Jazz
Jazz students are offered opportunities to perform with one or more of the 17 jazz ensembles at MSU. Jazz ensembles are open to all MSU students by audition.
Jazz Guest Artists
Several guest artists and jazz greats have given master classes and performances at the College of Music, including:
- Wynton Marsalis
- Wycliffe Gordon
- Ingrid Jensen
- Frank Morgan
- Eric Reed
- Cyrus Chestnut
- Jon Faddis
- Jimmy Cobb
- George "Saxophone" Benson
- Carl Allen
- Vanessa Ruben
- Antonio Hart
- Walter Blanding
- Andrew Speight
- Andre Hayward
Click on a link at left to learn more about specific MSU jazz ensembles.
Jazz trumpeter Jon Faddis holds a master class at MSU in April 2008.
Student musicians are from the Detroit Symphony Civic jazz ensembles.
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