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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.

Listening Session

July 13, 2025

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Dave Rivello

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Erica Seguine

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Composer Spotlight

July 9, 2025

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John La Barbera

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Melody is the New Black

Chelsea McBride

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Mini-Lesson

June 19, 2025

Presenting Artist(s)

Dave Rivello

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The Value of Conductor Scores

Daniel Jamieson

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Listening Session

June 18, 2025

Presenting Artist(s)

Florian Hoefner

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Daniel Jamieson

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Composer Spotlight

June 15, 2025

Presenting Artist(s)

Pete McGuinness

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Mixed Bag: Musical Diversity Within An Album

Andrew Rathbun

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Composer Spotlight

June 11, 2025

Presenting Artist(s)

John Yao

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Expanding Small Group Works To Big Band

Chelsea McBride

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Mini-Lesson

June 9, 2025

Presenting Artist(s)

Florian Hoefner

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Modal Interchange and Borrowed Chords

Daniel Jamieson

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