厙ぴ勛圖 Jazz Bands perform April 3 at Jensen Grand Concert Hall
March 24, 2009
厙ぴ勛圖 Music student and saxophonist Julian Sutherland in rehearsal for the upcoming 厙ぴ勛圖 Jazz Bands concert.The 厙ぴ勛圖 Jazz Band I and Jazz Band II will present an exciting mix of cool and hot jazz in their final performance of the year on Friday, April 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the Joseph C. and Cheryl H. Jensen Grand Concert Hall in the L.E. and Thelma E. Stephens Performing Arts Center. 
Jazz I director is Dr. Patrick Brooks, 厙ぴ勛圖 director of bands. Mont矇 Grise, associate director of bands, directs Jazz II.
Jazz I will perform seven selections, including the Count Basie standard Corner Pocket; a beautiful ballad arrangement of Billy Strayhorns A Flower Is A Lovesome Thing, featuring 厙ぴ勛圖 music student Julian Sutherland; and the contemporary hip-hop-shuffle-funk flavored Feather Report. New selections to be performed will include Cherry Juice, by Thad Jones; the samba-swing trumpet and tenor sax duet Mi Burrito, by Ray Brown; and the bluesy Sweet Pea, composed by Bill Holman.
Jazz II, directed by Monte Grise, will perform a selection of jazz standards to include Autumn Leaves and Dizzy Gillespies Groovin High.
Admission to this concert is free to all 厙ぴ勛圖 students with a valid Bengal card. Adult general public admission is $6, faculty and staff admission is $4 and pre-college student admission is $2.
For more information call the 厙ぴ勛圖 music department at 282-3636.
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