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Jazz at Milligan The music department at Milligan College offers a wide variety of exciting opportunities in jazz, brass, and woodwinds and is dedicated to the promotion and expansion of jazz education. Milligan also features one of the few collegiate jazz programs within the CCCU (Council of Christian Colleges and Universities). Opportunities for musical growth and Christian worship through brass or woodwinds are available for the music major and nonmajor.
General Music Studies Major The Jazz Studies Emphasis consists of additional studies in
the jazz field beyond the required core courses for General Music Studies
majors. In addition to the 28 hours of required core courses, you will study
ten hours of the following: MUSC 166 Survey of Jazz, MUSC 321 Jazz
Improvisation, MUSC 421 Advanced Jazz Methods, and MUSC 490 Senior Project.
Jazz Ensemble 
View Jazz Ensemble Concert Programs
About Rick Simerly
Simerly joined
Milligan's faculty in 2001 after two decades in music education in the
public schools. In addition to serving as band director at T.A. Dugger
Junior High School in Elizabethton, TN, since 1979, Simerly has carved out a
niche for himself in the professional world of music. He has been called
“one of the most exciting and consistently creative trombonists in jazz
today” by world-renown jazz educator and composer David Baker. Simerly has
not only played in the bands of Tommy Dorsey, Woody Herman, Nelson Riddle
and Bob Crosby, but also has performed with jazz greats Billy Taylor, James
Moody, Rufus Reid, Jon Faddis, Bobby Shew, Milt Hinton and many others. He
has toured with the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra and performed
with such entertainers as Frank Sinatra, Jr., Bob Hope, Red Skelton, Lou
Rawls, Gladys Knight, The Temptations and The Four Tops. He serves as an
instructor at the Jamey Aebersold Summer Jazz Workshops, and is an
artist/educational specialist for Conn trombones, a division of Conn-Selmer,
Inc. He has two solo jazz CDs, Simple/Complexity and Obscurity,
Simerly holds a master of arts degree from East Tennessee State University.
At Milligan, Simerly teaches a variety of music courses and leads a jazz
studies emphasis in the music area. His personal website is
www.ricksimerly.com
Contact Info:
Scholarships The music department at Milligan College offers scholarships to new students who apply and are awarded according to talent, academic achievement, and need regardless of intended major. Scholarships are awarded by audition. For more information, please visit Audition Information.
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What kind of program does Milligan have for jazz? Milligan has an exciting and comprehensive program in performance, pedagogy, and education for brass or woodwinds players. |
