Stellar trumpeter, composer and band leader Michael Philip Mossman will be in residence at the University of Vermont from April 2 through April 4, hosted by the UVM’s Jazz Studies Program.
Mossman will perform with the UVM Jazz Ensemble, directed by UVM professor Alex Stewart, on Thursday, April 6, at 7:30 in the Southwick Recital Hall. The concert will feature arrangements by Mossman of works by Dizzy Gillespie, Carlos Santana, Duke Ellington and Charlie Parker and original compositions in forms that include the jazz tango and Brazilian choro.
The concert is free and open to the public.
On Wednesday, April 4, Mossman will guest lecture in a Jazz Composition and Arranging class and conduct a trumpet masterclass in the Recital Hall immediately 3:45-4:45.
Mossman has been one of the most in-demand trumpeters in New York for over 30 years. He has recorded and performed around the world with artists such as Horace Silver, Dizzy Gillespie, Art Blakey, Joe Henderson, McCoy Tyner, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the Charles Mingus Orchestra, the Gil Evans Orchestra, Michel Camilo Big Band, the Chico O’Farrill Orchestra and many others.
A prolific composer and arranger, Mossman has contributed scores to the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic, Joe Henderson’s Grammy winning Big Band album, the Carnegie Hall Jazz Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, The Charles Mingus Orchestra, Tito Puente, Mario Bauza, Paquito D’Rivera, the UMO Orchestra of Finland, the NDR Big Band of Hamburg, Germany, the WDR of Cologne, the Andalusia Latin Jazz Big Band, and the Danish Radio Big Band, to name just a few. Michael is currently Professor and Director of Jazz Studies at the Aaron Copland School of Music at Queens College in New York City.
Source: UVM News