Jazz strings
Welcome to the jazz strings studio at the Թ of Colorado Boulder College of Music!
Our jazz and American Roots strings program trains violin, viola and cello students in the essential skills for success as modern, non-classical string players. Students focus on ergonomic technique, tone production, improvisation and soloing concepts, accompaniment approaches, stylistic versatility and related topics—including the history of jazz and American Roots music and the role of their instruments within those traditions. Through individualized instruction and creative exploration, students develop their own unique voice and artistic vision.
Jazz and American Roots strings students enrich their applied study with jazz-focused coursework in the CU Boulder Thompson Jazz Studies Program—recognized multiple times by DownBeat magazine for excellence in improvisation, arranging, composition and ensemble performance.
Extended-range violinist, singer/songwriter and composer Enion Pelta-Tiller is a musical free spirit who moves fluently and fluidly through jazz, bluegrass, Brazilian music and anything else she can get her hands on. A founding member of celebrated progressive folk group Taarka, with whom she has released eight studio albums, she is also in demand as an improvising fiddler by groups at forefront of the national bluegrass and jazz scenes. Music has taken Pelta-Tiller all over the globe, from Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw to NPR’s “Tiny Desk” in Washington, D.C., to perform with artists as diverse as Linda Ronstadt, Darol Anger, Mark O’Connor, John Cowan, Patrick Bartley, Ron Miles and Sean Jones. MORE
Contact
Enion Pelta-Tiller
Lecturer, Jazz Studies (Cross-Genre American Roots String Ensemble)
enion.pelta@colorado.edu