Past Visiting Artists on Campus:
Lori Andrews, Wayne Bergeron, Luis Bonilla, David Caffey, Paul Carman, Don Clarke, John Clayton, Lorin Cohen, Kelly Corbin, Bill Cunliffe, Bob Curnow, John Daversa, Vincent DiMartino, Gary Foster, Shai Golan, Pasquale Grasso, Jamie Havorka, Steve Hawk, Jeff Hellmer, Alex Iles, Jeff Jarvis, Ron King, Kristin Korb, Rick Lawn, Rob Lockhart, Rob Mader, Rick Margitza, Bob McChesney, Paul McKee, James Miley, Bob Mintzer, James Moody, Lanny Morgan, Glen Morrissette, Bill Reichenbach, Kim Richmond, Bart Samolis, Carl Saunders, Bobby Shew, Don Shelton, Mike Stern, Todd Stoll, Steve Tavaglione, Dan St. Marseille, Andrea Tofanelli, Bijan Watson, Marcus Wilcher
Recent RCC Jazz Awards:
*2024 Downbeat Magazine WInner,
Large Jazz Ensemble
*2023 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance, Large Jazz Ensemble
*2022 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance, Large Jazz Ensemble
*2020 Downbeat Magazine Winner, Large Jazz Ensemble
*2019 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance, Large Jazz Ensemble
*2018 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance, Large Jazz Ensemble
|*2017 Downbeat Magazine Winner, Small Combo
*2017 Downbeat Magazine Outstanding Performance, Large Jazz Ensemble
*2017 Reno Jazz Festival, 2 Year College Big Band 1st Place
*2016 Downbeat Magazine Winner, Large Jazz Ensemble