Jay C. Rees is a nationally recognized composer, arranger, conductor, clinician, recording and performing artist for musical ensembles across diverse genres. His works have been published, recorded, televised, commissioned, and performed in professional settings and at major universities and high schools nationwide.
Rees is renowned for his dynamic leadership workshops and mentorship programs, his guest conducting, and his innovative and visionary style of composing and arranging for the pageantry arts. He is a celebrated music educator with a 35-year tenure as Professor of Music at the University of Arizona School of Music and, later, the highly acclaimed University of Miami Frost School of Music, where he remains Professor Emeritus and founder/creative director of the Frost-Rees Mentorship & Outreach Program, developing emerging artists.
As a performer, Rees is an accomplished jazz bassist with international touring credits. He released three LP’s on Summit Records with his jazz fusion ensemble Sylvan Street, and he produces the pop/rock group Logical Colours.
Equally at home in pop, rock, jazz, and classical music, Rees holds degrees in music education, jazz performance, and wind conducting. He is an ASCAP, Recording Academy, and CBDNA member, sharing his expertise as a clinician and guest speaker across the country.
