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2007-2008 Concert Schedule | MSU Professors of Jazz

2007-08 Jazz Concert Season:

Concerts with a "$" indicate that tickets are $9, $7 for senior citizens, and free for students and those under 18.

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Monday, October 22

Jazz Orchestra I (The Be-Bop Spartans) and Jazz Orchestra II

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $
Featuring saxophonist Frank Morgan
Music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie

Monday, November 5

Vocal Jazz Ensemble I and Vocal Jazz Ensemble II

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, November 19

Jazz Orchestra II and Jazz Orchestra III

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, December 3

The Nutcracker Swings
Jazz Orchestra I and Vocal Jazz Ensemble

With Detroit Symphony Civic Orchestra, Charles Burke, conductor
7:30 p.m. Fairchild Theatre  $$

Featuring two versions of the holiday classic:
Tchaikovsky's original score and the adaptation by Duke Ellington and Billy Strayhorn

$$: (Special Admission charges) $18, $16 for seniors, $8 for students and those under 18.

Sunday, January 20

Jazz Spirituals, Prayer and Protest Concert
Jazz Orchestra I (The Be-Bop Spartans)

3:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Pasant Theatre, Wharton Center  FREE

A commemorative concert, "Let There Be Peace on Earth," celebrating the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr.

Must have tickets to enter. Tickets available at Wharton Center Box Office only; (517) 432-2000 or (800) WHARTON.

Monday, January 28

Jazz Octet III and Jazz Octet IV

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, February 11

Vocal Jazz Ensemble I

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Friday, February 22

Rodney Whitaker's 40th birthday party
featuring the Professors of Jazz

8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, February 25

Jazz Orchestra II

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, March 17

Jazz Orchestra III and Vocal Jazz Ensemble II

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Monday, March 31

Jazz Orchestra I (The Be-Bop Spartans)

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $
Rod Newman, guest conductor

Nelson   - Blues and the Abstract Truth
Newman - Stan Kenton Summers (world premiere)

Monday, April 14

Jazz Octet I and Jazz Octet II

7:30 p.m. Music Building Auditorium  $

Thursday, April 17 - Saturday, April 19 Jazz Spectacular (more info coming soon)

• Thursday, April 17
  High School Combos
  1-4 p.m.
  
  Jazz Octets III & IV, Vocal Jazz Ensemble II, and Jazz Orchestra III
  4-7 p.m.
  
  Vocal Jazz Ensemble I
  7 p.m.
  
  Swing Dance featuring Jazz Orchestra I (The Be-Bop Spartans) and Jazz Orchestra II
  8 p.m. MSU Union Lobby FREE
  Co-sponsored by the MSU University Activities Board

• Friday, April 18
  Artist Faculty: MSU Professors of Jazz, with guest artists Yutaka Shiina, piano, George “Saxophone” Benson, saxophone, Ralph Armstrong, double bass, and Clarence Acox, drummer and Essentially Ellington clinician
  8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $

• Saturday, April 19
  Essentially Ellington Regional Competition
  10 a.m.-1 p.m. and 2:30-5 p.m. Music Building
  Auditorium FREE
  
  Workshops for Band Directors and Students
  1:30-2:30 p.m. Music Bldg & Music Practice Bldg FREE
  
  MSU Professors of Jazz Jam Session
  5:15-6 p.m. Music Building Auditorium FREE
  
  Awards Ceremony
  6 p.m. Music Building Auditorium
  
  Concert: Guest artist Jon Faddis and Jazz Orchestra I, preceded by a performance of the top high school band of the day
  8 p.m. Music Building Auditorium $$
  
  $$: (Special Admission charges) $18, $16 for seniors, $8 for students and those under 18.