The UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music is delighted to announce they are the recipients of five prestigious 2023 DownBeat Student Music Awards. These awards will be publicized in DownBeat magazine’s June issue.
The DownBeat Student Music Awards are considered the most notable awards in jazz education. Hundreds of musicians, music educators, and music industry professionals received their first international acknowledgment as DownBeat Student Music Award winners. The UNLV Jazz & Commercial Music program has garnered 44 DownBeat Student Music Awards since 2010.
“We are very proud of the sustained creative output of our dedicated students and the distinguished recognition they have established for our university worldwide,” said Dave Loeb, director of the UNLV Division of Jazz & Commercial Music.
Congratulations to the following award recipients:
- Large Jazz Ensemble: Graduate College Co-Winner UNLV Jazz Ensemble I - Dave Loeb and Nathan Tanouye
- Jazz Combo: Graduate College Outstanding Performance Joe Williams Scholarship Honors Quartet - Dave Loeb with outstanding soloist Toscha Comeaux
- Small Vocal Jazz Group: Graduate College Outstanding Performance - Studio Scarlet, Lara Vivian Smith
- Latin Group: Graduate College Outstanding Performance UNLV Latin Jazz Ensemble - José “Pepe” Jiménez
About the UNLV College of Fine Arts
The UNLV College of Fine Arts, one of the nation's largest fine arts colleges, boldly launches visionaries who transform the global community through collaboration, scholarship, and innovation. Established in 1992, the UNLV CFA encompasses the departments of art, dance, film, theatre, the School of Music, School of Architecture, Entertainment Engineering & Design, and is home to the Performing Arts Center, Nevada Conservatory Theatre, and Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art.
We illuminate the power of the arts amidst breathtaking advancements in science and technology. In doing so, we are creating a global destination at the forefront of transforming arts and design. To accomplish this we encourage agency, inventiveness, problem-solving, and big-idea thinking in our students, faculty, and staff. We make education relevant through evolving curriculum and effective learning outcomes.
