PRESS RELEASE
UNIVERSITY OFCENTRAL ARKANSAS
COLLEGE OF FINE ARTS AND COMMUNICATION
Contact: Christina Madsen, (501) 852-2659; christinam@uca.edu
Dr. Jackie Lamar, (501) 450-5759; jackiel@uca.edu
February 4, 2015
JAZZ ENSEMBLES SET FEB. 16 CONCERT
By Carley Conrad
College of Fine Arts and Communication Media Office
CONWAY — The University of Central Arkansas Department of Music will host its first jazz ensemble concert of the spring semester on Monday, Feb. 16, at the Snow Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.
The 7:30 p.m. performance, free and open to the public, will feature Jazz Ensemble I and II and the UCA Dixieland Band.
Larry Jones directs Jazz Ensemble I. Dr. Gail Robertson directs Jazz Ensemble II; Dr. Jackie Lamar directs the UCA Dixieland Band.
“The Dixieland program will feature traditional New Orleans music for Mardi Gras since Fat Tuesday falls on Feb. 17,” Lamar said.
The Dixieland Band will perform “New Orleans Masquerade” by Irving Mills, “Beale Street Blues” by W.C. Handy and “Mardi Gras in New Orleans” by Henry Roeland Byrd.
The Jazz Ensemble I program will feature jazz trombonist Sean Nelson. Nelson will perform two of his compositions, including “Just Friends” and “Freaks in Mayberry.” Jazz Ensemble I will also play selections from the Count Basie and Buddy Rich libraries.
The program for Jazz Ensemble II includes “Such Sweet Thunder” by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn, “Mercy, Mercy, Mercy” by Josef Zawinul, “A Child Is Born” by Thad Jones, and “Gorilla Man Blues” by Mark Taylor.
For more information about the concert, contact Lamar (501) 450-5759 or jackiel@uca.edu.
The UCA College of Fine Arts and Communication includes the Departments of Art, Communication, Mass Communication and Theatre, Music and Writing. The college’s primary mission is the preparation of the next generation of artists, educators and communicators. For more information about CFAC, visit www.uca.edu/cfac or call (501) 450-3293.
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