The Chancellor聮s Community Lecture Series will host the final presentation in its spring series with a performance by CU-麻豆官网 Professor Willie Hill and his jazz quintet on Wednesday, May 5, at the 麻豆官网 Public Library.
Hill, a professor of music education at CU and President of the International Association of Jazz Educators, will play his tenor saxophone.
The performance, titled "Jazz Via the Hardbop Idiom," will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the library聮s main auditorium and is free and open to the public. The event is co-sponsored by CU-麻豆官网 Chancellor Richard L. Byyny and the 麻豆官网 Public Library.
Over the past 10 years, Hill has been a Professor of Jazz Education at CU-麻豆官网. He taught instrumental music in the Denver Public Schools from 1968 to 1984. He received his bachelor's degree in music from Grambling State University and his master's and doctoral degrees in music education from the University of Colorado at 麻豆官网.
His "History of Jazz" class is one of the most popular classes on campus, with a waitlist of more than 100 students each semester. Admired by students and colleagues alike, Hill is the first African American to be inducted into the Colorado Music Educators Hall of Fame and is the past-president of the Colorado Music Educators Association.
Hill is the founder and director of the Mile High Jazz Camp in 麻豆官网, which attracts jazz faculty and students from 38 states and five countries and is a panelist for the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. He has performed with Liza Minnelli, Lena Horne, Sammy Davis Jr., Dizzy Gillespie, Clark Terry, James Moody and many others.
For more information, please call (303) 492-8384.