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HSU Wind Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra
Please join the HSU Department of Music for a double-header of great instrumental music, featuring the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Orchestra, on Saturday, February 24, at 8:00 p.m. in Fulkerson Recital Hall. The Wind Ensemble will feature the work of two local artists. Fred Tempas, who has been playing solo, chamber, band, and orchestral music in Humboldt County for over 35 years in addition to being HSU’s long standing tuba professor, will be spot-lighted on the first movement of “Concerto for Bass Tuba in F minor” by Ralph Vaughan-Williams. Also on the program is the World Premiere of local composer Michael Kibbe’s new work “Vortex,” a very challenging piece that places demands of complex rhythms and articulations upon all sections of the ensemble. Conductor Paul Cummings and the Wind Ensemble are extra-fortunate to have the composer himself as a regular member of the group, offering suggestions and providing navigation through the exciting, frenzied, and high-energy work. Rounding out the first half of the program are Percy Grainger’s “Colonial Song” and two movements of “Three Dance Preludes from On the Town” by Leonard Bernstein, whose centennial celebration is being marked by ensembles all over the world in 2018. The stage will be quickly rearranged and the Jazz Orchestra will take the field under the direction of band leader Dan Aldag. They will play four fantastic charts, including “Vine Street Rumble” composed in 1960 by Benny Carter for the Count Basie Orchestra. The Basie band came out of Kansas City in the 1930s, when it was a hotbed of jazz, and Vine Street was the heart of Kansas City nightlife at that time. Pianist Max Marlowe is featured. Next is “Saint James Infirmary,” one of the oldest jazz standards. This contemporary arrangement, by Shane Porter, hearkens back to New Orleans by featuring three horns in counterpoint, with Abe Loaiza on tenor sax, Andrew Henderson on trumpet, and Danny Ibarra on trombone. “Roll Credits” was composed as a small group tune by bassist Ben Allison for his 2008 album Little Things Run The World. He subsequently arranged it for big band, and the Jazz Orchestra will have the opportunity to be coached by Ben on the Monday before the concert when he’s in town for a Redwood Jazz Alliance show. The concert closes with “The Strawberry”, by Myra Melford, another small group tune arranged for big band, this time by Ted Nash of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra. It features solos by Max Marlowe on piano, Rebekka Lopez on flute, and Andrew Henderson on trumpet. Tickets are $10 General, $5 Senior/Child, FREE for HSU students with ID.
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