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Samuel Boateng Receives 2020 African Libraries Student Paper Award
Samuel Boateng, a doctoral candidate in jazz studies was awarded the 2020 African Libraries Student Paper Prize by the African Music Section (AfMS). The award recognizes the most distinguished...
Music at Pitt Podcast: 50th Pitt Jazz Seminar Preview
The guest for this episode of the Music at Pitt Podcast is Nicole Mitchell, internationally acclaimed flutist, composer, and Director of the Pitt’s Jazz Studies program. She joins us today to talk...
A New Publication from Ben Barson
Doctoral candidate Ben Barson contributed a chapter to the newly released book Black Power Afterlives: The Enduring Significance of the Black Panther Party (Haymarket Books). The book explores how...
Jazz Has Always Been Protest Music. Can It Meet This Moment?
Upon arriving as director of Pitt's Jazz Studies Program last year, flutist Nicole Mitchell proposed that the program partner with the school’s Center for African-American Poetry to open a small...
Jazz Major David Zahniser awarded a prestigious Brackenridge Fellowship
Pitt Honors College awarded Music Major David Zahnisera prestigious Brackenridge Fellowship to support his jazz album titled The Crossroads. Zahnhiser explains that he, “aims to tell the stories...
Congratulations to Vanessa Blais-Tremblay on her award-winning article!
An article from volume 2 of Jazz and Culture wins award.
Jazz Studies Response in Support of Social Justice
Pitt's Departmnet of Music's reponse in support of social justice