CRESTON — A number of Southwestern Community College (SWCC) School for Music Vocations’ students and vocal groups were honored as 2023 DownBeat Magazine Student Music Award winners when the June issue was recently released.
Kiersten Conway of Solon received a Vocal Jazz Soloist, Community College award (co-winner with Jasione Veil, Southwestern Community College).
Dr. Jeremy Fox and Kathryn Severing Fox, SWCC School for Music Vocations faculty members, directed these students.
DownBeat Magazine, established in 1934 in Chicago, is sent to subscribers around the world and focuses on jazz and related fields.
For more information about SWCC’s professional music program, please visit the college website at www.swcciowa.edu.