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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.

Mini-Lesson

July 14, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Chuck Owen

Topic

Bucket Mute Orchestration in Large Ensemble Jazz

Daniel Jamieson

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Listening Session

July 12, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Olivia Trummer

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n/a

Daniel Jamieson

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Mini-Lesson

July 7, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Callum Au

Topic

Storytelling Through Big Band Music

Daniel Jamieson

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Mini-Lesson

June 30, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Migiwa Miyajima

Topic

Planning An Album-Length Suite

Daniel Jamieson

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Composer Spotlight

June 24, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Justin Morell

Topic

Connecting Meter To Musical Gesture

Miho Hazama

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Mini-Lesson

June 23, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Olivia Trummer

Topic

Organically Creating Irregular Song Forms

Daniel Jamieson

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Listening Session

June 21, 2026

Presenting Artist(s)

Florian Ross

Topic

n/a

Erica Seguine

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