University Jazz Ensemble & Stadium High School Jazz Ensemble featuring Vincent Herring
Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8pm Eastvold Auditorium, Karen Hille Phillips Center Pacific Lutheran University School of Arts and Communication / Department of Music presents
University Jazz Ensemble Jared Hall, director
Stadium High School Jazz Ensemble Adam Morrell, director
Guest Artist: Vincent Herring, saxophone Mr. Herring’s appearance is sponsored by the Richard and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies
Friday, May 11, 2018 at 8pm Eastvold Auditorium, Karen Hille Phillips Center
Welcome to Eastvold Auditorium. Please disable the audible signal on all watches, pagers and cellular phones for the duration of the concert. Use of cameras, recording equipment and all digital devices is not permitted in the concert hall.
PROGRAM
Stadium High School Jazz Ensemble
Cherokee ...... Ray Noble (1903-1978) arr. Dave Wolpe
The Bari Things You Do ...... Geoffery Keezer (b. 1970) Michael Finch, baritone saxophone solo
God Bless the Child ...... Sammy Nestico (b. 1924) Ben McCall, trombone solo
Big Swing Face ...... Bill Potts (1928-2005)
University Jazz Combo
Autumn Leaves ...... Joseph Kosma (1905-1969)
Arietis ...... Freddie Hubbard (1938-2008)
INTERMISSION
University Jazz Ensemble
One by One ...... Wayne Shorter (b. 1933) Michelle John, trumpet solo
Mira, Mira ...... Matt Harris (b. 1959) Joshua VanCleave, piano solo; Josh Hansel, drum solo
Tip Toe ...... Thad Jones (1923-1986) Devin Morris, trumpet solo; Josh Hansel, drum solo
Old Folks ...... Willard Robison (1894-1968) and Dedette Lee Hill (1900-1950) arr. Jill Townsend
Just Friends ...... John Klenner (1899-1955) and Sam M. Lewis (1885-1959) arr. Bill Holman Kyle Hurd, guitar solo; Nathan Adams, bass solo
Splanky...... Neal Hefti (1922-2008) arr. Sammy Nestico Frank Saxton, alto saxophone solo; Kinani Halvorsen, trombone solo; Abigail Shedd, baritone saxophone solo; Adrian Milanio, piano solo
Hard Times ...... Paul Mitchell arr. Jared Hall Dedicated to Dr. Richard Weathermon Dalton Best, tenor saxophone solo
Stadium High School Jazz Ensemble
Saxophone Section 1 Trumpets Danielle Freshwaters Josh Henson Jonah Panzer Anson Martin Cameron Allen Ben Brick Jackson Gruhot Jessa Delosreyes Michael Finch
Saxophone Section A Trombones Nitin Venkatdas Ben McCall Danielle Freshwaters Zack Marien Daniel Brixie Audrey Soe Cooper Heimer Caedon Jones Sam Gruhot
Trumpets Rhythm Josh Henson Grant Carr, piano Anson Martin Eli Sankuyl, bass Ben Brick Connor McCrummen, drums Jessa Delosreyes Quinn O’Hanlon, drums
University Jazz Ensemble
Saxophones Trumpets Frank Saxton, alto saxophone, soprano saxophone, flute Devin Morris Jo Sean Ignaco, alto saxophone Kyle Doughton Bryce Flury, alto saxophone Michelle John Dalton Best, tenor saxophone Darek Solomon Jeffery Steehler, tenor saxophone Abigail Shedd, baritone saxophone
Trombones Rhythm Abigail Dean Kyle Hurd, guitar Kinani Halvorsen Adrian Milanio, piano Tori Richardson Joshua VanCleave, piano Ben Woodbury Nathan Adams, upright bass Ethan Moon, upright bass Josh Hansel, drums
About the Directors
Adam Morrell is the band director at Stadium High School and is in his eleventh year in the Tacoma Public Schools. The Stadium Bands regularly perform with University ensembles, Regional Concert Band Festivals, Heritage and Music in the Parks Festivals and have won the Viking Jazz Festival in 2016 and 2018. In 2017, the Stadium Wind Ensemble was selected to perform as a “Featured Ensemble” at the Music for All National Concert Band Festival, presented by Yamaha in Indianapolis. This year, the Wind Ensemble performed at the Washington Music Educators Conference in February 2018. Under Mr. Morrell’s direction, the bands have traveled Europe, Canada and across the US. Mr. Morrell holds a Bachelors of Music Education (2007), and a Masters of Music Education (2015), from Central Washington University. He has been actively involved in the Commencement Bay Region of the Washington Music Educators association as President from 2012-2016. Adam enjoys spending time with his wife, Sheli, and one-year-old daughter, Faye.
Jared Hall, trumpeter and composer, hails from Washington State and has studied at Whitworth University, the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, and the University Of Miami’s Frost School of Music, where he received the degree of Doctor of Musical Arts in 2015. His teachers include Terence Blanchard, Michael Spiro, Dan Keberle, Whit Sidener, David Baker, and Brian Lynch, under which he pursued his doctoral studies. Hall is the winner of the 2013 National Trumpet Competition – Jazz Division, and has performed and recorded with Bob Hurst, John Daversa, Peter Erskine, Dave Liebman, Alan Pasqua, Brian Lynch, Ira Sullivan, Jeff “Tain” Watts, David Binney, Fred Hersch, the South Florida Jazz Orchestra, the Frost Concert Jazz Band, and the Henry Mancini Jazz Septet directed by Terence Blanchard, among many others. Jared performed at Carnegie Hall with Paquito D’Rivera for the Latin Jazz Traditions Concert and at the 57th Annual Monterey Jazz Festival with the Frost Concert Jazz Band in 2014. He has performed at many Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conferences including Brian Lynch’s Madera Latino: The Latin Side of Woody Shaw in 2016, the University of Miami Afro-Caribbean Artist Ensemble with Brian Lynch in 2014, the University of Miami Concert Jazz Band in 2013, and Mixteto Sonido (Latin jazz sextet) in 2012. At JEN 2017, he presented oral history research on Whit Sidener and His Influence on Jazz Education. His debut album Hallways, featuring nine original compositions for quintet, was released in May 2017 under the Hollistic MusicWorks record label. As a performer, Jared finds himself comfortable in a variety of musical settings including jazz, Latin jazz, commercial, studio, church, and classical chamber music ensembles. Active in theater productions, he has played trumpet in The Producers, The Pajama Game, Shrek the Musical, Thoroughly Modern Millie, Little Women, Catch Me If You Can, Damn Yankees, The Drowsy Chaperone, Hair, In The Heights, Les Misérables, and Annie, as well as many shows internationally on board Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. Since moving back to the Pacific Northwest, Jared has performed with the 5th Avenue Theatre, Symphony Tacoma, and many ensembles on the local jazz scene. An in-demand clinician, guest artist, and adjudicator in the area, Jared has served many of the regions outstanding universities, secondary schools, and festivals including Pacific Lutheran University, Whitworth University, Eastern Washington University, Tacoma Community College, Sno-King Music Educators Association, Lakewood Washington Solo-Ensemble Festival, Juanita High School, Edmonds Woodway High School, Stadium High School, Bellevue College Jazz Festival, Seattle Academy of Arts & Sciences, Northshore Jazz Festival, Frontier Jazz Festival, and many others.
Vincent Herring
Saxophonist Vincent Herring’s intense, soulful, multi-noted style and ebullient swing have excited audiences worldwide. On stage, Herring and his band often make an incendiary sound over fine and controlled rhythms of modern times. Vincent started playing saxophone at the age of 11 in school bands and studying privately at Dean Frederick’s School of Music in Vallejo, CA. At the age of 16, Herring was studying at California State University at Chico on a music scholarship. A year later he had won a berth in the United States Military Academy Band at West Point. Vincent moved to New York City in early 1980’s attending Long Island University. He first toured in the United States and Europe as part of the Lionel Hampton Big Band. With his sound strongly influenced by Julian “Cannonball” Adderley, Vincent’s virtuosity and promise came to the attention of Nat Adderley. The two forged a nine-year musical relationship, producing nine albums and touring around the world year after year. After Nat’s death, Louis Hayes collaborated with Vincent to form the Cannonball Adderley Legacy Band. Vincent worked and recorded with Cedar Walton for more than 20 years. He has also appeared on stage and or recordings with Freddie Hubbard, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Hayes, Art Blakey and The Jazz Messengers, Horace Silver Quintet, Jack DeJohnette’s Special Edition, Larry Coryell, Steve Turre, The Mingus Big Band (Won a Grammy in 2010), Kenny Barron, Nancy Wilson, Dr. Billy Taylor, Carla Bley, Mike LeDonne, Carl Allen, Ron McClure, and John Hicks among others. His extensive guest soloist appearances include performances with Wynton Marsalis at Lincoln Center and Jon Faddis and The Carnegie Hall Big Band. Vincent’s discography reveals over 20 titles as a leader and over 250 as a sideman. His current and past projects speak to the wide range of his musical interest and versatility: The Vincent Herring-Joris Dudli’s Soul Jazz Alliance, Earth Jazz Agents, Friendly Fire with Vincent Herring and Eric Alexander. Vincent leads a band called Jazz The Story with Jon Faddis, Jeremy Pelt, Steve Turre, James Carter, Eric Alexander, Mike LeDonne, Kenny Davis, Carl Allen and Nicolas Bearde. Vincent tours frequently with his projects around the in the United States, Europe, Japan, China and around the world. Vincent continues to share his distinct voice and musical knowledge, as a performer and jazz educator. He is currently on staff at William Paterson University and at Manhattan School of Music.
The Richard and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment For Jazz Studies at PLU
The Richard and Helen Weathermon Joyful Noise Endowment for Jazz Studies Fund was established by Dr. Richard H. (Dick) Weathermon (PLU, 1950) in October of 2016. Dick has shared with the university: “Much of what has been good in my life can be connected back to PLC. At PLC I received my education and learned my vocation; met Helen, with whom I raised two wonderful daughters; and found my faith and was baptized. I have been loyal Lutheran and loyal Lute ever since.” This endowment recognizes Dick and Helen’s mutual love of jazz as well as their attachment to PLU. Both relished the “joyful noise” of jazz. The Weathermon family is very pleased now to share their love of jazz and of learning with new generations of high school and PLU students.
Find out more about jazz studies at PLU at www.plu.edu/jazz, www.plu.edu/soac/joyfulnoise, or on Facebook: Jazz Studies at Pacific Lutheran University.
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