FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: November 7, 2013
Michael French
Marketing & Public Relations Coordinator
College of Performing & Visual Arts
Southern Utah University
435-865-8667
Photo credit: SUU Jazz Band in performance. Photo: Asher J. Swan
FOR CALENDAR EDITORS: SUU’S JAZZ BAND CONCERT: “A FEW GOOD MEN . . . AND WOMEN”
WHAT: SUU’s Jazz Band invites big band fans to enjoy an evening of foot-stomping jazz with “A Few Good Men . . . and Women.” Directed by Dr. Thomas Herb, the evening’s catchy selections will have the audience wanting to cut a rug
WHO: Southern Utah University, Department of Music
WHEN: Wednesday, November 20, 2013
TIME: 7:30pm
WHERE: SUU Sharwan Smith Center, Living Room, SUU, Cedar City, UT
TICKETS: Phone: Arts Hotline: (435) 865-8800 or visit: www.suu.edu/pva/arts
PRICES: Free and the General Public is encouraged to attend.
SUU’s JAZZ BAND PRESENTS
AN EVENING OF BIG BAND JAZZ:
“A FEW GOOD MEN . . . AND WOMEN”
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
Southern Utah University, Cedar City, Utah: SUU’s Jazz Band invites fans of the big band sound to enjoy an evening of your favorite jazz standards. Directed by Dr. Thomas Herb, the evening’s swinging program will have the audience wanting to cut a rug! The concert will take place at 7:30pm on Wednesday, November 20 in the Sharwan Smith Center’s Living Room. Admission is free and the public is encouraged to attend.
Dr. Herb has selected a festive program from across big band and jazz vocals canons. The evening will include Eric Richard’s “Southeast Sixstep,” “All of Me” as performed by Count Basie’s Orchestra (Originally composed by Gerald Marks and Seymour Simons.), “Sweet and Slow” as performed by the Gerry Mulligan Concert Jazz Band (Original composition by Harry Warren and Al Dubin), Jimmy Van Heusen and Sammy Cahn’s “Come Fly With Me” (popularized by Frank Sinatra), John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “Norwegian Wood” as recorded by the Buddy Rich Big Band, “I’ve Told Ev’ry Little Star” by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II, Gordon Goodwin’s “A Few Good Men” (as recorded by Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band), and “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” (as recorded by Ella Fitzgerald and the Chick Webb Orchestra in 1938).
Dr. Thomas Herb is an instrumental music education specialist with two decades of experience. His background includes ten years as a middle school/high school band director, as well as ten years of directing college ensembles. Dr. Herb is a published author of music education books, including his Teaching Improvisation ... in Concert Band?!?; and is published in multiple volumes of the Teaching Music Through Performance In Band series. As an active and well-rounded saxophonist, Dr. Herb performs equally well in classical and jazz idioms. He is a co-founder of the SUU Faculty Jazz Group called Kind Of Blue. His classical saxophone skills have won membership in two AFM organizations (California Wind Orchestra and Quincy Park Band) and several notable orchestral performances, including solos and section work with the Quincy Symphony and the Orchestra of Southern Utah. Dr. Herb has also performed regularly with the Mississippi Valley Saxophone Quartet, the Illinois Missouri Swing Machine, Ben Bumbry and the Messengers, and the Bullis Rutter Big Band. A further list of performances includes the Quincy Sunday Music Series, SUU Faculty Recitals, Bon Appétit Recitals and the Consumnes River Jazz Band.
The SUU Jazz Band is earning its reputation as a top notch jazz ensemble. Under the direction of Dr. Thomas Herb, an impressive list of notable jazz artists have worked with and performed with the group. This list includes trumpeter Wayne Bergeron, saxophonists Bob Shepperd and Pete Christlieb, and rhythm section members Reggie Thomas, Rodney Whitaker, and Dennis Mackrel. In February of 2014, the SUU Jazz Band welcomes trombonist Delfeayo Marsalis to the stage for another awesome night of music. The SUU Jazz Band consists of SUU students from a wide variety of majors who are thrilled to learn and play this exciting style of music.
Enjoy an invigorating evening of foot-stomping jazz at SUU Jazz Band’s “A Few Good Men . . . and Women.” For more information on the SUU College of Performing and Visual Arts events, please call the Arts Hotline at (435) 865-8800, or visit www.suu.edu/pva/arts.
ABOUT THE COLLEGE
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and a new Center for Shakespeare Studies. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
The Southern Utah University College of Performing and Visual Arts is comprised of nationally accredited departments of Art and Design, Music, Theatre Arts and Dance, as well as a graduate program in Arts Administration and a new Center for Shakespeare Studies. The College offers 16 different degree areas, including liberal arts Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Science degrees; professional Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Fine Arts in art and theatre degrees; and a Master of Fine Arts in Arts Administration degree. More than 60 full- and part-time faculty and staff are engaged in teaching and mentoring over 550 majors in the College. Over 1100 students enroll each year in over 195 arts classes on the SUU campus. The College presents 100 performances, lectures, presentations, and exhibitions each year. The College’s affiliate organizations include the Braithwaite Fine Arts Gallery, American Folk Ballet, Utah Shakespeare Festival, and the SUU Ballroom Dance Company. For more information about the College of Performing and Visual Arts, contact the Office of the Dean at (435) 865-8561, or by e-mail at cpvamktg@suu.edu.
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