The Ithaca College Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Michael Titlebaum, will present a free concert featuring trumpet soloist John Sneider on Friday, December 5, at 8:15 p.m. in Ford Hall at Ithaca College. Music by Sneider, Titlebaum, Clare Fischer, Bill Holman, Tom Davis, and others is on the program.
John Sneider has gained national recognition as an innovative jazz trumpet player and composer. John has performed with Max Roach, Curtis Stigers, Larry Goldings, Curtis Fuller, The Carnegie Hall Jazz Band, Mingus Big Band, Andy Bey, Brad Mehldau, Chris Potter, Joe Locke, the Blues Brothers, and the Saturday Night Live Band.
In 1998, Sneider was the winner of the Carmine Caruso International Jazz Trumpet Competition sponsored by the International Trumpet Guild. He was one of five finalists in the Thelonious Monk International Jazz Trumpet Competition in 1997.
As a staff writer at JSM, a music house of international renown, Sneider composes and arranges music for commercials and television shows. He travels to universities around the country performing and teaching clinics. He holds a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Rochester and a master's degree in jazz from the Manhattan School of Music.
