School of Music - Stephen Zegree
Stephen Zegree (1978)
Piano, Jazz
B.M. Miami
M.M. Indiana
D.M.A. Missouri-Kansas City
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Stephen Zegree is the Bobby McFerrin Professor of Music at Western Michigan University where he teaches classical and jazz piano; directs Gold Company, an internationally recognized jazz vocal ensemble; and performs as pianist with the Western Jazz Quartet, the resident faculty jazz ensemble in the School of Music. The winner of numerous competitions, awards, and honors Dr. Zegree has appeared as pianist, conductor, clinician and adjudicator on five continents.
Gold Company, his vocal jazz ensemble, has won over 45 awards from Down Beat magazine, more than any other college or university, and has toured throughout the U.S., Canada, and Europe, and has performed at the MENC National Convention, numerous IAJE Conventions, World Symposium on Choral Music, and with artists such as Bobby McFerrin, Janis Siegel, Jon Hendricks, Darmon Meader, Mark Murphy, Don Shelton, and Bonnie Herman.
Dr. Zegree's choral arrangements are published by Hal Leonard Music Publications, Shawnee Press, and Alfred Publications. He is the author of The Complete Guide To Teaching Vocal Jazz, published by Heritage Music Press and he co-produced jazz vocalist Mark Murphy's Nat King Cole Songbook, which was nominated for a Grammy® Award. A renowned educator, his students are among today's leaders in jazz and pop performance, Broadway, recording studio production, writing, arranging, singing, and music education.
Email: stephen.zegree@wmich.edu