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JSO Performing Friday on WIU Campus

October 3, 2022

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MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present a Jazz Studio Orchestra (JSO) Concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 7 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

The JSO, under the direction of Assistant Professor of Piano and Director of Jazz Studies Whitney Ashe, will also feature faculty musicians Assistant Professor Charlie Chadwell, alto saxophone and Associate Professor Kevin Nichols, percussion.

This performance is open free for general audience seating and the performance will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook page.

PROGRAM

Backbone - Thad Jones

Kids are Pretty People - Thad Jones

Skylark - Hoagy Carmichael/arr. Bob Brookmeyer

Chucho - Paquito D'Rivera/arr. Justin Haynes
featuring Nichols, percussion

Sunset and the Mockingbird - Duke Ellington
featuring Chadwell, saxophone

Us - Thad Jones
featuring Chadwell, saxophone and Nichols, percussion

Slide's Derangement - Slide Hampton

For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.

Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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