Keller Coker
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keller@newschool.edu
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Dr. Coker is a jazz trombonist, composer, and arranger, who immediately prior to joining The New School was a Full Professor with Tenure at Western Oregon University. Dr. Coker was educated at the University of Southern California’s Thornton School of Music, where he received his Bachelor and Master of Music degrees in Jazz Studies, a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in Historical Performance, and completed coursework for a Ph.D. in Historical Musicology.
During Coker’s esteemed career, he founded the American Metropole Orchestra, served as executive director of the Smith Fine Arts Series, arranged music for Kurt Elling, Cuong Vu, Martha Reeves, Joe Lovano, and Allen Toussaint, produced shows for Aiofe O’Donovan, Dr. Lonnie Smith, the Turtle Island Quartet, and Sean Jones, and has developed and taught an extraordinarily wide range of courses including songwriting, early music ensemble, jazz composition, brass seminar, ethnomusicology, music history, improvisation, world music, music theory, popular music in America, and more.
Current Courses
2 cr. Lessons
JLES 2000, Fall 2024
GR: VP Rhythm Section
JPER 5104, Fall 2024
Independent Study
JAZZ 4912, Fall 2024
Lesson Placement
JLES 0001, Fall 2024
Lessons 1000
JLES 1000, Fall 2024
Lessons 3000
JLES 3000, Fall 2024
Lessons 3000: PT
JLES 3500, Fall 2024
New School Studio Orchestra
JPER 5225, Fall 2024
The New School Studio Orch
JPER 4556, Fall 2024
VP: Rhythm Section
JPER 4700, Fall 2024
Future Courses
2 cr. Lessons
JLES 2000, Spring 2025
Historically Informed Musician
CMUS 5000, Spring 2025
Independent Study
JAZZ 4912, Summer 2025
Lessons 1000
JLES 1000, Spring 2025
Lessons 3000
JLES 3000, Spring 2025
The New School Studio Orch
JPER 4556, Spring 2025
Past Courses
2 cr. Lessons
JLES 2000, Spring 2024
Historically Informed Musician
CMUS 5000, Spring 2024
Independent Study
JAZZ 4912, Summer 2024
Lessons 1000
JLES 1000, Spring 2024
Lessons 3000
JLES 3000, Summer 2024
VP: Rhythm Section
JPER 4700, Spring 2024