Loyola welcomes Jerry Tolson to campus as part of the Music Education Guest Lecture series for a Jazz Pedagogy Workshop.
Jerry Tolson is Professor of Music Education and Jazz Studies and Chair of the Academic and Professional Studies Department in the School of Music at the University of Louisville where, along with classroom instruction in jazz history, African American Music, Jazz Pedagogy, and Methods, he directs jazz ensembles. A graduate of Drake University and the University of North Texas, Mr. Tolson is an active clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. He has made presentations at national and international conferences such as IAJE, JEN, and NAfME; numerous state conferences; and the Midwest Clinic, as well as universities in the U.S. and abroad. Tolson's articles have appeared in Music Educator's Journal, Jazz Educator's Journal, The Journal of Jazz Studies, The International Journal of Law and Psychiatry and The Instrumentalist, and he is a contributor to the following publications: Teaching Music Through Performance in Jazz, Volumes I and II (ed. Carter and Miles), Jazz Pedagogy: The Jazz Educator's Handbook and Resource Guide (Dunscomb and Hill), and The Jazzer's Cookbook: Creative Recipes for Players and Teachers. His jazz pedagogy book, The Jazz Commandments: Guidelines for Jazz Articulation and Style, is published by Kendor Music.
Event is free and open to the public.