Jon Metzger
Combining and Applying Improvisation Techniques on Vibraphone
Keyboard Clinic
Thursday, 12:00 p.m.

As a jazz vibist, Jon Metzger has toured, recorded, and lectured extensively. A winner of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship Grant for Performance, he has appeared at well-known jazz venues across the United States and has led his quartet on tours of Germany, Italy, Holland, Belgium, and Austria. He has served as a jazz ambassador to more than twenty foreign countries under the auspices of the United States Information Agency’s Arts America Program. He has also performed at the Spoleto Festival, the East Coast Jazz Festival in Washington, D.C., Jazzfest Festival in Kingston, Jamaica, American Composers Series at Strathmore Hall Arts Center (Maryland), and on the Martin Williams Jazz Concert Series at the Kennedy Center. Metzger has released seven recordings as leader and dozens of other recordings as a sideman. He has conducted numerous master classes at colleges and universities including Berklee College of Music, the University of North Texas, the University of North Florida, and CAL Arts. His articles have appeared in Percussive Notes, Jazz Player magazine, and Sticks & Mallets magazine. Metzger’s many works for percussion are published by C. Alan Publications including his method book The Art and Language of Jazz Vibes. Metzger is artist in residence and associate professor of music at Elon University, where he received the coveted Distinguished Scholar Award. He also serves as the associate editor of the International Association of Jazz Educators journal, and was recently presented with the North Carolina Miles Davis Jazz Education Service Award. Metzger earned both his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from North Carolina School of the Arts.

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