Welcome to the Thompson Jazz Studies Program at the University of Colorado Boulder College of Music! CU Boulder jazz ensembles offer students exposure to a variety of jazz styles through the rehearsal ...

A piece of a western Massachusetts estate was repurposed in the 1950s as a musical haven. Listeners spent summer nights with ...

Thompson Jazz Studies is pleased to announce two graduate teaching assistantships available for fall 2026. For more info, please contact Professor of Jazz Studies John Gunther, ...

An introduction to the fundamental materials of a variety of music, including Western concert music, jazz, and popular music. Course activities center around interrelated theoretical, compositional, ...

The Manchester CT Jazz Festival features eight acts over two days ranging from high school ensembles to New York talent.

Question: What values does a jazz education offer beyond the music itself? \Artists have always had a supply and demand problem. Since time immemorial there have been more people with creative ideas ...

A new study says that sharks might be jazzier than previously thought. Like other fish, sharks are adept at homing in on sounds. Sound waves can travel up to four times faster in water than they do in ...

Music and language seem to be processed in the same part of the brain, a new study has found. Researchers studied the brain activity of 11 male jazz pianists while they engaged in a spontaneous ...