{"id":76824,"date":"2023-12-06T15:28:04","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=76824"},"modified":"2023-12-06T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T21:28:06","slug":"jazz-ensemble-to-perform-on-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=76824","title":{"rendered":"Jazz Ensemble to perform on Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By JESSALYN KIRCHHOFF<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tiger Media Network<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Department of Music and Theatre will be honoring the decades-old tradition of presenting a final jazz ensemble performance this Thursday. The department has arranged for this production to be put on every semester for a number of years, but this will be the first formal performance for this specific group of the Jazz Ensemble and second performance for the Small Jazz Group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Small Jazz Group will be performing arrangements of jazz standards as well as a composition by Jim Rotondi, who is a well-known jazz trumpet player, while the Jazz Ensemble will be performing contemporary big band music, the challenging, and educational.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bradley Dawson, assistant professor of Music and the director of these concerts, gives a brief description of what attendees can expect from the shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an opportunity to hear both small group and big band jazz music. Jazz music is a unique music in the way that improvisation is a vital part of the performance,\u201d he said. \u201cThe communication between the performers and audience is crucial.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n

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Dawson explains how the students are selected for each group and touches on the main objectives of the distinct groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cStudents audition for the group at the beginning of the semester, and it is open to music majors as well as non-music majors alike,\u201d Dawson said. \u201cFrom performances like these, I want the students in both groups to have a good experience and learn how to perform jazz music at a higher level.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson details why concerts such as these are so important to the community, saying the Jazz Concert gives everyone an opportunity to consume a different kind of music than what most would normally be exposed to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cJazz is America\u2019s music\u2026it started in America and is now performed worldwide,\u201d he said. \u201cJazz has been and will always be a type of communication where the performer is also the composer while improvising. If you can make that soul connection, then you come to understand and appreciate this great art form.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dawson said one of the pieces the Jazz Ensemble will perform is \u201cHinsdale,\u201d which he describes as a \u201cbeautiful ballad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt was composed by my dear friend and partner in crime, Frank Mantooth,\u201d Dawson said. \u201cFrank unexpectedly passed away nearly 20 years ago. I still think of him almost every day. Performing \u201cHinsdale\u201d is our tribute to this wonderful, unique human.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The performance will take place at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday in the Beach\/Schmidt Performing Arts Center in Sheridan Hall. Further information on this performance, as well as future performances, can be found on the full concert calendar at https:\/\/www.forthaysarts.com\/<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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