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Initial ticket sales Jazz Series’ best-ever…
September 04, 2007
The word is out. The 2007/2008 "We Always Swing" Jazz Series schedule has attracted a lot of people. As a result, a number of the performances, particularly those in intimate spaces, are already approaching capacity. Season tickets, 5-concert packages and the customized build-your-own 6-Ticket Sampler remain available –as do individual tickets to ALL Jazz Series events. Not surprisingly, sales for the Annual Downtown Columbia "Jazz, Wine & Beer" Pub Crawl are brisk.
Michael O'Brien, Dean of MU's College of Arts & Science, joins Jazz Series Board.
The Jazz Series is pleased to announce that Michael O'Brien, Dean of College of Arts & Sciences, has been elected unanimously to the Jazz Series Board of Directors on July 1. "To have someone of Michael O'Brien's talent, experience, understanding and overall organizational skills, join the Jazz Series board," said Jon Poses, who serves as the organization's executive director, "is a big plus." We're extremely excited about this development. The MU administrator's purview incorporates the School of Music whose faculty includes Doug Leibinger, Director of Jazz Studies – and another board of the directors member.
Kevin Walsh, set to moderate speical Q&A/discussion with legendary saxophonist David "Fathead" Newman
September 26 at Ragtag Cinema, 6:30 p.m.-8:30 p.m.
Meet David 'Fathead' Newman: Brother Ray Charles & Me: Setting the Record Straight."
The saxophonist discusses his seminal 12-year tenure with Charles (1954-1966) and other related subjects with local favorite Kevin Walsh, the knowledgeable music buff, long-time KOPN-FM and Kevin's World" (26 N. Ninth St.) proprietor. Walsh and Newman, who opens the 2007/2008 season the next night at the The Blue Note, conduct a freewheeling session that will include clips from his portrayed in the film Ray. A remarkable opportunity in an intimate setting. (Seating limited to 75). Advance tickets: $15 public/$10 students available through Jazz Series Box Office (573-449-3001), TicketMaster outlets or on line at www.ticketmaster.com.
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Jazz Series Launches Annual Fund as dollar-for-dollar match for major NEA Jazz Masters Live
This is a special year for us. As recipients of a major grant from the National Endowment for the Arts – the Jazz Masters Live Initiative we are required to match the award dollar for dollar. The goal: $30,000 – and we need do reach it by February 18, 2008 – the day commissioned composer and Kansas City native Bob Brookmeyer returns to Missouri to conduct the world premier of his new work performed by the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, at the Missouri Theatre Center for the Arts. This season your tax-deductible donation to the Jazz Series goes twice as far.
Make a tax-deductible pledge (PDF) do the Jazz Series and we will apply it toward matching the NEA grant special NEA grant – one of only 12 in the country that allowed us to commission new work, and present one of the best big bands in the world at the Missouri Theatre. As a way of saying “Thank You” we’re pleased do offer tickets to this one-of-a-kind event—and a the most recent CD from the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra CD – which is a part of University of Missouri’s Arts & Science Week.
Jazz Series Receives NEA Grant
“We Always Swing” Jazz Series snags prestigious NEA Jazz Masters Live grants…
Organization, one of only 12 presenters in the United States selected to receive $30,000 award paves the way for Missouri native and NEA Jazz Master Bob Brookmeyer to compose new work for the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. New York-based, 16-piece orchestra arrives in Columbia to perform world premiere February 18, 2009, at the Missouri Theatre with Brookmeyer as guest conductor. Also on hand: Dan Morgenstern, fellow NEA Jazz Master and Director of Rutgers Jazz Institute. The world renowned historian will serve as guest emcee and host a pair of forums: a one-on-one interview with Brookmeyer and an in-depth look into the chronology of the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra, which has been holding court at jazz’s most famous basement – The Village Vanguard – since 1965. Much-anticipated events serve as centerpiece for MU’s Arts & Science Week.
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