Ben Waters
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Publishing Manager
UNC Jazz Press
Frasier 58
970-351-2492
benjamin.waters@unco.edu
Ben Waters is the Publishing Manager for UNC Jazz Press, the largest print-to-order jazz catalog in the world. He oversees daily management of the business, printing and international shipping.
Ben maintains an active performance schedule in Northern Colorado with such groups as the Steve Denny Trio, Red Sylvester, his own Latin jazz orchestra Otra Vez, The Steve Kovalcheck Trio, The Krutet, the FourtKerschenerWaters Project, The Amembo Quartet, and Onda. Highlight performances include appearances with Ken Walker, Rex Richardson, Wil Swindler, Peter Sommer, Erik Applegate, Dana Landry, John Harbaugh, Ernie Watts, Scott Deal, and Randy Porter. Ben has been a member of the Fairbanks Symphony and The Arctic Chamber Orchestra, and currently serves on the percussion and jazz faculty for the Fairbanks Summer Fine Arts Academy.
Ben is an alumnus of the University of Northern Colorado having graduated in 2005 with a M.M. in Percussion Performance and in 2007 with a M.M. in Jazz Studies. Ben holds a B.M in Percussion Performance from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks.