FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n
Thursday, October 14, 2021<\/p>\n
STEPHENVILLE, Texas \u2014 The Tarleton State University Department of Fine Arts will present Jazz Ensembles 2 and 3 in concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 19, in the Theater of the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.<\/p>\n
Admission is $5, or free with a Tarleton ID. The box office will open at 6:30 p.m.; seating is general admission.<\/p>\n
The Ensemble 2 portion of the concert will be Big Band music from the standard jazz performance literature. \u201cThings Ain\u2019t What They Used to Be\u201d and \u201cC Jam Blues\u201d by Duke Ellington and Sonny Rollins\u2019 \u201cTenor Madness\u201d will be featured.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year we are encouraging all our jazz students to improvise solos,\u201d said Thomas Burchill, Ensemble 2 Director. \u201cEveryone playing in jazz band will be a featured soloist.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ensemble 3, directed by Wade Girton, will showcase the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Thelonious Monk and Dizzy Gillespie, including \u201cBlues in Hoss Flat,\u201d \u201cDon\u2019t Get Around Much Anymore,\u201d \u201c\u2019Round Midnight,\u201d \u201cSonnymoon\u201d and \u201cManteca.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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