Boyer College of Music and Dance

A classic McCoy Tyner composition provides the spark for a spirited performance by the Temple Jazz Faculty Sextet, featuring trumpeter Terell Stafford, alto saxophonist Dick Oatts, and pianist and arranger Bruce Barth. A WRTI video premiere.

Meet 16-year-old violinist Danae Truxler, a member of the Philadelphia Youth Orchestra, Temple Music Prep Center for Gifted Young Musicians' Youth Chamber Orchestra, and a Philadelphia Music Alliance for Youth (PMAY) Artist.

Meet drummer Mekhi Boone, a first-year student at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and a regular player in the house band at Chris' Jazz Cafe.

Meet twenty-year-old jazz vibraphonist Nora Theberge, a jazz performance major at Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.

Meet bassoonist Adam Kraynak, an undergraduate student majoring in bassoon performance at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Meet conductor and clarinetist Sara Bock, a first-year student majoring in clarinet performance at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Meet Nicole Hom, an undergraduate flute performance major at Temple University's Boyer College of Music and Dance.

Meet Katie Neary, an 18-year-old jazz saxophonist and a first-year jazz studies performance student at Boyer College of Music and Dance at Temple University.

Billy Childs wrote his new piece 'Labyrinth,' as a musical puzzle for the Temple University Studio Orchestra to solve. A member of the saxophone section offers this inside view on the piece, which will also be on the program in a concert at Jazz at Lincoln Center this Sunday.

Watch as pianist, composer and educator Tim Brey performs new music in our studio, with partners like trumpeter John Swana.