CCM Jazz Studies named inaugural college affiliate of the acclaimed Jazz at Lincoln Center
June 12, 2019
Jazz at Lincoln Center has named CCM Jazz Studies as its inaugural College Affiliate, a distinction reserved for the country’s top-ranked jazz programs. Led by Grammy Award-winning trumpeter and composer Wynton Marsalis, the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra (JALCO) will invite a premier student ensemble on tour for educational residencies through this new program. For the initial installment of this program, the CCM Jazz Orchestra directed by Professor Scott Belck, DMA, will join Marsalis and the JALCO for an international residency in São Paulo, Brazil, from June 22-30.
What the herd heard: UC team studies African elephants
June 12, 2019
Seven students and two faculty from the UC College of Allied Health Sciences spent a week in March 2019 conducting hearing tests on elephants at a reserve in Bela-Bela South Africa.