Cornish College of the Arts

Many musicians need to supplement their performing careers with other forms of income, a phenomenon called a "portfolio career." Here's how these Seattle-based musicians pull that off.

On Sept. 25, friends and former students of Seattle jazz trombonist and composer Julian Priester will host a benefit show in his honor, in hopes they can return some of the love he’s given.

Seattle's Cornish College of the Arts has adapted its curriculum to meet the challenges of the modern music industry. Recent hires Kelsey Mines and Ryan Delvin exemplify the versatility Cornish aims to instill in its students.

Seattle's "first-call" bassist for nearly four decades, Chuck Deardorf also served as the jazz program director at Cornish College of the Arts. He died Sunday due to complications from COVID-19.

The beloved trumpeter, composer, educator and punster Jim Knapp died Nov. 13 after a long illness.

Jazz Northwest, Sunday, February 7 at 2 p.m. Pacific on 88.5 KPLU, simultaneous streaming at kplu.org . The quartet of musical friends reassembled on the…

Many experts call him the greatest iconoclast of 20th-century music.The avant-garde composer John Cage is perhaps best known for his pioneering use of…

Cornish College will welcome its first woman president since the arts school was established by Nellie Cornish in 1914. Dr. Nancy Uscher will leave her…