Free for UMass students with ID
Jeffrey W. Holmes, Coordinator & Director of Jazz & African American Music Studies program
Music by faculty members Jeff Holmes, Felipe Salles, Catherine Jensen-Hole, Tom Giampietro and Fumi Tomita, and the late Dr. Billy Taylor and Yusef Lateef; graduate and undergrad students Forest Loomis-Dulong, Sean Riddle, Matt Padula and Ethan Ni, plus arrangements by alum Lucas Apostoleris '15
Arranged tunes include Beyonce's Single Ladies, Billy Taylor's If You Really Are Concerned, Rodgers & Hammerstein's My Favorite Things, vocal and instrumental arrangements of Henry Mancini's Days of Wine and Roses, Yusef Lateef's arrangement of I'll Remember April and compositions by current students and faculty.
Including Jazz Ensemble I; Chapel, Jazz Lab and Vocal Jazz Ensembles, plus Graduate Composers’ Ensemble, Graduate Jazz Quartet, Chamber Jazz Ensembles and Jazz Faculty
This event is part of the UMass Amherst 2024 Spring Arts Festival. Learn more about the festival on the website.
