FOR RELEASE: Oct. 19, 2012
EDITORIAL CONTACT: Tim Musselman, Tim.Musselman@mtsu.edu or 615-898-2493
MURFREESBORO — Pianist Andy LaVerne, who’s
worked with a veritable “Who’s Who” of jazz, will launch the
14th season of the MTSU Jazz Artist Series on Thursday, Oct. 25, in Hinton Hall
inside the Wright Music Building.
The performance is set for 7:30 p.m., and public admission to the concert is $15 at the door. MTSU students, faculty and staff with valid IDs will be admitted free.
“LaVerne
is really an important voice in contemporary jazz, bringing the jazz tradition
to the stage while at the same time expanding into new territory through his
original compositions and arrangements. He also is known as a teacher of the
music, which will give our students an insight into the art of one of the
masters.”
MTSU
music faculty performing with LaVerne will include Simmons on trumpet, Don
Aliquo on saxophone, Jim Ferguson on bass, Derrek Phillips on drums and Pat
Coil performing a piano duo with the guest.
LaVerne, who studied
at Juilliard, Berklee and the New England Conservatory, has worked with the
greats of jazz: Frank Sinatra, Stan Getz, Woody Herman, Dizzy Gillespie, Chick
Corea, Lionel Hampton, Michael Brecker, Elvin Jones and more.
In
addition to the Oct. 25 concert, a free artist’s clinic with LaVerne is
scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 3 p.m. in Room 101 of MTSU’s Saunders Fine
Arts Building.
The
MTSU Jazz Artist series will continue its 2012-13 season on Feb. 14 with the
MTSU Jazz Faculty Nonet performing music from Miles Davis’s legendary “Birth of
the Cool” and on Feb. 23 with the MTSU Jazz Festival, featuring composer and
arranger Bill Holman.
Discount
admission also is available for area high school and middle school music
students. To reserve tickets, call 615-898-2724 or email James.Simmons@mtsu.edu.
For more information on any
MTSU School of Music performances, please call 615-898-2493 or see the complete
listing of concerts at www.mtsumusic.com
at the “Calendar of Events” link.
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