Congratulations to this year's DownBeat Student Music Award recipients from the Division of Jazz Studies:
Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance
Avenue C - Marion Powers, director
Faculty mentor: Rosana Eckert
Large Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Graduate College Winner
UNT Jazz Singers
Faculty mentor: Jennifer Barnes
*Outstanding Soloist: Stephanie Hanson on “Spring Is Here”
*Outstanding Scat Soloist Kara Walton on “Spring Is Here”
Original Composition – Large Ensemble
Undergraduate College Outstanding Performance
Kyle Myers, “Red Herring”
Faculty mentor: Richard DeRosa