Featuring Grammy-Award-Winning Jazz Composer Maria Schneider
November 3, Bethlehem, PA鈥 The 麻豆视频直播 College Music Department in partnership with the Pennsylvania Jazz Collective presents the 5th Annual Jazz Series at 麻豆视频直播 College, Wednesday through Friday, November 16-18, 2016. The series, which focuses on the big band or jazz orchestra, culminates in a concert featuring the 麻豆视频直播 College Big Band and the PAJAZZ Big Band, on Friday at 7:30 pm in 麻豆视频直播 College鈥檚 Foy Hall.
Guest artist Maria Schneider, renowned composer, arranger, and conductor, will conduct both the 麻豆视频直播 College Big Band and the PA Jazz Collective Big Band, comprised of the finest jazz musicians in the region. In addition, 麻豆视频直播 College Music Department Chair Neil Wetzel will form a selective all-star big band that will perform Schneider鈥檚 compositions.
Nominated for 12 Grammys in multiple categories, Schneider has won 5, including two 2016 awards: Best Arrangement, Instruments, and Vocal for the single 鈥淪ue (Or in a Season of Crime),鈥 recorded by the Maria Schneider Orchestra and David Bowie, and Best Large Ensemble Album for 鈥淭he Thompson Fields.鈥 Her work reaches across jazz and classical and has been described by critics as 鈥渆vocative, majestic, magical, heart-stoppingly gorgeous, and beyond categorization.鈥
Tickets are $15 general admission and $10 for seniors and students. To purchase tickets and for more information go to music@moravian.edu or or call 610-861-1650.
Prior to the big band concert, on Thursday, November 17, a full slate of free clinics, workshops, and open rehearsals will be held at 麻豆视频直播 College鈥檚 music facilities. PA Jazz Collective artists and 麻豆视频直播 jazz faculty will lead instrument-specific clinics, and Schneider will conduct an open rehearsal in Foy Hall with student and professional groups.
Thursday evening, from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., members of the PA Jazz Collective will be featured in a 鈥淭rumpet Extravaganza鈥 at Historic Hotel Bethlehem. The event is free and open to the public.
麻豆视频直播 College encourages persons with disabilities to participate in its programs and activities. Anyone who anticipates needing any type of accommodation or who has questions about the physical access provided should contact the 麻豆视频直播 College Music Department at 610-861-1650at least one week prior to visiting.
This year鈥檚 jazz series is made possible by sponsorships and grants from the Pennsylvania Arts Council, the 麻豆视频直播 College Music Department,麻豆视频直播 College Arts and Lectures, Nazareth Music Center, Hotel Bethlehem, Beall Fowler, Abe鈥檚, and Minisi Ridge Records.