Stephen Robb

Look for an expanded Jazz Festival and Workshop this year.
Online Registration for the 2020 Workshop will open on March 1st, 2020.

Our Jazz Faculty for 2020 includes our specail guest Jack Duncan – afro-cuban percussion, Laura Harrison – voice, Stan Taylor – Drums, Len Araliah – saxophone, Ron Samworth – Guitar, Kevin Lee – trumpet, Brad Muirhead – trombone and Stephen Robb – piano and reeds.

More information about our faculty is included on the faculty biography page

Our special guest vocal instructor for this week is Dr. Laura Harrison

Laura Harrison (DMA, University of Southern California, 2007) is a jazz educator, composer, arranger and vocalist who has been pursuing a dual career in jazz and classical music since 1996. She has made quite a reputation for herself as a classical mezzo-soprano performing in the Los Angeles and Orange County areas of Southern California for the past 20 years. In August of 2010, she debuted her first jazz CD that has been played in forty-three states and thirteen countries and climbed to #18 on the CMJ Jazz National Chart.

After receiving degrees at Capilano University and the University of British Columbia, Harrison was a high school teacher in Maple Ridge, BC until she was recruited to pursue her graduate studies in Los Angeles, California. She received her Master of Music and Doctorate of Musical Arts degrees in Jazz Studies at the University of Southern California under the mentorship of Dr. Thom Mason and Carmen Bradford. Laura currently teaches in the Jazz Studies program at Capilano University.