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| Best-selling Contemporary Jazz Artist joins McNally Smith Faculty With Top Ten hits on the Smooth Jazz charts, thousands of records sold worldwide and years of experience in the music industry, saxophonist Steve Cole will be stepping into a teaching role at the McNally Smith College of Music this fall. Cole will teach in the school's popular Music Business Division , which prepares musicians and non-musicians alike to work in the music industry at a number of levels through an interdisciplinary approach to higher music education. Besides being a distinguished musician, producer and writer, Cole also has a strong business background with an MBA from the University of Chicago, Booth School of Business. He currently holds a similar teaching position as Professor Music Business Management at Columbia College Chicago. According to McNally Smith College of Music President, Harry Chalmiers, Cole is an ideal addition to the Music Business Division staff and the college's faculty at large. "Steve Cole's passion for both music and teaching is a wonderful combination that will benefit all of our students studying for careers as music artists, or as music industry professionals, " Chalmiers says. "Steve's accomplished musicianship is matched by his in-depth business experience and formal education. We are looking forward to his work with our students and fellow faculty members who are excited to have him join this growing institution." About Steve Cole Chicago native and saxophonist Steve Cole began his professional career, playing sessions and club dates wherever possible. He first recorded with blues legend Junior Wells and began playing, writing and producing with Atlantic Records artists Brian Culbertson. His visibility at the label grew, and soon Cole signed his own deal with Atlantic in 1998. He subsequently recorded for Warner Brothers, Shanachie and EMI/Blue Note. To date, the artist has released seven CDs and has five Number One R&R Smooth Jazz hits. In 2000, he earned a Prism Award for Best New Artist at the Oasis Smooth Jazz Awards. Cole has toured and/or recording with Boz Scaggs, Larry Carlton, Jeff Lorber, Brian Culbertson, Freddie Cole, Cyrus Chestnut, KMFDM, and Rick Braun and is a founding member, along with Jeff Kashiwa and Kim Waters of The Sax Pack. An accomplished musician, writer and producer, he is currently under contract as a recording artist with Mack Avenue/Artistry Music, and as a writer with Universal Music Publishing where he has published over 50 works. Recently Cole signed a multiple album deal with Mack Avenue/Artistry Music. The first project for the label, entitled Moonlight, is a collection of classic pop songs and standards set amidst an orchestral backdrop. Cole attended Northwestern University, where he explored modern classical music for the saxophone under the tutelage of internationally recognized educator Fred Hemke. While in undergraduate school, the gifted musician was a semi-finalist in the National Foundation for the Advancement in the Arts and one of three finalists in the Chicago Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition. Founded in 1985, McNally Smith College of Music is one of the top music and music business colleges in the country devoted to excellence in music industry higher education and in developing music industry professionals. An accredited institutional member of the National Association of Schools of Music, McNally Smith College of Music offers music degrees and programs in Music Performance, Recording Technology and Music Business. As of 2009, it is the only accredited music college to offer a diploma in Hip-Hop. With more than 700 students and an 80-member faculty, McNally Smith College of Music students get a personalized music education that combines the art of physics with musical artistry and includes wide access to current music technology, research tools and performance facilities. McNally Smith alumni are working all over the world. McNally Smith is located in St. Paul, Minnesota . write your comments about the article :: © 2009 Jazz News :: home page |