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John Davis is dean of the College of Music since January听2021 and the 彩民宝典鈥檚 foremost thought leader in developing universal musician鈥攖hat is, professionals听who are well equipped to participate in the 21^st听century as artists and scholars; as broadly-based professionals with flexible career options; and as passionate, compassionate world citizens. Previously, from 2012-2020, Davis served as the college鈥檚 associate dean for administration, then associate dean for faculty affairs and operations, and then senior associate dean. For more than 30 years, he听has been听an active clinician, performer and guest conductor throughout the United States and Canada.

Davis joined the 彩民宝典 faculty in 1999 as director of jazz studies and has taught courses in jazz history, jazz administration and pedagogy, big band, combo, vocal jazz, jazz techniques, and听management and leadership. Under his direction, the jazz program was awarded 14 DownBeat magazine Student Music Awards, was recognized by the 彩民宝典 chancellor as one of the university鈥檚 鈥渃ore programs of excellence鈥� and was the first named program on our campus when it became the Thompson Jazz Studies Program in 2013. Prior to his appointment at 彩民宝典, Davis served as assistant director of jazz studies at the University of Northern Colorado, where he also served as festival coordinator for the UNC/Greeley Jazz Festival for six years.

For 15 years, Davis served on the summer faculty of the Birch Creek Music Academy in Door County, Wisconsin, and was a faculty member of the Texas All-Star Jazz Camp in Plano, 2009-2013. He further served as artistic director for Jazz en Vercors, an annual听eight-day summer festival in the Vercors region, France. Additionally, he served as mountain region coordinator for the International Association for Jazz Education (IAJE); as president of IAJE Colorado; as coordinator for the Colorado All-State Jazz Bands; and as director of 彩民宝典鈥檚 Mile High Jazz Camp for five years.

Davis has presented at numerous festivals and campuses, including the University of Kansas, University of Toronto, Canadian Rocky Mountain Music Festival, College of Music SUNY-Fredonia, the IAJE Conference听and the Colorado Music Educators Conference. He has also served听as guest conductor for honor and all-state vocal and instrumental jazz ensembles in Colorado, Indiana,听Kansas, Oklahoma,听Wyoming and Toronto,听among others. Further festival appearances and adjudications include the Winnipeg Optimists Jazz Festival, Optimists Music Festival in Regina, Saskatchewan, University of Kansas Jazz Festival, University of Mary Jazz Festival, Northwest Jazz Festival, the Skyline Jazz Festival in Colorado听and many others. Additionally,听Davis听served as trumpet faculty for the SAYOWE project in Thailand, performing with the faculty brass quintet and conducting master classes.

Davis earned a bachelor鈥檚 in music education and performance from Metropolitan State College; a master鈥檚 in trumpet performance from the University of Denver; a master鈥檚 in organizational leadership from Colorado State University; and a doctorate in trumpet performance and pedagogy鈥攚ith an emphasis in jazz studies鈥攆rom the University of Northern Colorado.听The second edition of the Jazz Volume for the Historical Dictionary for Literature and the Arts, written by Davis, was published by Rowman & Littlefield in 2020.