The MONTCLAIR STATE JAZZ ENSEMBLE, directed by Oscar Perez and composed of majors in Jazz Studies and other music majors, is dedicated to performing music representative of contemporary literature composed for the large jazz ensemble and music of historical importance to the genre. Perez, Coordinator of Jazz Studies at the Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, has performed, traveled and recorded in the musical groups of Phoebe Snow, Wycliffe Gordon, Christian McBride, Charenee Wade, Dave Stryker, Steve Turre, Eddie Allen, Ted Chubb, the Mingus Big Band, Abel Mireles LatiNext Project, Charlie Porter, Roseanna Vitro, Bruce Williams and Don Braden. Perez earned a Doctorate in Jazz Arts Advancement from the Manhattan School of Music under the tutelage of Stefon Harris, Ingrid Jensen, and Jim McNeely and has been an educator through Carnegie Hall, the Kupferberg Center at Queens College, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS, Jazz at Lincoln Center and has held faculty positions at Drew University and the Manhattan School of Music.
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