UT Tyler Summer Music Camp Concerts to Feature Area Student Musicians, Dallas Jazz Legend Shelley Carrol

June 18, 2025 | Hannah Buchanan

The University of Texas at Tyler School of Performing Arts will present concerts featuring summer music camp participants along with this year’s guest artist Shelley Carrol, a Dallas jazz legend and world-renowned saxophonist.

“The public is invited to free concerts performed during the two weeks of music camps. Each year, it’s incredibly rewarding to welcome talented middle and high school students from all over Texas and special guest artists to our campus,” said Dr. Sarah Roberts, UT Tyler associate professor and School of Performing Arts director. “The energy, creativity and passion they bring to the music is inspiring, and it’s an honor to help foster the next generation of jazz musicians right here in East Texas.”

Carrol will perform with UT Tyler Jazz Camp faculty at 7 p.m. Thursday, June 26, at the R. Don Cowan Fine and Performing Arts Center. A protégé of the great tenor saxophonist, Marchel Ivery, Carrol currently teaches part-time at West Mesquite High School, offers clinics and regularly performs at the South Dallas Cultural Center. Honored as the 2007 Sammons Jazz Artist of the Year, he also plays with the Duke Ellington Orchestra, Sheryl Crow, and others, and takes his own quartet to Japan and Europe.

Other UT Tyler 2025 Summer Music Camp Concerts include:

Friday, June 20

• 5 p.m. at UT Tyler Cowan Center, Room 1221 – Percussion Camp Finale Concert featuring Percussion Camp participants and faculty.

Wednesday, June 25

• 6 – 9 p.m. at True Vine Brewing Company, located at 2453 Earl Campbell Parkway in Tyler – Community Jazz Jam featuring Jazz Camp participants and faculty, and local musicians.

Friday, June 27

• 5 p.m. at UT Tyler Braithwaite Recital Hall – Camper Showcase Concert featuring Jazz Camp participants.

Spots are still available for UT Tyler 2025 Jazz Camp. Registration deadline is Saturday, June 21. Students age 13 and older who can read music are eligible. To register, visit uttyler.edu/music/. For more information, contact Roberts at sroberts@uttyler.edu, or call 903.566.7450.

The UT Tyler School of Performing Arts is committed to providing a quality learning and performance environment where students can develop knowledge, skills and professionalism for their future careers. To learn more, visit uttyler.edu.

With a mission to improve educational and health care outcomes for East Texas and beyond, UT Tyler offers more than 90 undergraduate and graduate programs to more than 10,000 students. Through its alignment with UT Tyler Health Science Center and UT Health East Texas, UT Tyler has unified these entities to serve Texas with quality education, cutting-edge research and excellent patient care. Classified by Carnegie as a doctoral research institution and by U.S. News & World Report as a national university, UT Tyler has campuses in Tyler, Longview, Palestine and Houston.