Whitney F. Sidener
Professor Emeritus, Studio Music and Jazz
Whit Sidener is professor emeritus and former chair of the Department of Studio Music and Jazz at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. He retired in May 2013. Professor Sidener is a recipient of the IAJE Award for Outstanding Service to Jazz Education, and the Phillip Frost Award for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship. When under his direction, the Frost Concert Jazz Band recorded and toured extensively, appeared at ten IAJE Conferences and won 15 Downbeat Student Recording Awards. Sidener has recorded with such artists as Harry Chapin, Jose Feliciano, Aretha Franklin, Barbra Streisand, Diana Ross, Frankie Valli, Gloria Estefan and Luciano Pavarotti, to name a few. He has performed…
Former University of Miami Frost School of Music Band of the Hour director William B. Russell, B.M. ’57,…
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December 08
6:30 PM
JW Marriott Marquis, 255 Biscayne Way, Miami
With new technology and new subject matter but all the familiar drama, a 500-year-old art form is making its grand leap into the 21st century.
As opera continues to be revived and revised with new subjects, new technology, and a new breed of stars, the University of Miami Frost Opera Theater program is preparing students to be at the forefront of its future. “New opera is being done all over the world, but it’s really thriving right now in America,” explains Dean Southern, program stage director as well as assistant professor of vocal performance and opera historian.
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Momentum 2 - the breakthrough campaign for the University of Miami - launches at Bank United Center and features students from Frost
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