Greg Jasperse
2023-2024 Tenor Bass Jazz Choir
Greg Jasperse is the Director of Vocal Jazz at Western Michigan University. He is also the director of Gold Company, WMU’s award-winning vocal jazz ensemble.
No stranger to the stage or recording studio, his voice can be heard on numerous movie soundtracks including “Jurassic World”, “Epic”, “Oz, The Great and Powerful”, “The Campaign”, “Star Trek” and “Star Trek 2”, Disney’s “Sofia the First” as well as the Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “Monarchy of Roses” and “The 2nd Law” from Muse.
Greg is a member of vocal group Vertical Voices. He has also been honored to tour with the New York Voices as a sub. Recent appearances include Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, Riviera Maya Jazz Festival and the Gran Canaria Big Band as well as the New York Voices/Bob Mintzer Big Band tour in Japan, 2014. He has performed with Adele, Imogen Heap, Jennifer Holiday, Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney, Dianne Reeves and Bobby McFerrin among others.
His compositions and arrangements are performed around the world by many of today’s premier vocal ensembles including Chanticleer, the Philippine Madrigal Singers, the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Chicago Children’s Choir, the St. Olaf Choir and Quava Vocal Group of Johannesburg, South Africa.
His conducting credits include all-state vocal jazz ensembles in Washington, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, North Dakota, New York, California, Oklahoma, Indiana, Missouri, Colorado, New Hampshire, Illinois, Iowa as well as the British Columbia Honors Jazz Choir and Musicfest Canada’s Ellison Honour Choir,
He is a graduate of University of Miami and Western Michigan University.
Charts & Rehearsal Tracks
Tenor-Bass Jazz
Blue Velvet TTBB (Jasperse)- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OuQHaxmqEQZO7VohgqfbojUnS6iEQYR2?usp=sharing
Let the Good Times Roll TTBB (Jasperse)- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-y31bL_XsTeLhXfSrH_fbztb1ONffXnO?usp=sharing
There is No Greater Love (arr. Binek)- https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1h5iSuQIyqHRDgbK9rR65C9hffcDfxKgX?usp=sharing
Refresh TTBB (Kerry Marsh) https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1MSIEdHhJHWNd3E3yg7NQjnbnvD5DowCr?usp=sharing