News – February 14, 2012
Had a wonderful time performing at the Jazz Education Network Convention (JEN) in January with the Alan Baylock Jazz Orchestra! Some really great music and players in that band. JEN is a great organization for jazz musicians, jazz educators, and jazz lovers - if you fall into one of those categories, you should consider joining. [...]
News – November 13, 2011
I am very excited to announce that I have been selected as San Jose Jazz’s new director of their High School All Stars group – an ensemble comprised of some of the best high school jazz musicians in Silicon Valley and the greater Bay Area. For more information on this ensemble or on audition information, [...]
2012 Bay Section Winter Conference High School Jazz Ensemble
CMEA Bay Section Directors and Students, For those of you looking to download the application for the 2012 CMEA Bay Section High School Conference Jazz Ensemble, you have come to the right place! All audition etudes and the application form may be downloaded below in .pdf format. Any questions, please contact me. 2012 Conference Jazz [...]
News – July 13, 2011
On July 24, 2011 I am excited to have a new arrangement of mine premiered at the Carmel Bach Festival. The CBF and the Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival commissioned me to do an arrangement of a Bach melody for big band and tenor sax soloist. I decided to use the ground bass and one [...]
News – November 14, 2010
I am so honored and humbled to announce that I was selected as the 2010-11 California Music Educators Association’s Jazz Educator of the Year! Many thanks to all of my students, colleagues, friends, and family. I deeply appreciate you all!
CMEA Bay Section Conference Jazz Ensemble
CMEA Bay Section Directors and Students, For those of you looking to download the application for the 201 CMEA Bay Section High School Conference Jazz Ensemble, you have come to the right place! All audition etudes and the application form may be downloaded below in .pdf format. Any questions, please contact me. 2012 Conference Jazz [...]
News – August 5, 2010
I am excited to announce a special concert with the Aaron Lington Quintet at the San Jose Jazz Festival. This concert will feature original music from my and Paul Tynan’s newest CD: Bicoastal Collective – Chapter Two. This CD will be available for the first time at the concert and I hope some of you [...]
News – June 9, 2010
Have just finished playing two concerts with one of the best big bands with which I have had the pleasure of playing: The Texas Music Festival Jazz Project, directed by Noe Marmolejo. This band is comprised by some of the best players from here in the Houston area and I am always honored Noe has [...]
News – June 2, 2010
My good friend and next-door neighbor, Chad Ziemendorf, is a professional photographer and did this nice multi-media presentation for the Spartan Daily, the campus newspaper for San Jose State University. This footage is from a performance of the Aaron Lington Quintet at City Lights Theater in downtown San Jose on March 22, 2009. Musicians are: [...]