Education
D.M.A. Composition - Minor in String Bass
University of Oklahoma
M.M. Jazz Studies - African American Studies
Indiana University
M.M. Composition - String Bass
Indiana University
B.M. Composition - String Bass & Classical Guitar
University of Akron
Additional study:
- Gunther Scheuller
- Janice Borla
- Berklee College of Music
“Doc’s” Hamilton Page
“Doctuh” Michael Woods has taught at Hamilton College since 1993, and is the Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Music. In addition to being in demand as a lecturer, clinician, and performer, in 2016 he was nominated for the prestigious Grammy Music Educator Award. Woods began his career as an educator, in 1980.
Recent Coursework
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- Music Theory
- Sight Singing and Ear Training
- Composition Seminar
- Jazz Arranging
- African-American Popular Music
- Choral Arranging
- Jazz Improvisation
- Composing and Arranging (Graduate Level)
- History of Jazz
- Composition Seminar
- Music of the 20th Century
- Jazz Since 1950
- Private Lessons: Bass Guitar
- Private Lessons: Improvisation
- Private Lessons: Jazz Arranging
- Private Lessons: Composition
- Summer Studio
- Jazz Combo
- Jazz Composition
- Duke Ellington & Miles Davis
- John Coltrane & Bud Powell
- Guest Lecturer