Carnegie Mellon Jazz Orchestra & JIVE-Carnegie Mellon Jazz Choir
The Carnegie Mellon School of Music Jazz Ensembles explore a variety of jazz genres, from traditional swing to current trends in jazz fusion and jazz chamber music, while also performing jazz classics in a big band style.
Concert is nearly sold out. Seating is first-come, first served. To join the waitlist, arrive at the concert venue 30 minutes before the performance. Empty seats at showtime will be released to people on the waitlist.
Mark Snyder, Director of Carnegie Mellon Jazz Orchestra
Betsy Lawrence, Director of JIVE-Carnegie Mellon Jazz Choir
Program:
John Coltrane Blue Train
Horace Silver Song For My Father
Sammy Nestico Hay Burner
Chick Corea 500 Miles High
Lennon-McCartney In My Life
Oliver Nelson Miss Fine
Oliver Nelson Blues and the Abstract
Oliver Nelson For Lena and Lennie
Dizzy Gillespie and Frank Paparelli A Night in Tunisia
Duke Ellington Everything But You
Don Raye and Hughie Prince Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
Joseph Kosma Autumn Leaves
Jaxon Kay and Toby Smith Virtual Insanity
Cost: Free and open to the public; Tickets required.