The University at Albany Department of Music is pleased to present a
shared program by the University Concert Band and the University Jazz
Ensemble on Monday, March 19, 2008 at 7:30pm in the Main Theatre of the Performing Arts Center on the uptown campus.
Directed by faculty
member Kevin Champagne, the Concert
Band’s portion of the program will include a wide variety of works including a
Beethoven march, an African piece named "Mandjiani" and a medley of
selections from the Broadway musical "Wicked." Directed by faculty member David
Hosley, the
University Jazz Ensemble will perform the
music of Count Basie, Stan Kenton and Spyro Gyra.
Champagne
has performed throughout New York State
as a solo classical guitarist as well as with various jazz and rock bands. He has also sung with the Westminster
Choir College
at Carnegie Hall and with the College
of Saint Rose Masterworks Chorale
at Saint Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. Champagne
has been employed as Band Director at Lansingburgh
Central School District
since 1988. Hosley, a teacher at Columbia
High School leading the school’s
Wind and Jazz Ensembles, is a professional trumpet player, keyboardist and
piano player with Top Shelf.
This is the Jazz
Ensemble’s last concert of the season. The
Concert Band will share a program with the Percussion Ensemble on May 5.
Tickets are $6 for the general
public and $3 for students and may be purchased through the Performing Arts
Center Box Office. For further information,
contact the Box Office at (518) 442-3997 or visit the Performing Arts Center
website at www.albany.edu/pac.
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