The University of Virginia Department of Music presents the UVA Jazz Small Groups for an afternoon of Jazz on Wednesday, April 29th from noon to 3pm. The event will take place on the lower lawn (Homer Flat). This event is free and open to the public. Rain will cancel Jazz on the Lawn.
Directed by renowned UVA music faculty members Pete Spaar, Calvin Brown, and Mike Rosensky, the Jazz Small Groups range in size from quartets to octets and vary in skill-level from beginner-intermediate to advanced. Besides a formal concert at the end of each semester, the groups do several outreach performances in the Charlottesville community and give a final end-of-year celebration concert. Repertoire is chosen from a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cannonball Adderley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and George Gershwin among many others, as well as original compositions by both faculty and students.
Directed by renowned UVA music faculty members Pete Spaar, Calvin Brown and Mike Rosensky, the Jazz Small Groups range in size from quartets to octets and vary in skill-level from beginner-intermediate to advanced. Besides a formal concert at the end of each semester, the groups do several outreach performances in the Charlottesville community, and give a final end-of-year celebration concert, "Jazz in the Amphitheatre." The repertoire is chosen from a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, among many others, as well as original compositions by both faculty and students.
Performers:
| Tuesday 5:30 Group Directed by Calvin Brown Cole Smith - Flute Will Novak - Trumpet Jack Peacock - Tenor Sax Grant MacMillan - Guitar Alexander Halpern - Piano Evan DiCosmo - Bass Raghav Vasudeva - Drums Aviva Pressley - Vocals | Thursday 5:30 Group Directed by Pete Spaar Johnny Willey - Trumpet Cooper Carlson - Alto Sax Gabe Farkas - Tenor Sax Henry Boland - Guitar Max Bishop - Piano Matt McGraw - Bass Gary Park - Drums |
| Friday 12:30 Group Directed by Pete Spaar Connor Wilson - Alto Sax Lauren Vaillancourt - Trombone George Nikoloff - Guitar Shreyas Agnihotri - Piano Isabel Xiao - Bass Alexander Fanning - Drums Alexandria Grant - Vocals | Friday 2:00 Group Directed by Mike Rosensky Leila Mann - Trumpet Brandon Le - Alto Sax Calvin Pan - Piano Daphne Broski-Laing - Bass Rushil Umaretiya - Bass Cody Herron - Drums Jaeda Fontaine-Rasaiah - Vocals |
Homer flat on the lower lawn is directly in front of Old Cabell Hall which is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. For parking options, please visit our Directions and Parking page.
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For more information, contact the UVA Department of Music 434.924.3052 or music@virginia.edu.
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