Dr. Michael Cox
Professor
Department
- Music
Contact Information
- 614-236-6283
- mcox@60654a.com
- Conservatory Complex 115
Biography
Dr. Michael Cox has been with the Capital University Conservatory of Music since 1990 as Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies. He has been the recipient of several grants and merit awards, was awarded tenure and full professorship in 1996, and is active in collaboration with faculty colleagues and alumni in addition to mentoring current students in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs. In addition to teaching, Michael performs with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, the Columbus, Lancaster, and Newark Symphony Orchestras, the Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, and a diversity of groups including the Ellington repertory chamber ensemble Such Sweet Thunder, the Black Swamp Saxophone Quartet, the High Street Stompers Dixieland Band, the Powerhouse Trio, and the jazz/fusion/funk band known as Flippo. Michael holds a Doctor of Arts degree from the University of Northern Colorado, a Master’s degree from Wichita State University, and a Bachelor’s degree and Distinguished Alumnus 2000 Award from Cameron University in his home town of Lawton, Oklahoma.Degrees Earned
Doctor of Arts, Music Performance/Pedagogy and Jazz Pedagogy, University of Northern Colorado 1996
Master of Music in Performance, Wichita State University 1986
Bachelor of Arts in Music Performance, Cameron University 1983
Teaches
Applied Saxophone
Saxophone Quartet
Fusion Band and other jazz combos
Jazz Styles & Analysis
American Popular/Jazz Applied Lab
Publications
Compassion (CoJazz Recordings CD CJ-1047) 2018
Abstractions, Dedications and Red Dirt (CoJazz CJ-1007 1999
Colombus Jazz Orchestra-Come Together 2012
Columbus Jazz Orchestra-The Colors of Jazz 2006
Magically Delicious (CD recording 6252) 2006
Andy Woodson-Catalpa (AW 002) 2002
High Street Stompers Dixieland Band-That''s A Plenty (HSS-2011)
Daniel Kelly-World (DK001) 2000
Columbus Jazz Orchestra-Band at Work (Twenty-Five Years) 1999
Joe Dunlap & Friends-Jazz at the Inn (P&D FLP-1457) 1999
Andy Woodson-Scioto (AW 001) 1997
Paul Brown''s Science Gravy Orchestra (OCLC#39473750) 1999
Jazz Arts Group of Columbus-Night Magic 1993
Mark Sloniker-True Nature (Dunhill/Sandstone) 1988