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2023 DownBeat Readers Poll “Jazz Group of the Year” to perform in Finney Chapel. During their two-day residency on campus they’ll also work with students.

���سԹ� jazz faculty member Chris Coles and three Jazz Studies students—bassist Ahmed McLemore, pianist Wilson Woods, and drummer Max Simas—were featured performers for a capacity audience at Cleveland’s premier jazz venue, the Bop Stop, for Ideastream’s launch event.

During his visit to ���سԹ�, Hurd will give a public performance on Sunday, March 3 at 4:30 p.m. as well as a master class for ���سԹ� organists on the Fisk organ in Finney Chapel, Saturday, March 2 at 10 a.m. Both the master class and the concert are free and open to the public.

When flutist Brandon Patrick George ’08 attended Artist Recital Series performance back in 2007, he never imagined that he would one day sit in the flute chair. “Being able to perform

Versatile American horn player David Byrd-Marrow has been appointed to the tenure-track horn professor position at ���سԹ� Conservatory. He brings an expansive range of experience and repertoire to the role.

���سԹ� faculty and multiple alums win 2024 Grammy Awards in the classical and opera categories.

After an exhaustive international search and multi-round competition, Hanje has won first prize and $10,000 at the 36th Annual Eleanor McCollum Competition for Young Singers. She is a student of Professor Salvatore Champagne.

“It's where the magic first happens, you know,” says the vocalist and director. “It’s that moment where you're starting a new piece and you're starting to hear what it could be.”

For McLaughlin, who

In presenting the award, the orchestra cited Jenkins' recent book and his ability to use music as a conduit for meaningful change, through his work at ���سԹ� and The Music Settlement in Cleveland. 

���سԹ� Conservatory’s student and faculty performers have been filling most concert venues throughout the campus over the last week. During these final five bustling days before students head into reading period and then exams, this explosion of activity feels something akin to the thrilling finale of a fireworks display on New Year's Eve. So, join in—even from a distance. All of these concerts are free and open to the public, and all but one of them can be streamed live at concert time at .