Jazz Small Groups - May 2023
The University of Virginia Department of Music presents the UVA Jazz Small Groups for an afternoon of Jazz on Wednesday, May 3rd from noon to 3pm in the UVA Amphitheater. This event is free and open to the public.
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." 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.
This year we will be hearing works by Pat Martino, Charlie Parker, Christian Scott, Cannonball Adderley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Tadd Dameron, and George Gershwin among others.
We will be hearing from 4 different jazz combos, coached by Mike Rosensky, Calvin Brown and Pete Spaar.
Tuesday Evening Combo | Tuesday Evening Combo |
| Will Novak—Trumpet Jack Peacock—Tenor Sax Michael McNulty—Guitar Alexander Halpern—Piano Ellis Nolan—Bass Carl Hamilton—Drums | Johnny Willey—Trumpet Bobby Downey—Alto Sax Tucker Benton—Tenor Sax Tyler Burkhardt—Guitar Ben Berry—Piano Joe Kerrigan—Bass Brett Ransegnola—Drums |
| Friday 12:30 Combo | Friday 2:00 Combo |
Ami Falk—Trumpet Krit Chanwong—Alto Sax Kaylin Shukert—Alto Sax Ben Larsen—Guitar Alex White—Piano Matt McGraw—Bass Patrick Realyvasquez—Drums | Lily Clausen—Vocals Erik Ozkaptan—Alto Sax Ethan Marsh—Tenor Sax Keerat Singh—Guitar Zach Wood—Guitar Jack Ireland—Piano Evan DiCosmo—Bass Bacheler Burt—Drums |
The UVA Amphitheater is located on McCormick Road in Central Grounds (map). Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.
To see all the Jazz Events at UVA please visit music.virginia.edu/jazz-series.
To find out more about Jazz events at UVA visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-events.
All events are subject to change. Contact the UVA Music Department at music@virginia.edu or 434.924.3052 for more information.