Gabe Condon is Assistant Professor of Music at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, where he directs the Hamilton College Jazz Ensemble. He has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, and Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. He is a YoungArts Silver Award winner as well as a three-time Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award recipient.
In 2022, Condon received a DAAD German Academic Exchange Service grant to perform and conduct research in Berlin, Germany. His research focuses on the intersection of Constructivist learning theory and jazz pedagogy in the context of European Sinti communities. He has presented at the Jazz Education Network Conference, the College Music Society National Conference, and the National Association for Music Educators Eastern Division Conference. Additionally, his research on the bebop and hip-hop was featured on SWR public radio in Germany.
Previously, Condon taught as the instructor of jazz guitar at Washington State University, and as a lecturer of jazz studies at Ithaca College. He earned his B.M. and M.M. in jazz and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music, and his Doctor of Musical Arts in jazz and contemporary improvisation from the University of Michigan.
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Improvisation Using Simple Melodic Embellishment: Lee Konitz's Philosophy Turned Into Real Pedagogy
Friday, January 9, 2026
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM CST
