He is currently teaching Music 110, and by spring he hopes to establish and teach a course in jazz history as an alternative to Music 110. He has also transformed last year's wind ensemble into a small jazz band combination to create a larger band with full instrumentation. In his opinion, jazz is a gruesome form of music because students must learn the histories of classical and jazz music. It is a continuous learning process. It seems like you're never going to get through it, and you never really do.
Jazz offers more than just a rhythm and a beat.
The Shoestring Players played to large audiences with Neil Simon's Rumors November 13-16. The play is a farce. Those who like fast exits and entrances, sight jokes, and slapstick find farces amusing. Those who prefer heavier themes and more structure find farces dull and silly. Such was the case with this production.