New Music from UNL Jazz Writers Concert coming in March
calendar icon25 Feb 2015
LINCOLN, Neb.— UNL’s Glenn Korff School of Music presents its sixth annual New Music from UNL Jazz Writers Concert on Tuesday, March 10th, 2015 at 7.30 p.m. in Kimball Recital Hall. This program features the newest works for jazz orchestra by UNL’s vibrant community of composer-arrangers.
The program begins with the UNL Big Band, directed by Patrick Brown, performing music by Thad Jones, Tom Kubis, Duke Ellington, Rob McConnell. The Big Band will conclude their set with the premiere of DMA composer Derek Molacek’s BLUES FOR LI FOU.
The second set of the concert features UNL’s new “crossover” ensemble, the UNL Jazz Orchestra”2.0”, directed by Dr. Eric Richards, Associate Professor of Composition. Their set will present a program of premiere performances, to include:
• ESSAY FOR JAZZ ORCHESTRA by UNL alumnus Dr. David von Kampen
• A NEW HOPE by John Kosch (BME ’16)
• NATURE BOY by Eden Ahbez/arranged by Vince Norman. This piece was commissioned by the UNL Jazz Orchestra to feature composer-vocalist Caitlin Gilmore (BM ’15).
• SUITE FOR THE FORGOTTEN-Movt. I by Masayoshi Ishikawa (DMA ’15). This piece is the first movement of a large-scale work for jazz orchestra composed to increase awareness and support for the victims of the Fukushima Disaster in Japan.
• CLAUDE’S GROOVY DREAM SEQUENCE by Darren Pettit (DMA ’16)
• HOPEFUL SPIRIT RISING by Eric Richards, originally commissioned by the Nihon University Rhythm Society Orchestra in Tokyo.
We hope you can join us for an exciting evening of new music for jazz orchestra! Tickets are General Admission $5; Student/Seniors $3.