[NEohioPAL]Oberlin Jazz Septet Tour Includes Stops in Atlanta, Philadelphia, and D.C.
Marci Janas
Marci.Janas at oberlin.edu
Tue Jan 10 06:30:04 PST 2006
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Media Contact Only:
Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell); marci.janas at oberlin.edu
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Oberlin Jazz Septet Winter Tour Includes Stops in Atlanta,
Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
<Editors please note: a complete tour schedule is included with this=20
release.>
OBERLIN, OHIO (Jan. 10, 2006)=97The Oberlin Jazz Septet (OJS), an=20
ensemble representing the most outstanding student performers,=20
arrangers, and composers from the Oberlin Conservatory of Music at=20
Oberlin College, embarks January 16 on a tour of seven cities in the=20
eastern and southeastern U.S.
The OJS will perform in Richmond, Virginia, as part of the =
Richmond=20
Jazz Society=92s Guest Educator Series, and visit Huguenot High School=20=
for an outreach exchange with students. In Washington, D.C., they will=20=
appear at DC Twins Jazz and perform outreach at the Duke Ellington=20
School of the Arts. In Philadelphia, they will perform at Ortlieb=92s=20
Jazzhaus, named one of the top 50 jazz clubs in the U.S. by Downbeat=20
magazine. They will also visit the Philadelphia High School for the=20
Creative and Performing Arts. In Durham, North Carolina, they will=20
visit the Durham School of the Arts and give a performance at the=20
school=92s Weaver Auditorium. They will also visit the North Carolina=20
School of the Arts at Winston-Salem. In Jacksonville, Florida, they=20
will appear at the Caf=E9 Bolero=97where proceeds from their concert =
will=20
benefit Sickle Cell Children of Jacksonville=97and visit the Douglas=20
Anderson School of the Arts. At the Woodruff Arts Center in Atlanta,=20
home of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and site of last year=92s=20
Montreux-Atlanta Music Festival, the OJS will share the bill with Gwen=20=
Hughes and her trio. They will also visit Henry W. Grady High School.=20
The last stop on the tour, Louisville, Kentucky, will have them=20
performing at the Jazz Factory and visiting the Youth Performing Arts=20
School.
The members of the OJS are nominated each year by the jazz =
studies=20
faculty at Oberlin. This year they are: trombonist Allie Bosso =9206 =
from=20
Simsbury, Connecticut, a student of Associate Professor of Jazz=20
Trombone Robin Eubanks; saxophonist Johnny Butler =9206 from Seattle,=20
Washington, a student of Visiting Professor of Jazz Saxophone Gary=20
Bartz; guitarist Andrew Conklin =9206 from Wyndmoore, Pennsylvania, a=20
student of Associate Professor of Jazz Guitar Robert Ferrazza;=20
trumpeter Theodore Croker =9207 from Leesburg, Florida, a student of=20
Visiting Professor of Jazz Trumpet Marcus Belgrave and grandson of the=20=
legendary trumpet player Doc Cheatham; drummer Charles Foldesh =9207 =
from=20
Prescott, Arizona, a student of Assistant Professor of Jazz Percussion=20=
Billy Hart and Professor of Percussion Michael Rosen; pianist Sullivan=20=
Fortner =9208 from LaPlace, Louisiana, a student of visiting teacher of=20=
jazz piano Dan Wall; and double bassist Curtis Ostle =9206 from Chevy=20
Chase, Maryland, a student of Professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass=20=
Peter Dominguez, who also directs the OJS.
In past years the OJS has been featured at the Detroit, =
Elmhurst, and=20
Notre Dame jazz festivals, at performance venues in Cleveland, Chicago,=20=
St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver, and at Jazz Aspen Snowmass, and at=20=
many high schools and arts programs throughout the United States. Their=20=
performance repertoire includes original compositions and arrangements=20=
of classic jazz.=A0
Jazz at Oberlin
The jazz studies program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music is =
one=20
of the most popular majors at Oberlin and contributes significantly to=20=
the richness and diversity of the Conservatory and the overall campus.=20=
In December 2005, Oberlin College received what is believed to be the=20
largest gift ever given specifically for the support of jazz education=20=
at a college in the United States=97$5 million from Cleveland =
businessman=20
and Oberlin alumnus Stewart Kohl and his wife, Donna.
Oberlin incorporated jazz into the Conservatory=92s curriculum =
in 1972=20
and began offering a major in jazz studies in 1989. Today it is one of=20=
the premiere undergraduate jazz studies programs in the U.S., preparing=20=
students for careers as professional jazz musicians and for advanced=20
study in jazz. The jazz studies faculty includes composers and=20
performers who maintain active jazz careers in addition to teaching=20
lessons and classes and coaching ensembles. Numerous Oberlin alumni=20
have achieved success in the jazz idiom, among them keyboardist Ted=20
Baker, pianist and composer Stanley Cowell, bassist, composer, and=20
arranger Leon Lee Dorsey, pianist, arranger, and producer Allen=20
Farnham, bassist Ben Jaffe of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, composer=20=
and pianist Jon Jang, writer, composer, and saxophonist James McBride,=20=
and trumpeter, trombonist, and composer Michael Mossman.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated =
within=20
the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the oldest=20=
continuously operating conservatory in the United States. Renowned=20
internationally as a professional music school of the highest caliber=20
and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the Washington Post, =
Oberlin=92s=20
alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious careers in all aspects of=20
the serious music world. For more information about jazz at Oberlin,=20
please visit http://www.oberlin.edu/con/divinfo/jazz/.
Oberlin Jazz Septet Tour Schedule
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Tuesday, January 17
7 =96 9 PM
Emilio=92s Restaurant Espa=F1ol
1847 West Broad Street (corner of Broad and Meadow)
Part of Richmond Jazz Society=92s Guest Educator Series
Tickets: $8 general public, $5 for supporters with an RJS ID card.
For more information, call the Richmond Jazz Society at 804-643-1972 or=20=
visit http://www.vajazz.org
WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, January 18
8 PM to MIDNIGHT
D.C. Twins Jazz
1344 U Street NW
Tickets: $5 admission added to customer tab ($10 food/drink minimum)
For more information, call Twins Jazz at 202-234-0072, or visit
http://twinsjazz.com/
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA
Thursday, January 19
8:30 PM onward
Ortlieb=92s Jazzhaus
847 North 3rd St. (at Poplar)
No admission charge ($10 food/drink minimum)
For more information, call Ortlieb=92s at 215-922-1035 or visit
http://ortliebsjazzhaus.com
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
Tuesday, January 24
7:30 =96 9:30 PM
Durham School of the Arts
Weaver Auditorium
400 North Duke St.
FREE ADMISSION
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA
Friday, January 27
Sets beginning at 8, 9, and 10 PM
Caf=E9 Bolero
8595 Beach Blvd.
Tickets: $10 general public; $5 students and seniors.
Proceeds benefit Sickle Cell Children of Jacksonville
For reservations and information, call 904-504-2763
ATLANTA, GEORGIA
With the Gwen Hughes Trio
Monday, January 30
8 PM
14th Street Playhouse
Woodruff Arts Center
173 14th Street
Tickets: $15
Call 404-733-4738 or visit
www.14thstplayhouse.org
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY
Tuesday, January 31
7:30 PM and 9:30 PM
The Jazz Factory
815 West Market Street
(Downtown in the lower level of the Glassworks Building)
Free parking /No cover charge or minimum.
Call 502-992-3242 or visit
http://www.jazzfactory.us
# # #
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Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=
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<flushright><underline><bigger>Media Contact Only:
</bigger></underline><bigger>Marci Janas, Director of Conservatory
Media Relations
(440) 775-8328 (office); (440) 667-2724 (cell);
=
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>marci.janas at oberlin.edu</co=
lor></underline>
</bigger></flushright><underline><bigger>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
</bigger></underline><center><bigger>
<bold>Oberlin Jazz Septet Winter Tour Includes Stops in Atlanta,=20
Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C.
</bold></bigger><bold><<Editors please note: a complete tour schedule
is included with this release.><bigger>
</bigger></bold></center><bigger>OBERLIN, OHIO (Jan. 10, 2006)=97The
Oberlin Jazz Septet (OJS), an ensemble representing the most
outstanding student performers, arrangers, and composers from the
Oberlin Conservatory of Music at Oberlin College, embarks January 16
on a tour of seven cities in the eastern and southeastern U.S.
The OJS will perform in <bold>Richmond, Virginia</bold>, as part =
of
the Richmond Jazz Society=92s Guest Educator Series, and visit Huguenot
High School for an outreach exchange with students. In
<bold>Washington, D.C</bold>., they will appear at DC Twins Jazz and
perform outreach at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts. In
<bold>Philadelphia</bold>, they will perform at Ortlieb=92s Jazzhaus,
named one of the top 50 jazz clubs in the U.S. by
<italic>Downbeat</italic> magazine. They will also visit the
Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts. In
<bold>Durham, North Carolina</bold>, they will visit the Durham School
of the Arts and give a performance at the school=92s Weaver Auditorium.
They will also visit the North Carolina School of the Arts at
Winston-Salem. In <bold>Jacksonville, Florida</bold>, they will appear
at the Caf=E9 Bolero=97where proceeds from their concert will benefit
Sickle Cell Children of Jacksonville=97and visit the Douglas Anderson
School of the Arts. At the Woodruff Arts Center in
<bold>Atlanta</bold>, home of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and site
of last year=92s Montreux-Atlanta Music Festival, the OJS will share the
bill with Gwen Hughes and her trio. They will also visit Henry W.
Grady High School. The last stop on the tour, <bold>Louisville,
Kentucky</bold>, will have them performing at the Jazz Factory and
visiting the Youth Performing Arts School.<bold>
</bold>The members of the OJS are nominated each year by the =
jazz
studies faculty at Oberlin. This year they are: <bold>trombonist Allie
Bosso =9206</bold> from Simsbury, Connecticut, a student of Associate
Professor of Jazz Trombone Robin Eubanks; <bold>saxophonist Johnny
Butler =9206</bold> from Seattle, Washington, a student of Visiting
Professor of Jazz Saxophone Gary Bartz; <bold>guitarist Andrew Conklin
=9206</bold> from Wyndmoore, Pennsylvania, a student of Associate
Professor of Jazz Guitar Robert Ferrazza; <bold>trumpeter Theodore
Croker =9207</bold> from Leesburg, Florida, a student of Visiting
Professor of Jazz Trumpet Marcus Belgrave and grandson of the
legendary trumpet player Doc Cheatham; <bold>drummer Charles Foldesh
=9207</bold> from Prescott, Arizona, a student of Assistant Professor of
Jazz Percussion Billy Hart and Professor of Percussion Michael Rosen;
<bold>pianist Sullivan Fortner =9208</bold> from LaPlace, Louisiana, a
student of visiting teacher of jazz piano Dan Wall; and <bold>double
bassist Curtis Ostle =9206</bold> from Chevy Chase, Maryland, a student
of Professor of Jazz Studies and Double Bass Peter Dominguez, who also
directs the OJS.
In past years the OJS has been featured at the Detroit, =
Elmhurst, and
Notre Dame jazz festivals, at performance venues in Cleveland,
Chicago, St. Louis, Kansas City, and Denver, and at Jazz Aspen
Snowmass, and at many high schools and arts programs throughout the
United States. Their performance repertoire includes original
compositions and arrangements of classic jazz.=A0
<bold>Jazz at Oberlin
</bold> The jazz studies program at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music
is one of the most popular majors at Oberlin and contributes
significantly to the richness and diversity of the Conservatory and
the overall campus. In December 2005, Oberlin College received what is
believed to be the largest gift ever given specifically for the
support of jazz education at a college in the United States=97$5 million
from Cleveland businessman and Oberlin alumnus Stewart Kohl and his
wife, Donna.
Oberlin incorporated jazz into the Conservatory=92s curriculum =
in 1972
and began offering a major in jazz studies in 1989. Today it is one of
the premiere undergraduate jazz studies programs in the U.S.,
preparing students for careers as professional jazz musicians and for
advanced study in jazz. The jazz studies faculty includes composers
and performers who maintain active jazz careers in addition to
teaching lessons and classes and coaching ensembles. Numerous Oberlin
alumni have achieved success in the jazz idiom, among them keyboardist
Ted Baker, pianist and composer Stanley Cowell, bassist, composer, and
arranger Leon Lee Dorsey, pianist, arranger, and producer Allen
Farnham, bassist Ben Jaffe of the Preservation Hall Jazz Band,
composer and pianist Jon Jang, writer, composer, and saxophonist James
McBride, and trumpeter, trombonist, and composer Michael Mossman.
The Oberlin Conservatory of Music, founded in 1865 and situated
within the intellectual vitality of Oberlin College since 1867, is the
oldest continuously operating conservatory in the United States.
Renowned internationally as a professional music school of the highest
caliber and pronounced a =93national treasure=94 by the =
<italic>Washington
Post,</italic> Oberlin=92s alumni have gone on to achieve illustrious
careers in all aspects of the serious music world. For more
information about jazz at Oberlin, please visit
=
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>http://www.oberlin.edu/con/=
divinfo/jazz/</color></underline>.
</bigger><center><bold><bigger><bigger><bigger>Oberlin Jazz Septet
Tour Schedule
</bigger></bigger>
</bigger></bold></center><bold><bigger>RICHMOND, VIRGINIA
Tuesday, January 17
7 =96 9 PM
Emilio=92s Restaurant Espa=F1ol
1847 West Broad Street (corner of Broad and Meadow)
Part of Richmond Jazz Society=92s Guest Educator
Series</bigger></bold><bigger>=20
Tickets: $8 general public, $5 for supporters with an RJS ID card.=20
For more information, call the Richmond Jazz Society at 804-643-1972
or visit http://www.vajazz.org<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param>
</fontfamily><bold>WASHINGTON, D.C.
Wednesday, January 18
8 PM to MIDNIGHT
D.C. Twins Jazz
</bold>1344 U Street NW
Tickets: $5 admission added to customer tab ($10 food/drink minimum)
For more information, call Twins Jazz at 202-234-0072, or visit
http://twinsjazz.com/<fontfamily><param>Verdana</param>
</fontfamily>
<bold>PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA</bold>
<bold>Thursday, January 19
8:30 PM onward=20
Ortlieb=92s Jazzhaus
</bold>847 North 3rd St. (at Poplar)<bold>
</bold>No admission charge ($10 food/drink minimum)
For more information, call Ortlieb=92s at 215-922-1035 or visit=20
http://ortliebsjazzhaus.com=20
</bigger><flushboth><bold><bigger>DURHAM, NORTH =
CAROLINA</bigger></bold><bigger>
<bold>Tuesday, January 24
7:30 =96 9:30 PM
Durham School of the Arts
</bold>Weaver Auditorium
400 North Duke St.
FREE ADMISSION
<bold>JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA</bold>
<bold>Friday, January 27
Sets beginning at 8, 9, and 10 PM
Caf=E9 Bolero</bold>
8595 Beach Blvd.
Tickets: $10 general public; $5 students and seniors.=20
Proceeds benefit Sickle Cell Children of Jacksonville
For reservations and information, call 904-504-2763
<bold>ATLANTA, GEORGIA
<italic>With the Gwen Hughes Trio</italic></bold><italic>
</italic><bold>Monday, January 30
8 PM
</bold></bigger></flushboth><bold><bigger>14th Street
Playhouse</bigger></bold><bigger>=20
<bold>Woodruff Arts Center</bold>=20
173 14th Street
Tickets: $15
Call 404-733-4738 or visit
=
<underline><color><param>0000,0000,FFFF</param>www.14thstplayhouse.org</co=
lor></underline>
<bold>LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY</bold>
</bigger><flushboth><bold><bigger>Tuesday, January 31
7:30 PM and 9:30 PM
The Jazz Factory
</bigger></bold><bigger>815 West Market Street
(Downtown in the lower level of the Glassworks Building)
Free parking /No cover charge or minimum.=20
</bigger></flushboth><bigger>Call 502-992-3242 or visit=20
http://www.jazzfactory.us
</bigger><center><bold><bigger># # #
</bigger></bold></center><bold><bigger>
</bigger></bold><center><bold><bigger>
</bigger></bold></center><bigger>
=09
</bigger>
Marci Janas
Director of Conservatory Media Relations
Oberlin Conservatory of Music
39 West College Street
Oberlin, OH 44074
www.oberlin.edu/con
(P) 440-775-8328
(F) 440-775-5457
marci.janas at oberlin.edu=
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