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“As his rich baritone voice filled the cool evening air, one could imagine the angels themselves stopping to listen.”
-The Southside Messenger
“The chorus was expertly rehearsed by Derrick Thompson, and they made the most out of Ellington’s witty lyrics and genre-stretching music.”
-Thomas Cunniffe, Jazz History Online Journal
(2022)
The Research Riff: A Music Education Micro Journal
Dr. Derrick L. Thompson joins his friends and colleagues Dr. Alex Fung, Dr. Meagan Dissinger, Dr. Michael Mohammed, and Dr. Michael Fleischman as co-founders of the micro-journal The Research Riff. This journal provides summaries of peer-reviewed research in the form of a newsletter and podcast.