Pitt Jazz Composers Concert - Bellefield Hall, Oakland

New jazz compositions by a number of Pittsburgh-area musicians will be featured in the 2023 Pitt Jazz Composers Concert. The event is free and open to the public. This year’s program will include works by the following composers:

Juwon Adenuga, first-year PhD student in jazz studies;

Jason Belcher, PhD in music theory/composition;

Samuel Boateng, PhD candidate in jazz studies;

Ralph Guzzi, director of the University of Pittsburgh Jazz Ensemble;

Aaron “A.J.” Johnson, interim director of the Pitt Jazz Studies Program;

Joseph Langnese, Pitt alumnus;

Mark Micchelli, PhD candidate in jazz studies and composition/theory;

Nicole Mitchell, former director of Pitt Jazz Studies, Professor of Music, University of Virginia; and

Rick Nowlin, Pitt alumnus.

A.J. Johnson developed the concert to give composers the unusual opportunity to hear their works, and those of others, performed by top professional jazz musicians.