The Brubeck Institute

Dave Brubeck, Chairman
Clint Eastwood, Chair, Honorary Board

 

Institute Staff

Simon Rowe, Director
Andrew Schneiderman, Assistant to the Director
Melissa Riley, Administrative Assistant

 

University Development for the Brubeck Institute

Jean Purnell, Associate Vice President for Development

 

Faculty

Joe Gilman, Musical Director - Fellowship Program
Patrick Langham, Director of Jazz Studies - Conservatory of Music at Pacific
Keith Hatschek, Director of Music Managment - Conservatory of Music At Pacific

 

Holt-Atherton Special Collections Staff

Shan Sutton, Associate Dean & Head of Special Collections 
Mike Wurtz, Archivist
Trish Richards, Administrative Assistant

 

The Brubeck Institute was created in 2000 when University of the Pacific alumni Dave and Iola Brubeck agreed to place their extraordinary collection of correspondence, documents, recordings, manuscripts, photographs, programs, memorabilia, and other archival material in the Holt-Atherton Special Collections at the University of the Pacific Library. At that time, the agreement between the University and the Brubecks was that the collection would be developed and made accessible to scholars, and that the University would produce an annual event featuring performances, lectures, and symposia that would celebrate the music, ideas, and accomplishments of Dave Brubeck, as well as his influence on the world of music and ideas.

 

The Institute was the vision of the President of the University of the Pacific, Donald DeRosa, and former Dean of the Conservatory of Music and the first Director of the Brubeck Institute, Carl Nosse. The Executive Director from 2001 to 2005 was J.B. Dyas who was responsible for creating the educational components of the Institute, including the Brubeck Fellowship Program and the Summer Jazz Colony. Steve Anderson, also a former Dean of the Conservatory of Music, was the Executive Director of the Institute from 2005 to 2011.

 

The first artistic director of the Brubeck Institute was Christian McBride. In that role he set both the educational and artistic standards for the Institute, and especially for the Fellowship Program.