Judith A. Coe
singer, songwriter, educator, composer, synthesist
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©2003 by Chad Anderson

University of Colorado at Denver

College of Arts & Media

Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department

 

The CU-Denver
Faculty Jazz Combo

 

a luscious program blending modern jazz
and contemporary
Brazilian standards

 

Judith Coe, voice
Paul Musso, guitar
Drew Merrell, bass
Pete Ellingson, piano

 

with special guest artist


Mike Marlier, drums

 

Thursday, October 16, 2003 at 7:30 pm

Recital Hall, King Performing Arts Center
On the Auraria Campus in Denver,
CO

$10 general admission
$7 for seniors and non-CU-Denver students

$5 to CU-Denver students with I.D.

Tickets 303.556.2296

 


The Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department

and The College of Arts & Media at The University of Colorado at Denver

present

The CU-Denver Faculty Jazz Combo

Judith Coe, voice
Paul Musso, guitar
Drew Merrell, bass
Pete Ellingson, piano

with guest artist


Mike Marlier, drums


Judith A. Coe

is Assistant Professor of Music and Director of the Commercial Voice program in the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department at the University of Colorado at Denver, where she teaches applied voice and improvisation, pop songwriting, women in contemporary music, Irish music and directs the  singer/songwriter ensemble, and her Cyberspace Music Resources site has won international awards. An eclectic singer/songwriter, composer, and keyboardist/synthesist, Coe specializes in classical, pop and jazz, and music of our time which utilizes extended vocal techniques and technology.  She has performed, composed, taught, and recorded in traditional classical, avant, and commercial genres, and has performed and given scholarly presentations and world premiere performances throughout North America, Western and Central Europe, the British Isles, and in the Caribbean. Coe will be on a jazz tour in the Czech Republic and Poland next Spring and is working on three new projects - a "Place as Identity" sonic and visual exploration, an Afro-Celt crossover concert, and a multimedia collaboration for digital art and light, dancers, DJ, and rock/hip hop nonet.

Paul Musso
is a full-time instructor and Director of the Guitar program at the University of Colorado at Denver. He has been with CU-Denver for twelve years teaching fretboard theory and commercial guitar styles, various ensembles and applied guitar studies. Mr. Musso is a freelance guitarist and has performed throughout the Colorado area in many diverse musical settings including The Colorado Symphony, The Boulder Festival Orchestra, The Aspen Music Festival and The Westcliff Jazz Festival. Paul is the author of two Mel Bay books for jazz guitar - Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar/Teaching Your Guitar to Walk  and Graded Fingerstyle Jazz Guitar Solos. He has also contributed to the publication Fingerstyle Guitar. Paul currently lives in Denver where he maintains a career playing guitar in straight-ahead jazz and solo guitar settings. His most recent publication is a contribution to Mel Bay's 2000 Jazz Guitar , where Paul shares the bill with greats like Johnny Smith, John Abercrombie, Buckey Pizzarelli, George Van Eps, Andy Summers and many others. Paul teaches fingerboard melody/harmony, applied jazz guitar, theory and the styles ensemble.

 

Drew Merrell
has been a professional jazz musician and educator in the Denver area for the last 17 years. Drew was hired into the teaching staff of the Baldwin Piano Co. at age 18 where he began his career as an educator and eventually was made head of the department. After 8 years on staff Drew opened his own music studio: Infinity Music. Drew is a working pianist, bassist, and guitarist, and has performed with The Nelson Riddle Orchestra, Harry "Sweets" Edison, Red Holloway, Javon Jackson, Mark Elff, L.A. vocalist Sherry Williams, Lew Tobaccin, Nelson Rangel, Jimmy Heath, Dakota Staton, and The Neophonic Jazz Orchestra. Drew currently enjoys working as the "house" bassist at the nationally renowned jazz club, El Chapultapec. Drew has also been very active as a studio musician, recording on both bass and piano. Drew directs the signature jazz combo and teaches applied jazz guitar.

 
   
Pete Ellingson is a part-time instructor in the Music & Entertainment Industry Studies Department the University of Colorado at Denver. He received a Master of Music in Percussion Performance from Arizona State University (2000) and a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Studies from Northern Illinois University (1999). He teaches applied jazz piano, aural skills and music appreciation at CU-Denver and freelances as both a percussionist and a pianist, and is skilled in traditional and contemporary jazz styles and as an accomplished improviser. He specializes in Latin percussion and Cuban musical styles, playing techniques and repertoire, and has published both jazz piano and drum set fundamentals instructional texts.
   
Mike Marlier, Professor of Drum Set Studies and Jazz and Commercial Music in the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver, has been playing drums since he the age of five. He has taught privately for 18 years. Mr. Marlier has performed and recorded with a number of professional artists including the GRP All-Stars, Mose Allison, Julian Lennon, Dave Valentin, Los Lobos, Images, Steve Haun, and Wake Up Call. His drumming can be heard on a host of local and national radio and television commercials. Offering a diverse and well-rounded approach to the drum set, he strives to share his knowledge with his students. Composer and keyboardist Dave Grusin calls Mr. Marlier "Denver's answer to all the superstar drummers. This guy is a great player." Download a short sound file featuring Mike Marlier.  

Program

Beautiful Love Victor Young
Desafinado Antonio Carlos Jobim
Gentle Rain Luiz Bonfa
Twisted Wardell Gray
Dindi Antonio Carlos Jobim
Black Orpheus Luiz Bonfa
Brooklyn High Nelson Faria
Sugar Stanely Turrnetine
Ągua de Beber Antonio Carlos Jobim
 
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2003 CU-Denver Campus Nominee
President's Faculty Excellence Award for Advancing
Teaching and Learning Through Technology

 

updated 10/14/03