MichMusic Talk Podcast | Greg Jasperse July 2014

MMT #006 Greg Jasperse: Member of Vertical Voices, teacher, arranger. Greg has been a stunning contributor to music education and the vocal group world through his arranging, singing and piano playing. He has earned the respect of many, and you’ll hear in our talk we’ve had a lot of good friendship and guacamole time too! || Following eight years as a professional musician in Los Angeles, Greg Jasperse has returned to Kalamazoo as an assistant professor of vocal jazz and the new director of Gold Company and GC II at Western Michigan University. A world-renowned composer and arranger, he is sought after internationally as a clinician, adjudicator, and guest conductor. His conducting credits include all-state jazz choirs in New York, California, Oklahoma, Indiana, Arizona, Missouri, Colorado, New Hampshire, Illinois, and Iowa, as well as the British Columbia Honors Jazz Choir. Jasperse’s voice can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks and he recently had the pleasure of singing at the 85th Annual Oscars with Adele on her song “Skyfall.” Jasperse is a member of the professional vocal group, Vertical Voices.