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John Cooper
Cooper continued his education, obtaining a Master's degree in Music Composition from Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio, where he worked as a teaching assistant in Jazz Studies under the supervision of Jazz Studies Director, Jeff Halsey. From Ohio, Cooper moved to New York City to continue studies with jazz artist and composer Jim McNeely at New York University, where he graduated with a Doctor of Philosophy degree in Music Composition in 1996. While in New York, Cooper was a member of the BMI Jazz Composer's Workshop and graduated to the Master Composer's group.
He currently is the Director of Jazz Studies at Western Illinois University and is a member of the Hopper Faculty Jazztet. Cooper is an active composer/arranger and bandleader as well as a published reviewer of new music for the International Association of Jazz Educators. He is recipient of multiple grants from the National Endowment for the Arts to present jazz concerts at Western Illinois University and is a trumpet Artist/Clinician for Conn-Selmer.
His first solo release, Watching for Watchung Plaza has received critical acclaim from Detroit Free Press music critic, Mark Stryker. The John Cooper Jazz Orchestra release "The Baecker Jazz Worship Service" has received critical acclaim by Kevan Breitinger. Cooper was also a featured solosit on the Acoustic Chicago recording released on Stonecutter Records.
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Download two free MP3s from John Cooper Jazz Orchestra's The Baecker Jazz Worship Service. Communion: And Now You're Gone (radio edit) John Cooper Jazz Orchestra From The Baecker Jazz Worship Service 6:46 Offertory John Cooper Jazz Orchestra From Baecker Jazz Worship Service 06:46 About John Cooper John Cooper is a jazz artist and composer who makes his home in Macomb, IL and is Director of Jazz ...
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Kevan Breitinger from Christian Music Central says "...I love jazz and couldn’t get enough of this intelligent composition." and ..."An emotive piano opens standout track “Communion (And Now You’re Gone)” before moving into fuller instrumentation. Thick horns lay down an evocative foundation which builds slowly into a warm crescendo of expressive awe."
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Composer / conductor
Willing to teach
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Credentials/Background
BM Jazz Studies and Teacher Certification from Wayne State University, Detroit, MI MM Composition Bowling Green State University Ph. D. Composition New York University 7 years teaching experience in jazz studies Northern Michigan University 6 years teaching experience in jazz studies Western Illinois University Contact for rates and availability: [email protected]
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Clinics in: Composition Trumpet Jazz Improvisation Jazz Pedagogy Jazz History
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Communion: And Now You're Gone (radio edit)
From: The Baecker Jazz Worship ServiceBy John Cooper