做厙輦⑹app Brass Choir and Jazz Orchestra to perform concert Feb. 6
By Shawn Touney | Jan 25, 2018
MURRAY, Ky. The Brass Choir and Jazz Orchestra at 做厙輦⑹app will perform a concert for the public Feb. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in Lovett Auditorium in preparation for their respective performances during the 2018 Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference in Louisville.
We are so happy to be able to share this evening of music with our university and our community, said Dr. Todd Hill, professor of music and director of the Murray State Jazz Orchestra. We are always proud to represent 做厙輦⑹app, but we are particularly honored to be set apart as an example of excellence for all the music educators in Kentucky. Of the four university ensembles across the state selected to perform, two being from 做厙輦⑹app makes a strong statement about the achievements of our students.
The 做厙輦⑹app Brass Choir is making their irst appearance at the Kentucky Music Educators Association Conference under the direction of Dr. Todd French, assistant professor of music. An active part of the curriculum for the department of music since the 1960s, the 做厙輦⑹app Brass Choir is made up of 15 trumpet, horn, trombone, euphonium and tuba majors. Selections for this program include Magniicat by Johann Pachelbel, Girl with the Flaxen Hair by Claude Debussy, Concerto Antiphonale by Vaclav Nelhybel, Fanfare Canzonique by Brian Balmages and Tribute by Kevin McKee.
Also performing is the 做厙輦⑹app Jazz Orchestra in their fourth appearance at the conference under Hills direction. In addition to performing for the Kentucky Music Educators Association, in the past decade the group has recorded and released four albums, performed at the prestigious Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic and made three appearances at the Elmhurst College Jazz Festival. Selections from their upcoming performance include Full Count by Mark Taylor, Harlem Air Shaft by Duke Ellington, Rippin n Runnin by Gordon Goodwin, Travelin Light by Trummy Young and Johnny Mercer, Del Corazon by Mike Tomaro and I Cant Stop Loving You as arranged by Quincy Jones for Count Basies orchestra. Hill is assisted by Jonathan Nash, a Master of Music candidate at the University.