{"id":30309,"date":"2016-10-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-10-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-jazz-ensembles-stage-great-american-songbook-with-student-vocalists\/"},"modified":"2022-05-10T08:41:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-10T14:41:15","slug":"tarleton-jazz-ensembles-stage-great-american-songbook-with-student-vocalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tarleton.edu\/news\/tarleton-jazz-ensembles-stage-great-american-songbook-with-student-vocalists\/","title":{"rendered":"Tarleton jazz ensembles stage ‘Great American Songbook’ with student vocalists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Tarleton Jazz Presents\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Monday, October 3, 2016<\/p>\n\n\n\n

STEPHENVILLE, Texas\u2014Tarleton State University\u2019s Department of Fine Arts presents a special concert featuring Tarleton\u2019s two Jazz Ensembles and several student vocalists at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 6, in the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center Auditorium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton\u2019s Jazz Ensembles I and II, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Music Greg Ball, along with several talented vocalists take the stage for their first concert of the fall 2016 semester. Members of the Tarleton Strings will accompany.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The public performance, The Great American Songbook<\/em>, includes tunes such as \u201cToo Darn Hot,\u201d \u201cCheek to Cheek,\u201d \u201cSunny\u201d and \u201cDesafinado,\u201d among others. Vocalists are Cheyenne Shreve, Rebeckah Anthony, Nathan Mena, Madi Bowen, Cassie Goodwin, John Pollock, Dr. Heather Hawk, Beth Rugg, Dr. Troy Robertson, Greg Ball, Logan Throckmorton, Channing Parker and Devon Harper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Selections for the concert include the music of William McCulloch, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin, Jule Styne and Stephen Sondheim, George and Ira Gershwin, Thad Jones, Jerry Brock, Bobby Hebb, Antonio Carlos Jobim, W.C. Handy and Billy Strayhorn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt has been a tradition over the last several years to feature vocalists during our first concert,\u201d Ball said. \u201cIt has become a very popular show that our students and audiences look forward to every year. The students had to audition to be part of this concert and then find time to rehearse with us. They really sound great!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tickets are $5 for adults and free for students, faculty and staff with a valid Tarleton ID. All seating is general admission, and tickets are available at the Fine Arts Box Office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For more information about this and other upcoming events at the Clyde H. Wells Fine Arts Center, visit: www.tarleton.edu\/finearts\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tarleton, a member of The Texas A&M University System, provides a student-focused, value-driven educational experience marked by academic innovation and exemplary service, and dedicated to transforming students into tomorrow\u2019s professional leaders. With campuses in Stephenville, Fort Worth, Waco, Midlothian and online, Tarleton engages with its communities to provide real-world learning experiences and to address societal needs while maintaining its core values of integrity, leadership, tradition, civility, excellence and service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Contact: Lori LaRue \u2013 Fine Arts Center Operations Manager
254-968-9639
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