Jazz Studies awards + activities
Below are some of the awards and recent activities of the Thompson Jazz Studies students and faculty.
Downbeat Student Music Awards
- 2020 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Annie Booth
- 2020 β Winner: Original Composition - Large Ensemble β Benjamin Morris
- 2016 β Outstanding Performance: Jeff Jenkins Combo
- 2015 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Carl Schultz
- 2014 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Big Band - CU Jazz Ensemble I
- 2010 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Lucas Munce
- 2008 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Josh Quinlan
- 2006 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Big Band β CU Jazz Ensemble I
- 2006 β Winner: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Kevin Woods
- 2006 β Winner: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Gonzalo Teppa ()
- 2005 β Winner: Best Original Song β Kurtis Adams
- 2005 β Outstanding Performance β Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Gonzalo Teppa
- 2004 β Winner: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Gonzalo Teppa
- 2004 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Serafin Sanchez
- 2003 β Outstanding Performance: Blues/Pop/Rock Soloist β Peter Sommer
- 2003 β Outstanding Performance: Original Composition-Best Song (Greg Harris)
- 2003 β Winner: Best Jazz Arrangement β Andy Nevala
- 2003 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Big Band β Jazz Ensemble I
- 2002 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Soloist β Peter Sommer
- 2002 β Outstanding Performance: Jazz Instrumental Group β CU Jazz Combo I
- 2002 β Outstanding Performance: Original Song β Andy Nevala
Student Music Awards
- 2020 β JENYoung Composer Showcase selectee β Annie Booth
- 2020 β Herb Alpert Young Jazz Composer scholarship β David Bernot
- 2019 β IASJ participant/selectee β Matteo Bassani
- 2018 β IASJ participant/selectee β Alex Heffron
- 2016 β IASJ participant/selectee β Anisha Rush
- 2016 β IASJ participant/selectee β Masaki Kleinkopf
Recent Performances
- 2016 β "Birth of the Cool" performance, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver
- 2015 β Concert Jazz Ensemble & "All Star" Combo perform at the "Next Generation" Festival in Monterey, CA.
- 2012 β 15 - Concert Jazz Ensemble at Dazzle Jazz Club performing Duke Ellington's "Nutcracker Suite"
- 2011 β Jazz Ensemble I at Niwot Jazz Festival, Niwot, CO
- 2010 β Jazz Ensemble I w/Nnenna Freelon, CU Artist Series Event, Macky Auditorium
- 2008 β Jazz Ensemble I w/Dave Grusin, Boettcher Concert Hall, Denver
IAJE
- 2004 β Performance at IAJE convention by Jazz Ensemble I w/Randy Brecker β New York, NY
- 1999 β Performance at IAJE conventional by Jazz Ensemble I β Long Beach, CA