College of Letters & Science
Nick Moran is a bassist, educator, and producer who has performed nationally and internationally for more than 25 years. His work spans jazz, Afro-Cuban music, contemporary music, and improvisation, with collaborations including Ingrid Jensen, Dayna Stephens, Adam Nussbaum, Ben Sidran, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Clyde Stubblefield, David “Fathead” Newman, Ana Laan, Juan de Marcos González, Roberto …
Little Rock, Arkansas native Gabriel Wade is a versatile trumpeter, pianist, and educator with a rich performance history. He’s shared the stage with iconic ensembles and artists such as the Count Basie Orchestra and Bobby Watson, and Chicago staples like the Clif Wallace Big Band, Tom Garling Jazz Orchestra, Marlene Rosenberg Quartet, and the Afro-Caribbean …
Louka Patenaude, a veteran of the Madison music scene, is a performing guitarist, teacher, recording studio artist, songwriter and composer. As a professional teacher, his career goes back almost 20 years. He has appeared on many recordings and has toured throughout the Midwest, Europe and Pacific Asia. While studying anthropology at UW–Madison (B.S., 2000), Patenaude …
Johannes Wallmann is a pianist and composer, recording artist on Shifting Paradigm Records and Fresh Sound New Talent Records, a Yamaha Piano artist, and the Director of Jazz Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Dr. Wallmann has performed extensively as a bandleader and as a sideman in local, national, and international venues. Born 1974 in Germany, Johannes …
Audrey Martinovich (she/her) is an audio engineer, music producer, and educator based in Madison, Wisconsin. She co-owns and operates Audio for the Arts Recording Studios where she specializes in recording acoustic instruments and voice, in addition to teaching at UW–Madison. In 2017, Audrey became the first regular female contributor to Production Expert and Pro Tools Expert, …
Aruṇ Lūthrā is one of New York’s premier saxophonists, an award-winning composer, and an exponent of konnakol–the Carnatic (South Indian classical) music art form of vocalizing rhythms. As the leader of his Konnakol Jazz Project, he is one of the small group of American musicians of South Asian heritage who have continued to explore the possibilities …
Dr. Matthew Endres is a proudly endorsed by Remo drumheads and Vater drumsticks. Endres joined the faculty at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2017, where he teaches Drum Set, Jazz History, and is the Percussion Coordinator for the UW Marching Band Drumline. He earned his Bachelor of Music degree from the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point, …
Born in Sarasota, Florida in 1968, Mark Hetzler began playing his father’s trombone at the age of twelve. He went on to receive a B.M. from Boston University and an M.M. from the New England Conservatory of Music. Mark was a fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and completed a three-year fellowship with the New World Symphony, …
Dan Cavanagh is a composer and pianist who has garnered numerous awards in both areas. In 2023 he was awarded the Social Justice Prize in Wind Ensemble Composition as well as 2nd Prize in the American Prize for Composition in the Wind Symphony/Band Category. He received a 2009 gold medal prize from the International Music Prize …