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Fred Sturm

Born: March 21, 1951

Fred Sturm has composed and arranged music featuring jazz vocalists Kurt Elling and Bobby McFerrin; trumpeters Clay Jenkins, Ingrid Jensen, Wynton Marsalis, and Clark Terry; trombonists Bob Brookmeyer, Wycliffe Gordon, and Jim Pugh; saxophonists Branford Marsalis, Chis Vadala, and Phil Woods; guitarists Gene Bertoncini, Mike Stern, and John Scofield; vibraphonists Gary Burton and Joe Locke; bassists Arild Andersen and Ike Sturm; pianist Lars Jansson; and drummer Steve Houghton.

Sturm has served as guest conductor/composer/arranger for professional jazz ensembles and radio orchestras in Germany, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Scotland and Norway; as director of university jazz ensembles and high school all-state jazz bands throughout the U.S.; as clinician at national educational conferences and festivals; and as composer-in-residence for school and university music programs.

The Young Sounds of Arizona at Phoenix Center for the Arts

by Patricia Myers
March 17, 2015

The Young Sounds of Arizona at Phoenix Center for the Arts Spring Concert Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2015 The two youth jazz bands of Young Sounds of Arizona performed a satisfying concert of cohesive section work and talented soloists before a near-capacity audience that came to hear teenage musicians who attend ...

Don't Look Back: Lawrence University Composer Pens Tribute To Baseball Legend Satchel Paige

July 2, 2012

APPLETON, WIS. — On the mound, pitching legend Leroy “Satchel" Paige could make a baseball “sing." Lawrence University's award-winning composer and baseball lover Fred Sturm has combined his two passions in a musical tribute to the Hall of Famer. The Baseball Music Project is releasing “Don't Look Back," a newly commissioned work written by Lawrence's director ...