{"id":27472,"date":"2019-02-08T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/trombonist-matt-jefferson-to-appear-in-concert-at-tarleton\/"},"modified":"2021-11-12T01:11:58","modified_gmt":"2021-11-12T01:11:58","slug":"trombonist-matt-jefferson-to-appear-in-concert-at-tarleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/trombonist-matt-jefferson-to-appear-in-concert-at-tarleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Trombonist Matt Jefferson to appear in concert at Tarleton"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Guest<\/a><\/p>\n

Guest Artist Recital<\/p>\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Friday, February 8, 2019<\/p>\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas — The Tarleton State University Department of Fine Arts presents trombonist Matt Jefferson in a guest artist recital at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, in the theater of the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center in Stephenville.<\/p>\n

Admission is free.<\/p>\n

Jefferson, who holds both bachelor’s and master’s degrees in performance from the University of North Texas, is the instructor of brass at Nicholls State University.<\/p>\n

Originally from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, he is a former member of the six-time Grammy-nominated One O’Clock Lab Band. He played on “Lab 2009,” which received two of those six nominations.<\/p>\n

He has performed across the globe, including venues in Thailand, France, Sweden, Denmark, Ireland, England, and all over the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

Jefferson has shared the stage with artists such as Dave Brubeck, James Carter, Alex Iles, Jiggs Whigham, Steve Davis, Rick Baptist, Bill Reichenbach, Pete DeSiena, Brad Leali, Denis DiBlasio, Lyle Mays and Wayne Bergeron, as well as the Houston Symphony.<\/p>\n

In addition to the One O’Clock Lab Band, Jefferson was a member of the award-winning U-Tubes jazz trombone group, the UNT Wind Symphony and the UNT Symphony Orchestra. In 2008 he was chosen to be part of the Disneyland All-American College Band, in 2010 played in l’Orchestre du Francophonie, and in 2011 played in the National Youth Orchestra of Canada.<\/p>\n

He was a finalist in the Big Xii Trombone Conference and an honorable mention in the Yaxley competition of the International Trombone Festival in 2012.<\/p>\n

Tarleton,founding member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven education marked by academic innovation and a dedication to transform today’s scholars into tomorrow’s leaders. It offers degree programs to more than 13,000 students at Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian, RELLIS Academic Alliance in Bryan, and online, emphasizing real-world learning experiences that address societal needs while maintaining its core values of tradition, integrity, civility, excellence, leadership and service.<\/p>\n

#<\/p>\n

Contact: Phil Riddle, News and Information Specialist
817-484-4415
priddle@tarleton.edu<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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