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Good times at today’s collaboration with the Deming Center for Entrepreneurship and Thompson Jazz Studies!

Special thanks to our presenters, Visda Carson and Annie Booth, as well as our fabulous jazz students who performed for the event!

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Hey, Music Buffs! Join the ECM and the Deming Center for Startups & Sandwiches tomorrow! Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies Annie Booth joins Leeds faculty Visda Carson to explore the power of listening- both in music and in your professional life. Registration is required, find the link in our bio. Wednesday, Sept. 23 from 12:30-1:30 in the Flatirons Room (N301 in C4C).

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🎉 BIG NEWS from @cuboulderjazz — Beginning Fall ‘27, we’re launching a new Doctor of Musical Arts (DMA) pathway in Jazz Composition. (Stay tuned for a similar announcement about a MM Jazz Comp in coming weeks, too!)

I’m inviting curious, collaborative, forward-thinking composers and arrangers to join me in building a distinctive jazz composition studio here at our incredible university at the foothills of the Rocky Mountains.

I’m excited to support DMA students in their own artistic voices and research. One example of the resources and opportunities available to future students is our newly minted Jazz Composers’ Orchestra which will serve as a creative laboratory for graduate composers to workshop, perform, conduct, and record their works.

I carry a broad definition of “jazz composition” and that ethos will be central to this degree. Students will compose for both small and large ensembles, non-traditional instrumentations and settings, and collaborate across the College of Music. We will honor the history and traditions of this great music while adding new voices to the canon.

For me, it’s essential to weave in elements about entrepreneurship, career development, publishing, pedagogy, and building sustainable lives in the music industry, so you can expect that, too!

Interested in learning more? Join me for a virtual info session + Q&A:

Tues, Sept. 29 • 5:30pmMT (4:30 PT/ 7:30 ET)
Scan the QR code to register or email Annie.Booth@colorado.edu

Please share with composers who should know about this!

Go Buffs 🦬🎼🎵

#musicbuffs #jazzcomposition #dmajazz #jazzstudies jazzcompose

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It’s here! Check out THE DOWN LO wherever you get your music! It’s out in all streaming platforms, though if you’d like to support the music directly, it’s also available for purchase via digital download or CD on my website and Bandcamp. Additionally, we’ll be performing the music TONIGHT at @dazzle_denver! Thank you to all who made made this possible - the incredible band, Loren, Colin, and Dea at @mightyfinestudios, all my teachers and mentors who have helped along this path, and most of all to Rocky Winslow and the vibrant Chico CA music scene, whose patience and love allowed me to grow into who I am today, and to whom this record is dedicated to. Thank you and see you tonight!

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“Regret” by @bradgoodelive with @altin101 @johngunthermusic @annie_booth @bijouxbarbosa @paul_romaine @cuboulderjazz

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#musicbuff

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it is with joy i announce that today i began a new chapter as a teaching assistant and masters degree candidate at the university of colorado boulder. i am greatly honored to be able to contribute to this wonderful community and quite excited to be back in the most great state of colorado. thank you to the many people at cu who made this opportunity possible and believe in me — i am very humbled to hold this position and am excited for the upcoming years!

with love and go buffs,
jj

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Excited to begin pursuing my DMA in Jazz Studies at @cuboulder! Been a big move and an even bigger year for me and my lovely wife @emkstem and we’ve loved Colorado so far 🏔️ I have a feeling we’ll never get tired of these views

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TWO WEEKS TO GO. The 2026 Atom Jazz Fest is almost here! 90+ ARTISTS. TWO STAGES. 21 HOURS OF FREE JAZZ.

This year’s lineup features STUDENTS & ALUMNI from: Longmont high schools @svvsdfinearts , University of Colorado @cuboulderjazz , Colorado State University @csujazz , University of Northern Colorado @uncjazz , & Front Range Community College @frccedu . From the next generation of Colorado jazz musicians to internationally touring professionals, including headliners The Ken Walker Tribute Sextet and Electric Giz @electric.giz , it’s a weekend built around the depth of Colorado’s jazz community.

At the @lefthandlongmont Garden in Longmont, CO. August 21–23. FREE ADMISSION · ALL AGES · FAMILY FRIENDLY.
Produced by the nonprofit Atom Jazz Network, supporting live jazz, young musicians, and more opportunities for artists across Northern Colorado. Full lineup, schedule & festival details at the link in bio.

#AtomJazzFest #AtomJazzNetwork #LongmontCO #ColoradoJazz @frontrowloco @visitlongmontcolorado

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Colorado bluebird skies + the cream of the crop of jazz students = the perfect way to kick off the 2026 Telluride Jazz Festival! 🎶☀️

A huge thank you to the CU Boulder Thompson Jazz Combo and Caleb Chapman’s Voodoo Orchestra for getting us started in style.

The music is just getting started—join us in the park for what promises to be a beautiful evening of world-class jazz.

Can't make it in person? Tune in to the KOTO broadcast on the airwaves or stream online starting NOW!

#TellurideJazzFestival #Telluride #JazzFestival #LiveJazz #ColoradoEvents

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A highlight from last spring at @cuboulderjazz 🌞 Shoutout to Bella Lanier on vocals who premiered this Spanish lyric so wonderfully @bellalanier.music

Looking forward to more music with these great students in the fall! #musicbuffs

“Both Sides of the Sun” (Ambos Lados del Sol)
Music by Annie Booth
English lyric by Joanna Wallfisch and Jenna McLean
Spanish lyric by Monica Flores Gomez

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