This website is designed to provide information about our Jazz Ensemble, Jazz Combos, and jazz
concerts and events at OU. There will also be links to information about gigs, clinics, guest artists,
and community activities. For current students, this is the place to find information about classes,
auditions, and rehearsal schedules. Also, please feel free to contact us if you have questions.
The Oakland University Jazz Program provides many opportunities for students. Our Jazz Ensemble,
Jazz Combos, and Contemporary Music Ensemble perform around the Metro Detroit area, and have
featured such guest artists as Regina Carter and Doc Holladay. OU offers jazz classes in Jazz Theory,
Jazz History and Analysis, and Arranging. Exciting new additions to the program are coming soon,
so please keep checking the website for more details.
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2012-2013 |
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OU Jazz Faculty
Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 6:00pm
Cary Carner and the Music of Pepper Adams
Thursday, October 4, 2012
The Randy Napoleon Sextet
Wednesday, October 10, 2012 at 8:00pm
OU Jazz at Noon (Oakland Center)
Thursday, October 18, 2012 at noon
OU Jazz at Noon (Oakland Center)
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at noon
OU Jazz Band with guest artist Ingrid Jensen
Thursday, November 15, 2012 at 8:00pm
Oakland Jazz Singers and Jazz Combos
Tuesday, November 20, 2012 at 8:00pm
OU Jazz at Cliff Bell's Jazz Club
Sunday, December 2, 2012 at 6:00pm
Regina Carter with the Oakland Jazz Quartet
Sunday, February 3. 2013 at 1:00pm
Kris Davis Group
Thursday, February 14th, 2013 at 1:00pm
Oakland Jazz Singers and Jazz Combos
Thursday, March 14, 2013 at 8:00pm
OU Jazz Band with artist Sean Dobbins
Thursday, March 28, 2013 at 6:00pm
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OUJazz Musicians!
Below you'll find information for Winter 2013's jazz band auditions.
Audition Days:
Thursday, January 3rd from 4-7pm
Friday, January 4th from 9:15am-12:00pm
I'll ask you to:
1. Play "Oleo" or another bebop tune of your choice. You may also play a transcription of an improvised jazz solo, or a jazz etude.
2. Sight read a passage from a big band chart.
3. Improvise on a jazz tune. (optional)
I've included "Oleo" for your use. Rhythm section players are encouraged, but not required to play the melody to the tune.
There will be a sign-up sheet on the Jazz bulletin board outside of my office, Varner Hall Room 313. The auditions will also take place in this room.
Looking forward to hearing you!
Miles
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OU Jazz Faculty
Miles Brown
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OU Jazz
Summer Workshop
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Meet Professor Miles Brown! Bassist, composer, performer, and teacher Miles Brown is a versatile musician who has earned bachelor and doctorate degrees from the Eastman School of Music in jazz performance studies as well as a master’s degree from the Mannes College of Music in classical bass performance. As a jazz performer, Miles has led groups featured at the Syracuse Jazz Festival, the Rochester International Jazz Festival, the JVC Jazz Festival, and the Blue Note...read more.
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Jazz Workshop featuring Regina Carter and the OU Jazz Quartet
Saturday-Sunday, May 18-19, 2013
For registration or other information, please email stapleto@oakland.edu
Two full days of activities including combo rehearsals, listening classes, world percussion sessions, and more. Non-traditional jazz instruments are welcome. The first two days will culminate in an informal combo concert for participants, and the second in a free combo concert open to the public. Cost: $60
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Mark Stone
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Sean Dobbins |
 Special Instructor and Coordinator of World Music and Percussion
As a performer and educator, Mark Stone has an extensive knowledge of global percussion traditions. He has performed with the foremost percussion groups of Uganda, Ghana, Trinidad, South Africa, and the United States...read more. |
 Special Lecturer and Assistant Jazz Program Coordinator
Jazz drummer Sean Dobbins got his start as a Detroit area jazz sideman at a young age, when he would regularly play with Blue Note artist Louis Smith. As Sean's career progressed, he found himself the recipient of many awards and accolades including the "Woody Herman Jazz Award" as well as the Louis Armstrong Scholarship...read more.
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| Regina Carter |
Carl Cafagna |
 Artist-in-Residence
Jazz Violinist & OU alumna, Regina Carter combines dazzling technical proficiency and profound compositional and improvisational gifts with a fresh, aggressive approach to her instrument and a multicultural perspective, and she challenges our preconceptions regarding the instrument. In Carter's hands, the violin reveals both its melodic side and its potential for percussive expression. Perhaps more significantly, Regina Carter demonstrates the violinist's eagerness to explore musical combinations...read more.
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 Director of Jazz Singers
Carl Cafagna is a professional vocalist and instrumentalist in Metro Detroit, active as a saxophonist, drummer, clarinetist, flutist and vocalist. Carl has performed and/or recorded with the late Mel Torme, Natalie Cole, Marcus Belgrave, Richie Cole...read more.
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| Scott Gwinnell |
OU Jazz on the Web |
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Applied Jazz Piano
Scott Gwinnell is a pianist, composer, arranger, educator who has grown up in Detroit and has played professionally since the early 1990s. His playing credits consist of performing, recording, and/or touring with the following artists: Aretha Franklin, Vanessa Williams, Robert Flack, Joe Lovano, Sheena Easton... read more.
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