Posted 10:31 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 4, 2012
New York’s Wycliffe Gordon Quartet is the featured ensemble at UW-L's Jazz Fest Jan. 21.
New York’s Wycliffe Gordon Quartet is featured ensemble
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[/caption]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, 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.
[/caption]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, 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.