Instruments:
(Beginners)
Saxophone (Alto, Baritone)
Electric Bass
Guitar
Education:
Skills/Specialized Training:
Foundations of Jazz and Jazz appreciation
Improvisational skills
Musical literacy and fluency (Theory training)
Collaborative musicianship
Composition
Bio:
Cash Latham is a music student attending WWU this year, pursuing studies in Music Education. If there were a few words that describe Cash’s values in music, they would be Growth, Community, Expressiveness, and Flexibility. Always learning, Cash always endeavors to learn more about new instruments and cultures around music.
Locally Cash has enjoyed playing in the Whatcom Wind Ensemble and Jansen Jazz Orchestra on saxophone as a way to create beautiful music while also networking with other skilled musicians. Outside of those groups, he has been involved with the Jazz Center of Bellingham and played with school related groups to great success.
In school he received honors for top of his region in the SJMEA composition category and competed amongst the top 10 student composers in Washington state. He also was the Drum Major of his school's marching band, which allowed him to gain experience in conducting, score reading, leadership, and musical mentorship. Ultimately his experience in highschool solidified that he wanted to teach music as a career to fulfill his purpose.
His favorite genre to explore is Jazz, but he has a fascination with global music. You can expect to listen to everything from the most popular Beatles tunes to more obscure afro cuban hand drumming groups or brazilian parade music if he’s in charge of the aux. Latin style jazz and reggae hold special places to him, and he aspires to create a group in Bellingham to play both genres and more in the near future.
As an instructor, he hopes to provide unconventional inspiration to aspiring musicians. Inspiration that revolves around progress, confidence, and community over strictly instrumental proficiency. He wants to demonstrate how utilisation of an instrument as a tool to speak the language of music with other musicians is the most significant impact learning an instrument can have. He hopes to inspire young and new musicians to take uncomfortable risks and try new things, and provide a safe space to explore unfiltered creativity and musical dreams.
Influences:
Eric Clapton, Paul Chambers, Paul McCartney, Dizzy Gillespie, Astor Piazolla, Roger Yamashita, Quincy Jones, Django Reinhardt, Jim Morrison, Stan Getz, Steve Miller, Bob Marley, Sade, Billie Holiday, Colin Greenwood, Billy Joel, Mitch Degrace, Roger Waters and Syd Barret, Walter Becker and Donald Fagen, and countless others.