Cal Poly Jazz Ensembles to Present Winter Concert on Friday
Displaying until February 22, 2024
See also: https://music.calpoly.edu/calendar/jazz/
Cal Poly’s Jazz Ensembles’ Winter Concert will be at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 23, in Performing Arts Center. This concert will include the Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Combos, and the University Jazz Band. The Cal Poly Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Inga Swearingen, will perform an arrangement of Dizzy Gillespie’s “Birk’s Works” by Bill McIntosh, which has close harmonies and improvisational scat solos, and other tunes. Cal Poly’s three jazz combos, directed by Dylan Johnson, will present a variety of jazz classics, student arrangements, and contemporary songs adapted for small jazz ensembles. The University Jazz Band, directed by Dave Becker, will conclude the concert with classic big band arrangements by Sammy Nestico, Don Menza, Lennie Niehaus, and Gordon Goodwin, as well as new composers. More information is on the Music Department’s calendar website. Tickets are sold at the Cal Poly Ticket Office, 805-756-4849.
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