UW Jazz Ensembles to Perform at UW Nov. 18

The University of Wyoming Department of Music's Wyoming Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble II will give a combined fall concert at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Nov. 18, in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall.

Tickets are $17 for the public, $13 for senior citizens and $9 for students. A nominal processing fee will be charged for each ticket. To purchase tickets, visit the Performing Arts box office, call (307) 766-6666 or go online at www.tix.com/ticket-sales/uwyo/6984.

Directed by Department of Music Assistant Professor David Wharton, Jazz Ensemble II will perform "Front Burner" by Sammy Nestico; "Ima" by Anat Cohen; and "Work Song" by Nat Adderley. Jack MacDonald will direct the ensemble in "Tranquilli" by Doug Beach and George Shutack; and "Time Check" by Don Menza.

Wyoming Jazz Ensemble, directed by Associate Professor Andy Wheelock, will perform "Low Down" and "Us" by Thad Jones; "Everything I Love" by Cole Porter; and "Max" by Jeff Hamilton.

The Wyoming Jazz Ensemble is Wyoming′s premiere big band and has regularly earned the highest ratings at national jazz festivals, as well as acclaim for accompaniment of some of the biggest names in jazz music who visit campus for performances.

UW's jazz ensembles perform a variety of repertoire from all styles and periods of jazz music, and often include faculty and student compositions and arrangements.

For more information, call Kathy Kirkaldie, UW Fine Arts coordinator, at (307) 766-2160 or email [email protected].