
EVENTS & NEWS
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Recent News
Embracing and Discovering Creativity
ATLANTA—Alumnus Andrew Suggs uses his guitar to play the national anthem in iconic locations.
On July fourth, Andrew performed at the Grand Canyon, as the first person to play the National Anthem at the Grand Canyon on electric...
Top Brass Connections
Georgia State’s School of Music is steadily building a world-class faculty of present and former members of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, creating a culture of excellence where masters cultivate students who become the next...
Artist-in-residence David Sánchez Receives a GRAMMY® Award Nomination for Best Latin Jazz Album
The School of Music is pleased to announce that jazz studies artist-in-residence David Sánchez has received a 2020 GRAMMY® award nomination for “Carib” in the Best Latin Jazz Album category. The prestigious honor, presented by the Recording Academy, marks Sánchez’s seventh GRAMMY® nomination with a win in 1997 for “Habana” as Best Latin Jazz Performance.
Making It Up as You Go Along
Associate professor Martin Norgaard studies how jazz improvisation affects the brain.
Panther Band Receives Invitation to the 2021 Tournament of Roses Parade
The Georgia State University Panther Band has been selected as one of 20 marching bands to perform in the Tournament of Roses parade on New Year’s Day 2021 in Pasadena, Calif.
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