Stockton Alliance Mr. and Mrs. William W. Eccleston Dr. and Mrs. Philip N. Gilbertson Mr. and Mrs. David Gill Infocomm International Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Jackson Mr. Ned Leiba Dr. and Mrs. Louis Messina Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ramsdell Mr. Sanford Robertson Ms. Carol E. Sims Victor Vineyards Ms. Bonnie Vistica Mr. and Mrs. Bernard R. Vonderhaar II Professor James R. Wilson Mr. James Wilson Mrs. Cathy Brubeck Yaghsizian $2,500 to $4,999 Bank of Stockton Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Berberian Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. Cortopassi Ms. Dede Emerson Ms. Joan A. Goble-Rivard Golden Bear Insurance Company Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Hall Dr. Tom Hall Ms. Barbara B. Katz Dr. Ramsey E. Lewis Jr. Mr. Scott G. Liggett Mr. Gary Long Mack Avenue Records Midtown Creperie & Cafe Miracle Mile Improvement District Pacific Title & Art Studio Inc. Mr. Scott and Mrs. DeeLynn Rivinius Drs. Simon and Kylie Rowe Saint-Gobain Corporation Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jordan D. Shields Stockton Symphony Association Inc. Telarc International Corporation Wadsworth Family Foundation Ms. Dale E. Young Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Zaleski

$1,000 to $2,499 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Perry W. Andrews Apex Foundation Atlas Properties Inc. Mr. David N. Baker Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Hugh P. Barton Ms. Renna Beinoris Mr. Alden Bianchi and Ms. Mary Kett Mr. Elliott Broidy Mr. and Mrs. Christopher W. Brubeck Mr. and Mrs. John M. Bryan Mr. and Mrs. John P. Butorac Ms. Beverly Byl Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Corkern Mr. and Mrs. Melvin H. Corren Mr. and Mrs. R. Wayne Craig The Dede Emerson Revocable Trust Foundation Delta Property Administration Trust II Mr. and Mrs. David B. Devine Dr. Ronald F. Dugger Earthbound Expeditions, Inc. Experience Music Project Drs. Nava Fathi and Abbas Raissi Mrs. Patty Fensterwald Ms. Marilyn E. Field Mr. and Mrs. Leslie A. Filler Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Foy Mrs. Lillian Fuller Mr. Fred I. Gertler Greater Stockton Chamber of Commerce Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Greenberg Dr. Elizabeth and Mr. Robert Griego Mr. Michael Hall Hilton Stockton Mr. and Mrs. Dean J. Janssen Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kautz Kawai America Corporation Mr. Fred Lee Lincoln Center Mr. Fillmore C. Marks Jr. Mr. William Maxwell Ms. Willma Maxwell Mr. and Mrs. Bruce R. McCaw Mrs. Dwayne McClendon Mr. and Mrs. W. Stuart McKee Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Merchant Midtown Creperie Miracle Mile Improvement District Mrs. Ione Monagan Mr. Robert Nikkel Monterey Jazz Festival Inc. Mr. Richard H. Morrison Ms. Katie Neubauer and Mr. Joe Veni Mr. and Mrs. Michael Parise Mr. Mark E. Pasquerilla Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Patmon III Dr. and Mrs. Marvin H. Primack Dr. Jean A. Purnell R.E. Service Company Inc. Mrs. Sharron Restivo Rishwain & Rishwain San Joaquin Medical Society Mr. and Mrs. Angelo Sangiacomo Schwab Charitable Fund Mr. and Mrs. William B. Schwartz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Shaffer Ms. Betty Shumway Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Silva

Sony Music Mr. and Mrs. Stewart M. Tabak Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Thompson United Way of San Joaquin County Valley Music Fund Mrs. Patricia Stout Vannucci Wachovia Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Todd Waldman Dr. Eric B. Wall Dr. and Mrs. Paul A. Waters Drs. Cynthia Wagner Weick and Brian Weick William Maxwell’s Bookmark Mr. Roger Williams Gifts-in-Kind The Brubeck Institute thanks: Stockton Chase Chevrolet for its continuing support of the Fellowship and Outreach programs by providing the institute with vehicles that address its local and regional transportation needs. Jazz at Lincoln Center Inc.—Dave Brubeck physical memorabilia and printed reproductions of scanned memorabilia. Equipment Support Main Street Music for the use of their guitar and bass amplifiers. Brian Kendrick for the use of drum sets as well as his generous assistance throughout the year with all Brubeck Institute programs.

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