Gabe Condon
Assistant Professor of Music
Gabe Condon has performed at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Dizzy’s Club, and Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre. He is a YoungArts Silver Award winner as well as a three-time Downbeat Magazine Student Music Award recipient. In 2022, he received a DAAD German Academic Exchange Service grant to perform and conduct research in Berlin, Germany. Condon’s research focuses on the intersection of Constructivist learning theory and jazz pedagogy in the context of European Sinti communities.
Previously, Condon taught as the instructor of jazz guitar at Washington State University, and as a lecturer of jazz studies at Ithaca College. He earned his B.M. and M.M. in jazz and contemporary media from the Eastman School of Music, and his Doctor of Musical Arts in jazz and contemporary improvisation from the University of Michigan.
Research Interests
Jazz, guitar, composition, jazz pedagogy, jazz pedagogy in European Sinti communities
Distinctions
DAAD German Academic Exchange Grant Recipient, 2022
University of Michigan Weiser Center for Europe and Eurasia Studies Grant, 2022
Best Large Ensemble Arrangement Award, Downbeat Magazine’s Student Music Awards, 2015
Raymond and Maxine Schirmer Award in Jazz Composition, Eastman School of Music, 2015
Wilson Center Guitar Competition Winner, Jazz Category, 2014
Recordings and Performances
Performances
- Concert of Roma and Sinti Jazz, Stiftung Kai Dikhas, Berlin, Germany, 2022
- Accompanist for the U.S. Presidential Scholars, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C., 2017 and 2018
- Guitar Chair for the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra Pops featuring Megan Hilty, Kodak Hall at Eastman Theatre, Rochester, New York, 2015
Recordings
- Guest Solo performance on Greg Yasinitsky’s YAZZ Band: New Normal, CD on Origin Records, 2021
Professional Affiliations
Jazz Education Network
College Music Society
Appointed to the Faculty
2024Educational Background
D.M.A., University of Michigan
M.M., Eastman School of Music
B.M., Eastman School of Music
