Frost Sessions

Some may observe that Jazz is mature music in an adolescent world, which faces a cultural clash between the older and younger generations of musicians.

Founder, president, and CEO of the non-profit organization Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS), Jim Horowitz interviews six-time GRAMMY®-winning jazz bassist and JAS Academy artistic director Christian McBride. McBride’s credentials include being the host and producer of “The Lowdown: Conversations with Christian” on SiriusXM and “Jazz Night in America” on National Public Radio.

Find out the importance of conducting business as a musician, breaking the “tortured artist” stereotype, and fixing the number one bad habit all young musicians make. Above all, stay current with what the future may hold for Jazz in the times of COVID-19. Student applications for the JAS Academy are still available. Click here to apply!

Frost Director of Contemporary Voice & Performance Artistry Dr. Raina Murnak interviews University of Miami’s former Assistant Dean of Women, psychodramatist, and certified positive psychologist, Dr. Nancy Kirsner.

Watch how two best friends explore positive psychology, neuroscience, character strengths, and how we are all hardwired to find zest in our lives. Learn how to face challenging situations with their positive outlook in life. Guaranteed to put a smile on your face!

GRAMMY®-nominated and Emmy-award winning Frost Distinguished Professor Gerard Schwarz chats with Emmy-nominated Frost alumnus and music supervisor for HBO’s Insecure and Entourage series as well as The Lego Movie, Kier Lehman.

Explore the challenges of the music industry as they discuss the fascinating world of unlikely career choices, evolving music submissions, and the complexities of music rights.

He wrote and composed the score to the Netflix series The Queen’s Gambit, the runaway hit about an orphaned girl becoming a legendary chess player. Carlos Rafael Rivera, the Emmy-award winning composer and Frost School Media Writing and Production program director, interviews his colleagues from The Queen’s Gambit producer Mick Aniceto and Emmy-nominated music editor Tom Kramer.

Get the inside scoop on their experiences on what it takes to thrive in the television world as we journey through their roles in the soundscape of The Queen's Gambit.

MacArthur Fellow, 2019 GRAMMY® winner, and Frost faculty artist Dafnis Prieto interviews Colombian jazz piano sensation and winner of the 2016 Juan Luis Guerra Scholarship of the Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation, Jesús Molina.

Listen to their candid conversation about the importance of being a music ambassador, having supportive family members, keeping the faith, and coming to America.

Latin GRAMMY Nominee, President of SONY/ATV Publishing, and Frost alumnus, Jorge Mejia interviews multi-GRAMMY award winner, composer, bandleader, and Frost faculty member, John Daversa. Their conversation centers around Daversa’s most recent album, CUARENTENA: WITH FAMILY AT HOME, which was recorded during quarantine. Discover how music can heal people, navigate through tough times, and strengthen the human spirit.

Professor Jeffrey Buchman, Frost Opera Stage director and director of a two-person chamber opera called Fairy Tales: Songs of the Dandelion Woman, leaps into the future of music with founder and creative director of Gamut Creative, Alain Lores. They dive into the process of creating a mixed reality opera, as they talk about their partnership with the powerhouse technology startup Magic Leap. It’s the next big shift in the evolution of computing, and it’s now here at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami.

On this week's episode, composer and storyteller, Stacy Garrop, takes a closer look at the process behind one of her latest works with Frost professor and world class percussionist, Svet Stoyanov. Join us as they talk about Stacy's journey as a female composer, inequality, and what it means to have the power to vote

Our second episode features the Frost School’s HMI Artistic Director, multi-GRAMMY®-winner in the classical and jazz genres, and legendary composer and band leader Maria Schneider. Michael Dudley, current DMA student at the Frost Studio Music & Jazz department, has worked closely with Schneider in HMI. “Not only is he a wonderful player,” states Maria; “I’ve also enjoyed experiencing his great gifts as a writer and thought he’d be a fun interviewer— and I was right!” Explore the pioneering marketing of her albums which took the music industry by storm, beating the formidable competition for each of her GRAMMY® Awards.” They delve into the process surrounding her latest double-album release “Data Lords,” which NPR’s Nate Chinen calls, “the most daring work of Schneider's career, which sets the bar imposingly high.”

Our premiere podcast features our very own Dean Shelly Berg, who is a Steinway piano artist and multi-Grammy nominated arranger and producer, along with Emmy Award winning, GRAMMY® nominated host of Sirius XM’s “Real Jazz” Mark Ruffin. Together they dive into the history of Jazz, as Ruffin celebrates his 40th anniversary in broadcasting and the release of his first book Bebop Fairytales: A Historical Trilogy of Jazz, Intolerance and Baseball.