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Gary Lindsay is a Grammy-nominated arranger, composer, educator, and author of "Jazz Arranging Techniques: From Quartet to Big Band." He is a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award, a Chamber Music America grant from the Doris Duke Foundation and received a Grammy nomination in arranging for “Cherokee” from the Arturo Sandoval CD I Remember Clifford. As an arranger/composer, Gary has worked with Maynard Ferguson, Michael Brecker, Pat Metheny, Jose Feliciano, Natalie Cole, Gloria Estefan, Arturo Sandoval, The Florida Philharmonic, The Airmen of Note, and The Miami Saxophone Quartet among others. On woodwinds, Gary has performed with Frank Sinatra, Tony Bennett, Mike and Randy Brecker, Jaco Pastorius, Stanley Turrentine, Natalie Cole and many other pop and jazz luminaries. Gary is Professor Emeritus in the Studio/Jazz Writing Masters program and the Doctoral program in Jazz Composition in the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, where he taught beginning in 1980.

Roundtable

October 25, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Daniel Jamieson, Andrew Rathbun, Chelsea McBride, TBA

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TBA

Daniel Jamieson

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Listening Session

October 21, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Dave Scott

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TBA

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Composer Spotlight

October 18, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Brian Krock

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TBA

Miho Hazama

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Rewatch Party

October 7, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Matthew Sheens

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Think Bigger: Ideas for Macro-Composition

Chelsea McBride

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Composer Spotlight

October 4, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Sam Blakeslee

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TBA

Erica Seguine

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Listening Session

September 30, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Justin Morell

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Chelsea McBride

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Composer Spotlight

September 27, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Geoffrey Keezer

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Exploring ‘The Multiverse Of Ms. Margot’

Andrew Rathbun

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