| Schedule information | |
| Event | Next Wave Jazz Ensemble & Georgetown Univ. Jazz Ensemble |
| When | Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 7:30pm |
| Where | Davis Performing Arts Center Gonda Theatre |
| Event details | |
| Details |
Next Wave Jazz Ensemble MUC Joe McCarthy, unit leader Georgetown University Jazz Ensemble Aaron Broadus, director The Next Wave Jazz Ensemble, one of the Navy’s two premier big bands, returns to campus for a shared concert with the GU Jazz Ensemble. The 17-member Next Wave, under the leadership of Chief Musician Joe McCarthy on drums, will perform a program including two new commissions written for the band by jazz composers Jim McNeely and Vince Norman. The Next Wave has performed around the country and been featured locally at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Sylvan Theater, Smithsonian Sculpture Garden, and Blues Alley. The Georgetown University Jazz Ensemble, which focuses on the historical big band sounds of Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Stan Kenton and other great bands from the 1930s to the present, will perform works by Maynard Ferguson, Sammy Nestico, and Michael Philip Mossman. FREE |
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| Contact |
Department of Performing Arts 108 Davis Performing Arts Center 3700 O St., NW Box 571063 Washington, D.C. 20057-1063 Phone: (202) 687-3838 |
| Sponsors | Georgetown University Music Program |
| Calendar |
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