Lucas Munce听(MM candidate) received the 2011 DownBeat Magazine Award for Graduate College Outstanding Performances by a听Jazz Soloist. More details about听DownBeat鈥檚 34th Annual Student Music听Awards will be announced in the magazine鈥檚听upcoming June issue.
The CU Jazz Studies program has won 15 Student Downbeat awards since 2002 in numerous categories.
Lucas Munce is a native of Manhattan, KS. He has served as lead alto saxophonist for the United States Air Force Academy Band Falconaires in baby直播app Springs, baby直播app and the USAF Airmen of Note in Washington D.C. He is currently pursuing a dual degree in Jazz Performance / Pedagogy and Clarinet Performance. Lucas is a student of professors John Gunther and Daniel Silver.
