‘Composing for Improvisors’ concert features Greg Yasinitsky
Regents professor Greg Yasinitsky will perform in “Composing for Improvisors” at WSU Pullman on Jan. 24.
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Dean Luethi to lead WSU music school
Dean Luethi, associate professor and coordinator of music education in WSU’s School of Music, was named the new director of the school effective April 1.
Yasinitsky wins American Prize for jazz composition
Gregory W. Yasinitsky, Regents professor and director of the WSU School of Music, is winner of the 2017-18 The American Prize in Composition in the pops/light music division.
Greg Yasinitsky nominated for Pulitzer Prize in Music
PULLMAN, Wash. – Greg Yasinitsky, WSU Regents Professor and director of the university’s School of Music, has been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize in Music for his Jazz Concerto for Piano and Orchestra.
Nov. 1: WSU Jazz Festival celebrates 25th anniversary
PULLMAN, Wash. – WSU will celebrate its 25th annual jazz festival on Wednesday, Nov. 1, with festival founder and special guest saxophonist Greg Yasinitsky.
Sept. 12: Jazz, blues, funk focus of WSU Faculty Artist Series concert
PULLMAN, Wash. – “Jazz, Drenched with Blues and Funk” is the title of the Washington State University Faculty Artist Series concert slated for 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 12, in Kimbrough Hall.
Jazz festival to feature award-winning composer
PULLMAN – Jazz organist, pianist and composer Delbert Bump will perform noon-1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3, during the 2010 WSU Jazz Festival in Bryan Hall Theater. Bump will play with the award-winning WSU Jazz Big Band directed by Greg Yasinitsky. The performance will feature faculty soloists Dave Hagelganz, saxophone; Frederick “Dave” Snider, bass; David Jarvis, drums; […]
Jazz concert to feature new WSU faculty quartet
David Jarvis, left, Greg Yasinitsky, Dave Snider and Dave Hagelganz. PULLMAN – The new WSU faculty quartet, Nighthawk, will perform a jazz concert as part of the WSU School of Music Faculty Artist Series at 8 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 22, in Kimbrough Concert Hall. Nighthawk features hard driving, fiery saxophones with […]
Vocalist Kevin Mahogany performs with jazz bands
PULLMAN – Internationally renowned vocalist Kevin Mahogany is performing, Tuesday, with the award-winning WSU Jazz Big Band and VOJAZZ ensemble at 8:00 p.m. in Bryan Hall Theatre on the WSU campus. With eleven CD’s as a leader, and quite a few as a sideman, Mahogany has proved to be the quintessential jazz vocalist. Newsweek describes him as “the […]