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Derick Cordoba
The South Carolina School of the Arts
The South Carolina School of the Arts
Director of the Johnny Mann Center for Commercial Music and Assistant Professor of Music
dcordoba@andersonuniversity.edu
(864) 231-2182
Rainey Fine Arts Center 108
Academic Background
Commercial and jazz guitarist Derick Cordoba has toured over 20 countries and has performed on over 20 recordings. His recordings have sold over 150,000 copies and been streamed over 1,000,000 times. He is the Director of the Johnny Mann Center for Commercial Music and Assistant Professor of Music. Derick completed his doctorate at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2017 where he studied with Larry Gray and Gabriel Solis. His Dissertation: Liturgical Jazz: The Lineage of the subgenre in the Music of Edgar E. Summerlin was in 2017
BM in Jazz Studies Performance, University of North Florida
MM in Jazz Studies Performance, Florida International University
DMA in Jazz Performance Cognate Field: Ethnomusicology, University of Illinois at Urbana
Fast Facts
Teaching at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University gives me the opportunity to share my musical experience and my faith with our students and to help guide them in their performance and academic pursuits. I get to work with great students and colleagues who help our students launch their careers as performers and professionals in the music industry.
Music is a diverse field with so many paths that you can take throughout your journey. Students at Anderson University can pursue studies in commercial music, music technology, music education, musical theater, worship music, performance and much more! We are committed to allowing students to choose their path and to give them the tools they need to successfully follow it.
Avid Certified Instructor Pro Tools User, Burlington, MA September 21, 2021
Avid Certified User Pro Tools, Burlington, MA June 22, 2021
Bridwell Visiting Scholar Fellow grant, Dallas, July 1-14, 2019
Jazz Education Network, JAZZ2U grant, May 14th, 2019
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Excellent Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana-
Champaign, Fall 2019
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Outstanding Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2019
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Excellent Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Fall 2018
NAMM Foundation/CMS GenNext Fellow grant, Nashville, May 8th, 2018
Urbana Arts Grant Composer Grant, City of Urbana, IL Arts Grant, Urbana, March 16th, 2018
Special Recognition – Outstanding Student Paper Presentation College Music Society Great Lakes Regional Conference, Murray, April 7th, 2017
Graduate College Educational Equity Program Service Award, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, April 4th, 2016
Illinois Music Entrepreneurship Competition 1st Place Startup Grant, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, April 16th, 2015
Graduate College Educational Equity Program Service Award, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, April 6th, 2015
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Outstanding Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2015
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Excellent Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Spring 2014
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Outstanding Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Spring 2013
Center for Teaching Excellence Ranked Excellent Instructor by Students, University of Illinois Urbana- Champaign, Fall 2012
Member of Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign chapter, 2012
Dove Award, nominated for “Light Up Ahead” video in the best music video category, 2005
International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers International Jazz Composer’s Symposium
Nashville, May 16th, 2024
• “Analysis of Four Original Compositions”
Fourteenth Annual Jazz Education Network Conference Orlando, January 5th, 2023
• Performance “Anderson University Jazz Fusion Ensemble”
Fourteenth Annual Jazz Education Network Conference Orlando, January 5th, 2023
• Lead Presenter “Bruce Forman’s First Chorus of the Day” Sixty-Fifth CMS National Conference, Long Beach, September 22nd, 2022
• Paper “Bruce Forman: Bebop, Cowbop, and Beyond” Sixty-Fourth CMS National Conference, Rochester, October 8th, 2021
• Lead Presenter and Moderator “The Sacred and Liturgical Jazz”
Thirteenth Annual Jazz Education Network Conference Dallas, January 6th, 2022
• “Evensong, A Jazz Liturgy”
International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers International Jazz Composer’s Symposium
Austin, May 14th, 2022
• “Evensong, A Jazz Liturgy”
CMS Southern Chapter Regional Conference Virtual, February 25th, 2021
• “The First Liturgical Jazz Service”
Sixty-Third CMS National Conference, Virtual, October 17th, 2020
• “Crowdfunding: Its Prizes and Pitfalls”
• “The Sacred and Liturgical Jazz Works of Dave Brubeck”
Special Topic Lecture, Urbana, February 16th, 2020
• “The Sacred Music of Dave Brubeck”
Eleventh Annual Jazz Education Network Conference New Orleans, January 7th, 2020
• “Crowdfunding: Its Prizes and Pitfalls”
Eleventh Annual Jazz Education Network Conference New Orleans, January 9th, 2020
• “The Sacred and Liturgical Jazz Works of Dave Brubeck”
University of North Texas
University of North Texas, April 22nd, 2019
• “Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Liturgical Jazz Service”
Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Liturgical Jazz Service, Urbana, May 5th, 2019
• “Liturgical Jazz Service: 60th Anniversary Performance”
Sixtieth Anniversary of the First Liturgical Jazz Service, Dallas, April 24th, 2019
• “Liturgical Jazz Service: 60th Anniversary Performance and Lecture”
Sixth Rhythm Changes Conference Austria, April 12th, 2019
• “Liturgical Jazz: Jazz in Sacred Spaces”
Tenth Annual Jazz Education Network Conference Nevada, January 11th, 2019
• “The Intersection of Avant-Garde Music and Liturgical Jazz in the 1960s”
Thirty-sixth Great Lakes Regional Conference of The College Music Society
Westerville, April 6th, 2018
• “An Examination of the First Liturgical Jazz Service”
Ninth Annual Jazz Education Network Conference
Dallas, January 5th, 2018
• “An Exploration of the First Liturgical Jazz Service”
Sixtieth National Conference of The College Music Society
San Antonio, October 26th, 2017
• “The Jazz Mass – The Evolution of Jazz from Secular Music to the Sacred”
International Jazz Composers’ Symposium
Tampa, May 19th, 2017
• “The Compositional Evolution of Liturgical Jazz in 1960s and early 1970s America”
Thirty-fifth Great Lakes Regional Conference of The College Music Society
Murray, April 7th, 2017
• “The Intersection of Avant-Garde Jazz and Sacred Music in the 1960s”
Eight Annual Jazz Education Network Conference
New Orleans, January 6th, 2017
• “55 Years of the Jazz Mass – The Transition of Jazz from Secular Music to the Sacred”
Thirty-fourth Great Lakes Regional Conference of The College Music Society
South Bend, April 2nd, 2016
• “55 Years of the Jazz Mass – The Transition of Jazz from Secular Music to the Sacred”
Seventh Annual Jazz Education Network Conference
Louisville, January 8th, 2016
• “Liturgical Jazz –the evolution of the subgenre and the music of Edgar E. Summerlin”
Fifty-Eight National Conference of The College Music Society
Indianapolis, November 6th, 2015
• “Liturgical Jazz and the music of Edgar E. Summerlin”
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Illinois at Springfield, May 5th, 2015
• “History of Jazz Through the Eyes of its Legendary Pianists”
Community of Scholars
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 16th, 2015
• “Liturgical Jazz – The Evolution of the Subgenre and the Music of Edgar E. Summerlin”
University of Illinois at Springfield
University of Illinois at Springfield, October 30th, 2014
• “History of Jazz Through the Eyes of its Legendary Pianists”
Blackburn College
Blackburn College, December 6th, 2013
• “The Major Innovators in the History of Jazz”
The students. AU has such an amazing group of talented students who are pursuing their dreams in a variety of disciplines.
Guitar Performance, Jazz, Liturgical Jazz, Music Business and Entrepreneurship, Composition, Record Label Management, Improvisation
Further Seems Forever. Hide Nothing Anniversary Edition. Iodine Records, 2024, vinyl.
Further Seems Forever. How to Start a Fire Anniversary Edition. Tooth and Nail Records, 2023, vinyl. Derick Cordoba and GEL J&J. October 2022 Release, vinyl.
Crofton Coleman. Watercolors. 2015, compact disc.
War Generation. Start Somewhere Never Surrender. Rise Records, 2013, compact disc.
New Life Band. New Life Band. 2013, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. The Ultimate Collection. Tooth and Nail Records, 2008, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. The Final Curtain. Tooth and Nail Records, 2006, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. The Final Curtain. Tooth and Nail Records, 2006, DVD. Further Seems Forever. Hope This Finds You Well. Tooth and Nail Records, 2006, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Hope Against Hope. Tooth and Nail Records, 2006, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Light Up Ahead. Tooth and Nail Records, 2005, DVD.
Further Seems Forever. Hide Nothing. Tooth and Nail Records, 2004, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Furnace Fest 2002. 3b Studios, 2004, DVD.
Gleason, Jason. “Sleigh Bells and Wine.” A Santa Cause. Immortal Records, 2004, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. How to Start a Fire. Tooth and Nail Records, 2003, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Sony Connect Sessions. Sony Records, 2003, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. The Sound. Tooth and Nail Records, 2003, DVD.
Further Seems Forever. Live at WHF Washington DC. WHF Records, 2003, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Atticus Dragging the Lake II. Side One Dummy Records, 2003, compact
disc.
Further Seems Forever. Pop Goes Punk. Fearless Records, 2003, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Take Action Compilation Vol. 3. Hopeless Records, 2003, compact disc.
Further Seems Forever. Dragging the Lake. Resting Bird Entertainment, 2002, DVD.
Further Seems Forever. Snowbirds and Townies. Tooth and Nail Records, 2001, DVD.
Further Seems Forever. The Nail. Tooth and Nail Records, 2000, DVD.
Novak, David. Chaste White and Blush Red. A Telling Experience Records, 2000, compact disc.
Cordoba, Derick. “Liturgical Jazz: The Lineage of the subgenre in the Music of Edgar E. Summerlin.”
Dissertation, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2017.
Further Seems Forever. “The Sound.” X 2003. Milwaukee, WI: Hal Leonard Publishing, 2003. Print. 157- 167.
Cordoba, Derick. “Dreams and Realities.” Exposed Art and Writings from the Independent Music World. Ed. Chris Corces and Marijana Gucunski. Vjera Music, 2005. 81-83. Print.