This seems to have come out of left field. Victor Goines, the current head of Jazz at Juliard and member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra is going to be the new head of Jazz at Northwestern University. I remember talking to a member of the jazz faculty this summer and he had basically been let go along with the rest of the jazz faculty. It seemed to be a dark time with jazz ending at Northwestern and the Showcase and Hothouse, two of Chicago’s best known jazz venues closed. Now Jazz is back at NU and the showcase is suppose to be reopening sometime soon in the Loop somewhere. It will be really interesting to see what happens with the new program. Goines is suppose to continue playing and touring with Lincoln Center so we will see what effect it has on the local scene and I have no guess as to what the faculty is going to look like now that he is running the show.
Press Release Nov 27 2007, General News, News, School of Music …
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Northwestern School of Music to Hire New Director of Jazz Studies.
December 1st, 2007 — Art, Education, Music