UNCW’s Department of Creative Writing and Cape Fear Jazz Appreciation Society Host Musical Tribute to Gershwin Brothers
5/13/2004 2:21:48 PM
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Wilmington, N.C. – Cape Fear Jazz Appreciation Society and UNCW's Kenan Auditorium and Department of Creative Writing will present their third annual musical benefit performance for radio station WHQR at 8 p.m. Saturday, June 19 in UNCW's Kenan Auditorium. This year's show, Fascinating Rhythm: A Musical Tribute to George and Ira Gershwin, will feature the enduring jazz standards of the extraodinary brothers Gershwin arranged specially for this show by UNCW professor Jerald Shynett.
The performance stars dancers Brad and Jennifer Moranz, vocalists Quiana Parler, Josh Strickland, Tiffany Parker, and Frank Bongiorno with members of the UNCW Jazz Faculty Ensemble. Members of the cast of Fascinating Rhythm have appeared in Broadway's A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine, Hollywood's Radioland Murders, and television's Star Search and American Idol. The show is written and hosted by UNCW author Philip Furia and features a dazzling visual display by Laurie Patterson of the Department of Computer Science. Tickets are $20 and may be obtained by calling the Kenan Auditorium Box Office at 910-962-3500 or 1-800-732-3643.
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