Purdue Jazz Band To Perform Patriotic Concert July 3
Purdue Jazz Band To Perform Patriotic Concert July 3
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Jennifer Peryam-jperyam@timesuniononline.com
Purdue Jazz Band To Perform Patriotic Concert July 3Purdue Jazz Band will bring the sounds of patriotic music to the Glover Pavilion in Central Park.
The free performance will be July 3 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. and is part of Warsaw Parks Department's summer concert series.
Music that will be performed includes "The Battle Hymn Of The Republic" and "America, The Beautiful." The band will perform music from artists such as Count Basie, Glenn Miller, Frank Sinatra and Thelonious Monk.
Membership in each of the jazz bands is determined through auditions held each semester. Musicians are grouped by ability, and performance literature is geared to the level of each band. Besides the Purdue Jazz Band, the department also offers lab jazz band, concert jazz band and a jazz workshop.The band performs annually for the July 4 "Stars and Stripes" concert for the Greater Lafayette Community Celebration.
The July 3 performance in Warsaw is the band's first time for performing in Warsaw.
Four different bands are a part of the jazz studies program at Purdue University, directed by Dr. M.T. "Mo" Trout.
The premier ensemble, the Purdue Jazz Band, has received numerous awards at collegiate jazz festivals in recent years, including the North Texas Jazz Festival, the Notre Dame Jazz Festival and the Elmhurst Collegiate Jazz Festival.
The band did a European tour in 2000, marking the third time the band has performed at the Montreux International Jazz Festival in Switzerland.
During summer 2008, the band spent two weeks on the department's first-ever study abroad program in Italy. The band also has performed in Germany, the Netherlands, Japan, and China and has toured throughout the United States.
The American Music Repertory Ensemble also enjoys a special spotlight in the department.
