Tsunenori "Lee" Abe
Position
Associate Professor
Affiliated Departments
Telephone
617-747-8068
Personal Websites
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Career Highlights
- Vocalist, pianist, and trombonist
- Leader of Syncopation
- Performances with the Boston Pops, Cheryl Bentyne, Carlos Kanno, Hiroyuki Noritake, and Luciana Souza
- Recordings include Wonderful You, Of Blue, and A New Dance with Syncopation, as well as Orion za to Hatsukoi, Shakunage no Hana no Saku Koyo, Voice Connection, and Hug
- Multiple publications through YAMAHA Music Publishing and UNC Jazz Press, among others
- Music director, Boston Jazz Voices
- Boston Pops Orchestrator
- Collaboration with Longwood Symphony Orchestra
- Vocal jazz clinician
Awards
- Recipient of Best Arranger's Award, 2008 Harmony Sweepstakes
- Recipient of S&R Washington Award, 2012
Education
- Diploma, Berklee College of Music
- B.A., Unversity of Tsukuba, Japan
- M.M., Composition, Longy School of Music
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