UNO Music Department congratulates the New Orleans Jazz Orchestra, led by trumpeter Irvin Mayfield (UNO Alum) and faculty members Victor Atkins III and Ed Petersen on winning a Grammy Award for their CD 'Book One' in the Large Jazz Ensemble category!

Bivian Sonny Lee, Ron Markham, and Irvin Mayfield at the Grammys (photo by Laura Tennyson)

Faculty Members Ed Petersen and Victor Atkins

 

Orff Schulwerk Level 1 Summer Workshop

Clinicians: Brent Holl and Ann Harrington
Dates: June 21-July 2 2010
Classes run from 8:30AM-4PM Monday-Friday.
Click here for more details.

 

 

 

 

Jazz Bassist Ron Carter Masterclass at UNO - January 22, 2010.

UNO on the Racks

Live in New Orleans

Professor and Coca-Cola Chair of Jazz Studies Steve Masakowski with Astral Project, “Live in New Orleans” DVD recording

Similar in the Opposite Way 
Alumnus and faculty member Jeff Albert with the Jeff Albert Quartet, “Similar in the Opposite Way.”

True Stories

UNO drum instructor Troy Davis performs along with pianist Michael Pellera, jazz chair at NOCCA, and Loyola faculty member and bassist Jesse Boyd on Boyd’s new CD “True Stories.”

 Mark Weliky Trio

Guitarist and UNO Jazz Studies alumnus Mark Weliky’s new release “The Mark Weliky Trio,” recorded and mastered by UNO Jazz Professor Edward Petersen, also features UNO Jazz Studies students Paul Thibodeaux on drums and Martin Masakowski on bass.

Like Mystics of Old

UNO jazz guitar student Cliff Hines’ CD “Like Mystics of Old” includes nine original songs and a composition by Hines’ late instructor Alvin Batiste. The CD was recorded and mastered by UNO Jazz Professor Edward Petersen and features Sasha Masakowski, vocals; Martin Masakowski, bass; Khris Royal, EWI and sax; and Paul Thibodeaux, drums.

Jason Marsalis- Music Update

Information about the release of Jason Marsalis' CD entitled Music Update can be found by clicking on the following link.

Music Update

Updated February 5, 2010