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Jazz Series serves up “Big Band Night”
December 01, 2007
to benefit James Williams Jazz Series Education Program & Scholarship Fund, March 11.
The Jazz Series, in conjunction with Hickman High School, Rock Bridge High School and the recently formed “Monday Night Big Band” will host a big-band extravaganza on Tuesday, March 11, 7 p.m., in Hickman’s 1,000-seat Auditorium with all proceeds going to the Jazz Series’ education program including its scholarship fund. Tickets are $5 students and $9 public and will be available through the Jazz Series box office, both high schools and at all TicketMaster outlets. People can also purchase tickets on line at ticketmaster.com.
“It’s going to be a great night of music,” said Greg Aker who, in addition to overseeing the Jazz Series education program, plays saxophone in the “Monday Night Big Band.” The 18-piece group features some of Columbia’s best jazz players. “Each of the high schools will play a shorter set and then we will come out for a full set,” said Aker, adding, “We really hope to see everyone come out. We added a fifth scholarship this season, and we would like to add more in the future.”
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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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