Barbara Spicher: (304) 876-5711, bspicher@shepherd.edu
# of jazz majors
40
Bachelor degrees
BA in Performance
BME in Music Education
BA in Piano
Masters degrees
MM in Music Education
Doctoral degrees
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Comments
The Shepherd University Jazz Studies Program offers several large and small ensembles as well as jazz improvisation and jazz pedagogy courses and individual lessons. Jazz faculty includes Fred Hughes piano; Mike Shepherd, drums; and Glenn Dewey, bass. Shepherd University ensembles travel nationally and internationally. The Shepherd University Jazz Festival guest artist's series has included Bill Watrous, Paquito D'Rivera, Alan Vizzutti, Chris Vadala, and Ingrid Jensen. The campus is located in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, a 90-minute drive outside Washington DC and Baltimore, MD.