Fred Sturm
Fred Sturm, Kimberly-Clark Professor of Music and Director of Jazz and Improvisational Music, is the 2004-05 winner of the University Award for Excellence in Teaching.
Texts
- CHANGES OVER TIME: The Evolution of Jazz Arranging (Advance Music)
- MARIA SCHNEIDER: Evanescence (Universal Edition)
- KENNY WHEELER: Collected Works on ECM (Universal Edition)
Recent Recordings
- DO IT AGAIN: Three Decades of Steely Dan (hr Media, Frankfurt)
- LIBERTANGO! Hommage an Astor Piazzolla (hr Media, Frankfurt)
- CELEBRATION: Phil Woods (Concord)
Publishers of Compositions and Arrangements
- Universal Edition (Vienna and New York)
- Advance Music (Germany)
- Lorenz Heritage JazzWorks (USA)
- Kendor Music (USA)
- Warner Brothers Music (USA)
- Ensemble Publications (USA)
- Really Good Music (USA)
- UNC Jazz Press (USA)
Composition Awards and Grants
- 2003 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in Honor of Quincy Jones
- National Endowment for the Arts Grant
- Meet the Composer Grant & Commission
- National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences Grant
- Howard Hanson Institute for American Music Commission
- Lila Wallace/Readers Digest Fund Commission
Recent Lawrence Projects
- NEW JAZZ WORKS BY LAWRENCE STUDENT WRITERS (annual)
- THE JAZZ CENTURY: Celebrating 100 Years of Jazz History
- DUKE ELLINGTON'S "CONCERTO FOR COOTIE" (Freshman Studies Lecture)
- EARTHWORKS: A World Music Celebration
- PORGY & BESS: Re-Creating the Gil Evans/Miles Davis Masterpiece
- BODACIOUS COWBOYS: Three Decades of Steely Dan
- TANGO NUEVO: The Music of Astor Piazzolla
- LARS JANSSON: Temenos for Large Jazz Ensemble
- BENNY GOLSON: Jazz Ensemble Works
- KENNY WHEELER: The Sweet Time Suite
Fred Sturm's personal webpage: http://www.fredsturm.com
Mizar 5 Web Magazine Interview with Fred Sturm
Read more about Sturm in this profile from the 2003-04 President's Report.
