William Paterson University Jazz Studies Program Inaugural Artistic Director Thad Jones Teaches a Class, Mid-1970S
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William Paterson Mulgrew Miller, University director of the William Paterson Revolutionizing University Jazz Studies Music Education Program Since 1972 Money Matters Financial Advice for Budget-Conscious Students How to Create the Perfect Audition Tape The Value of a Music Degree Four Alumni Profiles More Than 175 Schools Listed! STUDENT MUSIC GUIDE // WHERE TO STUDY JAZZ 2013 William Paterson University Jazz Studies Program inaugural Artistic Director Thad Jones teaches a class, mid-1970s FEATURES orty years ago, at a modestly sized college in Wayne, 98 Now Hear This N.J., Dr. Martin Krivin and trumpeter Thad Jones laid Creating the Perfect the foreground for one of the nation’s preeminent jazz Audition Tape studies programs. 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