<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/2024/0926-trill101.php" dsn="blogs"><featured/><feature_title>Featured News</feature_title><title>Melanie Charles returns to Skidmore for weeklong residency, ‘Make Jazz Trill Again: Trill 101’</title><author/><author_email>info@skidmore.edu</author_email><pubDate>09/26/2024 03:18:16 PM</pubDate><display>display</display><description>During the residency, Charles and her team will participate in class visits, podcast and video recordings, and jam sessions, exploring themes of access, equity, education, technology, and artistic practice across a variety of disciplines.</description><category>Press Releases</category><image_listing><img src="/news/2024/images/0926-trill101-thumbnail.jpg" alt="Melanie Charles gazes offscreen, head resting in hand, wearing a green shirt"/></image_listing><image><img src="/news/2024/images/0926-trill101-hero.jpg" alt="Students perform at Zankel during the Spring 2024 open jam"/></image><caption>In spring 2024, Arthur Zankel Music Center collaborated with Melanie Charles to host an open jam session. Charles returns this fall to once again bring together the Skidmore and Capital Region community in a multidisciplinary exploration of jazz.</caption></item>