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  • The Frost School of Music Announces Inaugural Artist Launch Award Competition Winners

    Mike Lawson | April 22, 2021The Frost School of Music at the University of Miami announced the student winners of the Inaugural Artist Launch Award Competition. Based on a voting process after the competition was live streamed via YouTube from UM’s Gusman Hall which had a limited capacity live audience on April 20, the winners include Deco Saxophone Quartet, Priscila […] Read More...

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    Frost School of Music Hires New Director of Athletic Bands

    Mike Lawson | September 3, 2014

    Jay Rees returns home to direct the athletic bands for his alma mater

     

    The Phillip and Patricia Frost School of Music at the University of Miami has appointed Jay C. Rees as the new director of Athletic Bands. Rees previously served as director of Athletic Bands at The University of Arizona in Tucson. Jay Rees will lead the Frost Band of the Hour, the marching and pep bands of the University of Miami, at UM sporting events such as nationally televised Miami Hurricanes football and basketball games – as well as expand the band’s reach and reputation throughout the region.

    Rees takes over a band program with an 86-year history that includes performing at national bowl games and international competitions and events. He is charged by the Frost School’s Dean Shelton G. Berg to achieve prominence in three distinctive areas:

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