Friday April 24, 2009
9th ANNUAL UNCW JAZZ SCHOLARSHIP CONCERT.
7:30 pm
Beckwith Recital Hall, Cultural Arts building, Randall Drive
$15 general admission
Free to students with valid UNCW ID.
Advance tickets are available at the Kenan Auditorium box office: 910.962.3500.
For information about the concert, call 910.962.3415
Tickets may also be purchased 1 hour prior to performance at the Cultural Arts building box office.
For more information about the Cape Fear Jazz Society, go to www.capefearjazz.com.
UNCW Jazz Ensembles and Lynn Roberts, vocals. Presented by UNCW and the Cape Fear Jazz Society. Directed by Frank Bongiorno,
The concert provides funds for jazz scholarships at UNCW; individual contributions are always appreciated.
LYNN ROBERTS has performed with Charlie Spivak, Vincent Lopez, Tommy and Jimmy Dorsey, Benny Goodman, Harry James, and the Pied Pipers. She also shared the spotlight with Sammy Kay for a year and a half, on the ABC show "Music from Manhattan." Lynn has the distinction of being the only female singer to have sung with all these superstar band leaders. She recently completed her new CD, "The Men In My Life," using the spectacular big band Reunion, made up of musicians from the Air Men of Note and the US Navy Commanders.
UNCW BIG BAND is composed of students throughout the university. Big Band performs music ranging from swing to bebop and modern styles. In addition to its concert schedule, the band has produced several recordings and has performed at numerous festivals.
UNCW SAXTET is a jazz ensemble of select students from the Department of Music. Consisting of primarily jazz and performance majors, this contemporary ensemble consists of five saxophones, trumpet, and rhythm section. Modeled after the well-known SuperSax groups of the 1970s, Saxtet combines the big band sound of a large jazz ensemble with the subtleties and creative improvisations of a small jazz combo.
FRANK BONGIORNO is professor of jazz and saxophone, and director of UNCW's jazz program and the Summer Jazz Workshop. He is an active recitalist, orchestral soloist, jazz artist, and clinician throughout the United States and abroad. During Dr. Bongiorno's tenure at UNCW, his saxophone and jazz students have received national and international recognition from DownBeat magazine and Jazzfest USA, among others.
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