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- Community invited to audition for the UW-L Choral Union
- Vocal jazz set during UW-L’s Jazz Fest: Popular clinician Ly Tartell is guest musician
- UW-La Crosse’s Jazz Fest is Jan. 21 - New York’s Wycliffe Gordon Quartet is featured ensemble
Community invited to audition for the UW-L Choral Union
Join the UW-La Crosse Choral Union. The group of UW-L students, faculty, staff and community members rehearse weekly on Monday evenings, starting Monday, Jan. 23, at UW-L’s Center for the Arts. They perform larger symphonic works once a semester and will perform Mozart’s “Requiem" on Sunday, May 6, at the English Lutheran Church in La Crosse.
Auditions are necessary to determine the vocal part members will sing and must be conducted before the first rehearsal. Contact Director David Richardson at drichardson@uwlax.edu if interested.
Vocal jazz set during UW-L’s Jazz Fest
Popular clinician Ly Tartell is guest musician
Local jazz enthusiasts will have the opportunity to hear several regional vocal jazz choirs while they work with a top vocal clinician. UW-L’s two vocal jazz ensembles and several guest high school vocal jazz choirs will study under Ly Tartell, the clinician and guest vocal performer at UW-L’s Jazz Fest Friday and Saturday, Jan. 20 and 21.
Tartell ‘s solo career was developed as an undergraduate at the University of Miami and as a graduate student at Western Michigan University. She served as a featured performer for the Walt Disney Corp. where she sang with several legendary artists including Joe Williams, Rosemary Clooney and Maureen McGovern. Tartell released her first solo CD, “The Call” in 2011.
The popular music educator travels throughout North America serving as a clinician and director of All-State jazz and show choirs, as well as various regional choral festivals. She directed vocal jazz, women’s and mixed choirs at Purdue University from 1997-2003.
Tartell will work and perform with UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I and II as the singers prepare to host and perform for high school vocal jazz ensembles Saturday, Jan. 21. Tartell and Gary Walth, UW-L’s vocal jazz director, will critique and serve as clinicians for this non-competitive festival.
Saturday’s clinic sessions begin at 9:30 a.m. and end with a 4 p.m. performance by Tartell and UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I. Six high school vocal jazz ensembles will perform throughout the day. The event in Annett Recital Hall, in UW-L’s Center for the Arts, is open and free to the public. The instrumental portion of Jazz Fest is competitive and runs Saturday in Cartwright Center, It concludes with a 7 p.m. concert in Valhalla.
If you go—
Who: Vocal Clinician Ly Tartell with UW-L Jazz Ensembles and high school groups
What: Vocal jazz performances
When: 9:30 a.m. and ends with a 4 p.m. performance by Tartell and UW-L’s Vocal Jazz Ensemble I
Where: Annett Recital Hall, UW-L Center for the Arts
Admission: Free
UW-La Crosse’s Jazz Fest is Jan. 21 - New York’s Wycliffe Gordon Quartet is featured ensemble
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New York jazz artist is Wycliffe Gordon and his quartet are the featured performers at the UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival Saturday, Jan. 21. |
New York jazz artist Wycliffe Gordon returns to La Crosse — this time with his full quartet – for the 38th annual UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival. The group will join the UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I and the tri-state’s top high school groups at a concert at 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, in Valhalla, Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition. Tickets are $10 for students and $15 for others and are available only at the door.
The concert will conclude a day of jazz that features more than 40 high school ensembles from Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa. The ensembles will perform from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. for a panel of clinicians and have an on-stage critique following their performance. Daytime activities will take place throughout Cartwright Center; a pass for all performances is $5; children 12 and under are free.
Gordon is recognized as one of America’s most persuasive and committed music educators. He currently serves on the faculty of the Jazz Arts Program at Manhattan School of Music. He was awarded an honorary doctorate in 2006 from the University of Scranton. His work with young musicians and audiences from elementary schools to universities worldwide includes master classes, clinics, workshops, children’s concerts and lectures.
Gordon was in La Crosse this past summer for the Jazz in the Park Series, but returns this winter with his highly acclaimed quartet.
Get a schedule of performers and more at: www.uwlax.edu/jazzstudies/Festival.html
If you go—
Who: The Wycliffe Gordon Quartet will join the UW-La Crosse Jazz Ensemble I and the tri-state’s top high school groups
What: 38th annual UW-La Crosse Jazz Festival
When: 7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21
Where: Valhalla, UW-La Crosse Cartwright Center-Gunning Addition
Admission: $10 for students and $15 for others; tickets available only at the door
Also: Middle school and high school jazz ensembles and combos perform from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. in Cartwright Center. A pass for all performances is $5; children 12 and under are free.