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Children's Concert Reaction
Grant Elementary 5th Graders from Matt Kuensting's class had this to say about the 2008 Children's Concert Featuring the Terell Stafford Quintet.
Jazzy, Jazzy, Jazzy
by Esther
I am so glad that we went to Hickman high school to watch the Terell Stafford’s band. At first I didn’t think that it’s going to be fun because I didn’t think that jazz is fun and exciting music. But after I listen to their songs jazz became a wonderful piece of music to me. I really liked they unmatchable beat. Well, it seems like it doesn’t sound right but that part really interested me. Drums for beat, piano and bass for background and trumpet and saxophone for melody!
The sounds of the trumpet was really silly with different mutes on.
Two thumbs up!
Jazz
by Leslie
We went to the Terrel Staffords jazz band concert! They were awsome!
After there first song, they told us about there instruments. They were the trumpet, flugelhorn, saxophone, drums & piano! They told us about them in a humorous way that made it fun!
At first I wasn’t interested in jazz, but they made it sound so much fun to play and listen to. They make me think twice about my music intrests. I would love to hear them again.
by Payton
Yesterday I learned a lot on the Terrel Stafferd Jazz show. He has a 5 people band. And he has a log of mutes like the pixie mute and the instonments a the drums, supano saxiphone an the tenor saxaphone and the bass and piano, and plugihorn and trumpet. And he did not allways like jazz he liked it when he was 15.
Jazz
by Caitlin
I had a great time at the jazz concert. I have always been interested in that kind of music. All of the instruments sounded wonderful together. One day I would hope to play music just like that. My favorite instruments were the saxophone and the flugelhorn. I wish we had more time to learn and hear about all of the intruments. I hope to hear that band again someday.
Jazz Concert!
by Abby
The music that was played at the jazz concert was awakening and lively. They played one song then they talked to us about the amazing instruments played by the band. Each person went around and told us the main thing about their instrument and played. Terell explained that when he was little he didn’t like jazz simply because he didn’t understand it. So he explained jazz. In their songs they switched times soloing while the others played something simple. The instuments they played were, the saxophone, soprano and tenor, they also played the trumpet, flugelhorn drums and finally the piano. They used mutes to soften the trumpet, these mutes are called pixie, harmon, plunger and stuck.
I know this is an expereance I will never forget. Thank you Tim, Terrel Dana, Phill and Bruce!
We Always Swing
by Erin
My favorite part about the show was that it wasn’t like what we walk in and they play there Music and then we leave! They played a song and talked about it. They said that when some one had a solo it was like they were telling there story! I learned that there are different kinds of one instrument. Like the saprano and tenor saxaphone. And there is the trumpet and the flugelhorn (but I am not sure if they are the same instrument!) I also learned that there are these things called mutes. Mutes are for making the ____ of the instrument a different noise! There are pixie mutes, harmon mute, and the plunger. The people who where playing the instraments were Daina-Drums, Phil-bass, tim-saxaphones, Terell-trumpet and Bruce played the Piano.
They also said that there are all best friends. Terell said that before when he was younger that he didn’t like jazz because he didn’t get Jazz! When he turned 15 he started to like it!
My Jazz Experience
by Alp
Yesterday, February 26, 2008, I went to Hickman High School to listen to 5 people play jazz. Their names were Terell Stafford who played the trumpet, Bruce who played the piano, Phil who played the bass, Tim to played the saxaphone and Dana who played the drums. Terrel played the trumpet and used 4 different mutes with it, the pixie mute, the harmen mute and stem mute, and the plunger mute. Bruce said that the piano could play the drums as well. Dana said that it was important that everybody be able to play the drums and piano. Together they played “Mary Had a Little lamb”. They each introduced their instruments to us. Terrel said that as a child he disliked jazz but around the age of 15 he started liking it. Terrel also played the flugelhorn. He said that he flugelhorn was much warmer then the trumpet and that it went well with the soprano saxophone. I think that they played excellent. If they performed somewhere near again I would like to go visit them. That was my first jazz experience. I had a lot of fun.
Jazz
by Daniella
I like all of the thing they did in the jazz concert. I really like how they show us what they were doing. Also I like how they play Mary had a little lam.
It’s cool how you can do different songs with the mutes. like-Pixie-Hormon-Plunger-stem. It’s nice how they communicate by making music. I think that really neat. Also how they keep the melone.
Terell Stafford Jazz Concert
by Lizzy
At the Jazz Concert I learned a lot and it was fun to listen to it! It was fun to watch the different kind of instruments play together and make Jazz Music. Some of the things I learned were that there are many differentn kinds of mutes not just one. Also I think it was fun to listen to the different instraments on their own. before that it was fun to listen to him talk about how their solos told their story of the morning. Oh and I also leanred that the names of the mutes are Pixie Mute, harman mute (the stem goes into that) and the plunger the helped the trumpter talk whitch was funny. Well the point is it was really fun and I learned a lot! =)
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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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