MARTIN MUELLER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF NEW SCHOOL
UNIVERSITY'S JAZZ & CONTEMPORARY MUSIC PROGRAM, HONORED WITH
11TH ANNUAL DOWN BEAT ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FOR JAZZ EDUCATION
(New York, NY – May 13, 2002) Martin Mueller, Executive
Director of New School University's Jazz & Contemporary Music Program,
has been recognized with the 11th Annual Down Beat Achievement Award
for Jazz Education in the June 2002 issue of the magazine.
When discussing the evolution of Jazz & Contemporary Music
Program at New School University over the past 15 years, Mueller looks back
with a bit of awe. "It's a fascinating story," says Mueller,
who has been with the program since the spring of 1987 and became its Executive
Director in 1999. "The school has a philosophy of the practitioner as
teacher. We've been pushing forward the notion of practicing artists
in a legitimate academic role."
Mueller has assembled a faculty featuring top jazz artists including:
Joanne Brackeen, Andrew Cyrille, Jane Ira Bloom, Cecil McBee, Kenny Werner,
Buster Williams, Jimmy Owens, Chico Hamilton, among others. Alumni of the
program include many of today's up-and-coming jazz artists, among them:
Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove, Peter Bernstein, Larry Goldings, Miri Ben-Ari,
John Popper, Jesse Davis, Virginia Mayhew, Shedrick Mitchell and Walter Blanding,
Jr.
The school has grown from 30 full-time students to more than 250 students today, drawing approximately 25% of its students from foreign countries. Students in the program have many opportunities to perform at the school, as well as at venues around New York City. The school is located in the heart of the jazz community in Greenwich Village.
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New School University's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program
offers a B.F.A. degree program in Jazz Performance, and in Composing and Arranging.
The faculty includes such renowned artists as Reggie Workman, Chico Hamilton,
Buster Williams, Jimmy Owens, Benny Powell, Joanne Brackeen, and Jane Ira Bloom.
Alumni of the program include many of today's up-and-coming jazz artists - Larry
Goldings, Brad Mehldau, Roy Hargrove, Miri Ben-Ari, Peter Bernstein, and Virginia
Mayhew, among others. Martin Mueller is the Executive Director of the Jazz Program.
To find out about upcoming events and performances, visit www.newschool.edu/jazz.
New School University, with 7,000 matriculated students and 25,000 continuing education students, is a New York City university comprised of a liberal arts foundation of three schools: Graduate Faculty of Political and Social Science, Eugene Lang College and The New School; and five professional schools: Parsons School of Design, Mannes College of Music, Milano Graduate School of Management and Urban Policy. Actors Studio Drama School, and the Jazz and Contemporary Music Program. New School Online University offers one of the largest selections of online courses in the nation. For further information about admission to New School University, call (877) 5Ave-321 or go to the Web site at www.newschool.edu.