Lucas Munce wins 2011 DownBeat Award
Lucas Munce (MM candidate) received the 2011 DownBeat Magazine Award for Graduate College Outstanding Performances by a Jazz Soloist. More details about DownBeat’s 34th Annual Student Music Awards will be announced in the magazine’s upcoming June issue.
The ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Jazz Studies program has won awards since 2002 in numerous categories.
Lucas Munce is a native of Manhattan, KS. He has served as lead alto saxophonist for the United States Air Force Academy Band Falconaires in ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ Springs, ÃÛÌÇÖ±²¥ and the USAF Airmen of Note in Washington D.C. He is currently pursuing a dual degree in Jazz Performance / Pedagogy and Clarinet Performance. Lucas is a student of professors John Gunther and Daniel Silver.