ASCAP and IAJE Commissioned Works Honoring Quincy Jones Premiered at 2004 IAJE Conference in New York

The commissioned works of Fred Sturm ("Abstraktes Bild") and Pascal Le Boeuf ("Where There's Smoke") were premiered at the annual ASCAP/IAJE Conference in New York City, in celebration of the 70th birthday year of composer, bandleader, arranger and trumpeter Quincy Jones.

Sturm, who was awarded the commission in the "Established Composer" category, is currently Director of Jazz and Improvisational Music at the Lawrence University Conservatory of Music (Appleton, WI).

Le Boeuf, who was awarded the commission in the "Emerging Composer" category, is a 16 year-old music student who attends the Pacific Collegiate Charter School (Santa Cruz, CA).

Photos: R. Andrew Lepley @ RAL Photography