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.
| OU Jazz Faculty |
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| Miles Brown |
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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 (forthcoming) 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. He has played with jazz masters such as Sam Rivers, Joe Magnarelli, Ralph Alessi, Walt Weiskopf, Harold Danko, Bill Dobbins, Joe Lovano, Ben Monder, and Kenny Werner; and he has recorded on the Native Language, Leading Tone, and Yummy House labels.
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OU Jazz Faculty
Thursday, September 22, 2011 6 p.m.
Tony Malaby Trio
Friday, October 14, 2011 6 p.m.
OU Jazz Band
with Jason Price
Thursday, Nov. 17, 2011 6 p.m.
Oakland Jazz Singers and Jazz Combos
Tuesday, November 22, 2011 8 p.m.
Thursday, March 22, 2012 8 p.m.
Alarm Will Sound
Friday, March 30, 2012 8 p.m.
OU Jazz Band
with Diego Rivera
Thursday, April 5, 2012 8 p.m.
OU Jazz Summer Workshop
Regina Carter and the Oakland Jazz Quartet
May 19-20, 2012
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| Sean Dobbins |
OU Jazz Summer Workshop |
 Meet Special Lecturer and Assistant Jazz Program Coordinator Sean Dobbins
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... Read more
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Featuring Regina Carter and the OU Jazz Quartet
Saturday & Sunday
May 19-20, 2012
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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Carl Cafagna
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 Meet Special Instructor/Coordinator of World Music and Percussion Mark Stone
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. |
 Meet Director Of Jazz Singers Carl Cafagna
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, Jon Hendricks, the Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey Orchestras, Kenny Burrell, Dave Liebman, John Clayton, Sunny Wilkenson, Paul Keller and Hot Club of Detroit, just to name a few. Read more.
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| Regina Carter |
Announcements for OU Jazz Students |
 Meet Artist-in-Residence Regina Carter
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 ... Read more.
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Hello all:
Below you'll find the audition material for next semester's Jazz Band.
To audition for the Jazz Band, you must:
1. Play the tune "Hot House" listed below, or another bebop-ish head of your choice.
2. Sight read.
3. Improvise on a blues. (Optional.)
The audition days are:
Tuesday, January 3rd, 1-5pm
Wednesday, January 4th, 1-5pm
There will be a sign-up sheet on the Jazz bulletin board
outside my office, 313 Varner Hall. This is also where the auditions
take place.
Looking forward to hearing you all play!
Miles
Hot House
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OU Jazz on the Web
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Applied Jazz Piano
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For students of the OU Jazz Program:
Click the link to go to the OUJazz Google site: https://sites.google.com/a/oakland.edu/oujazz/ |