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Welcome to the jazz guitar studioÌýat the Â鶹ӰԺ College of Music!​

Dave Corbus teaches the jazz guitar majors at the Â鶹ӰԺ. This includes BM, MMÌýand DMA students. At all levels, Corbus works with his students to develop and maintain a solid foundation for all aspects of playing jazz guitar,Ìýincluding technique, ear training and the achievement of a full and personalized jazz guitar sound that reflects each student's musical journey. With this work comes the development of the student’s own knowledge of jazz guitar pedagogy.ÌýRepetitive listening techniques are used to develop a jazz vocabulary that also draws on repertoire as an important part of the work done with jazz guitar students. Through a personalized repertoire of jazz tunes,Ìýwork is done on all aspects of improvisation, including concepts in melody, harmony and rhythm. Emphasis is placed on developing an individual sound and diverse music styles are also incorporated including blues, world music, funkÌýand classical repertoire according to each student’s interests.ÌýAttending as well as playing in live performances is also a key aspect of the jazz guitar studio!

Many great guitarists have visited the studio, including Ben Monder, Johnathon Kreisberg, John Scofield, Rez Abbasi, Brad ShepicÌýand others.

Dave Corbus

Dave Corbus, instructor of jazz guitar, combines a background steeped in diverse music styles including blues, bebop, classical and world music.ÌýHe came to the Denver area after playing 10Ìýyears on the New York jazz sceneÌýand has played with a variety of well-known national jazz musicians including Red Holloway, Lonnie Smith, David Fathead Newman, Wycliffe Gordon, Plas Johnson, Lewis Nash, Brian LynchÌýand Joey DeFrancesco.ÌýCorbus has also been a mainstay in the local jazz community, exploring a wide range of styles from Wes Montgomery to Frank Zappa compositions and keeping a busy performance schedule. He has two CDs out under his name, "Trios Time" (Capri) and "Sound Down" (Jazzed Media)Ìýand was co-lead on two CDs with the band Triocity and also appears on numerous other CDs.ÌýCorbus received a music composition degree from New York University as well as a master's degree. MORE
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