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Beside this, he conducted a 17-piece Jazz orchestra to promote the big band tradition by featuring his own repertoire and selected works of Thad Jones, Chico O'Farrill, among others.
Under the new institution, O'Farrill and the Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra released their second album Song for Chico in 2008, which won a Grammy Award for "Best Latin Jazz Album" at the 2009 Grammy Awards.
Notable artists who have performed at the festival include Mark Morris Dance Group, Philip Glass, Brooklyn Philharmonic, Maceo Parker, Leela James, Norah Jones, Savion Glover, Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Group, Blue Man Group, They Might Be Giants, The Neville Brothers, Bob Dylan, Noche Flamenca, Philadanco, Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, and Angelique Kidjo.
He has collaborated with one-time Bill Evans sideman Eddie Gomez, flautist Dave Valentin and pianist/film composer Dave Grusin, among others, and he sat in with Arturo O'Farrill’s Jazz Orchestra during their Sunday night residency at New York City’s Birdland, performing his compositions with this large jazz ensemble also at Lincoln Center and Symphony Space.
Arturo O'Farrill & The Afro Latin Jazz Orchestra for 40 Acres and a Burro
During this time, he led his own quintet, played with the Swedish Radio Jazz Group and the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, accompanying many famous visitors such as Bob Brookmeyer, Bob Mintzer, Jim McNeely, Joe Lovano, Phil Woods, Jimmy Heath, Maria Schneider and John Scofield.
For the last few years the Lake Tahoe Shakespeare Festival has been bringing more than Shakespeare performances to the Sand Harbor Amphitheatre to entertain residents and visitors to the Reno–Lake Tahoe region, including performances by the Reno Philharmonic Orchestra, Chautauqua, Reno Jazz Orchestra and the Sierra Nevada Ballet.
Urie's music has been performed by the Metropole Orchestra, John Scofield, Kurt Elling, Bob Brookmeyer, Vince Mendoza, The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra, The Klüvers Big Band, Frank Carlberg, Dave Samuels, Bob Moses, Ximo Tebar/Granada Jazz Festival Big Band, the Ambassador Jazz Orchestra, the Mobius Chamber Orchestra, the Berklee Chamber Orchestra, and the Jazz Composer’s Orchestra.
The university has an academic choir, the winner of various competitions, including an international competition in Prague (1990), an ensemble of violinists widely known in Novosibirsk and a jazz orchestra, the laureate of big number of competitions and festivals, including the European Music Festival for Young People in Neerpelt.
In 1972 he moved to California to live with his American father, and graduated from Santa Maria High School where he played in the jazz orchestra and collected several music awards.
Germanson has appeared on recordings with Gerald Hayes, David Gibson, Joe Magnarelli, Ian Hendrickson-Smith, Brad Leali Jazz Orchestra, James Zollar, Peter Dominguez, Lance Bryant, Bill Cantrall, Gerald Cannon, and Louis Hayes, among others.
In addition, Rob is often featured as a sideman with other Owl Studios recording artists, including Derrick Gardner & the Jazz Prophets, the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchestra, Cynthia Layne, Steve Allee, Mike Clark, and The Headhunters.
The Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra: Strive for Jive is a live video recording of the Toshiko Akiyoshi Jazz Orchestra featuring Lew Tabackin in a jazz club setting.
Current Upper School clubs include Band, Jazz, Orchestra, Chess, Drama, Photography, Journalism, Economics, Environmental, Red Cross Club, Arts/Literary Journal, Improv Club, Leadership and more.
The album beat out recordings in Down Beat from heavy-weight groups at large universities such as North Texas State University's Grammy nominated One O'Clock Lab Band, the University of Miami's Concert Jazz Band, and the Eastman School of Music's Jazz Orchestra.
Sankaran has also worked in the fields of jazz, electronic music, and free improvisation with the composers David Rosenboom, Richard Teitelbaum, Charlie Haden, Pauline Oliveros, Paul Plimley, the Jazz Orchestra of York University, Anthony Braxton, Dave Brubeck, Glen Velez, Nexus, and World Drums.