Event:
March 6th – 7th, 2009
(8:00 pm both nights)
Minnesota Orchestra Hall
Minneapolis, MN

One of the world’s premiere jazz orchestras will be in the Twin Cities for two days of student clinics and concert hall performances, March 6th-7th. The Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, directed by trumpeter and jazz icon Wynton Marsalis, will present clinics and workshops for selected high school bands, a free afternoon family concert, and two different evening concert programs during their residency, all at Minnesota Orchestra Hall in downtown Minneapolis.

Jazz At The Lincoln Center (JALC) will host a “Minnesota Orchestra Jazz Festival” for five invited high school bands on Friday, March 6th. Selected through competitive application, the school bands include Duluth Central High School, Rosemount High School, St. Paul Central High School, Annandale High School and Minneapolis South High School. Throughout the day, student musicians will attend clinics and have the opportunity to perform on the Orchestra Hall stage.

On Saturday afternoon (2 pm), JALC will present “Jazz for Young People: What Is Jazz?” The audience was selected through a random drawing in December, and will learn about the rhythms, melodies and musicians who characterize jazz.

On Friday and Saturday evenings, JALC presents two different concert programs. Friday, the orchestra celebrates the music of the great and eccentric bebop composer, Thelonious Monk, as part of the Piper Jaffrey Jazz Season. On Saturday night, JALC presents an evening highlighting the virtuoso soloists of the orchestra in a concert sponsored by Target.

About The Group:

Perhaps the most readily recognized name in jazz today, Wynton Marslis was the first jazz composer to win the Pulitzer Prize (for 1994’s Blood on the Fields) and the only artist to receive both jazz and classical Grammies in the same year. New Orleans native Marsalis is one of four musician sons of pianist/educator Ellis Marsalis. In addition to leading the JALC, Wynton leads his septet and serves as a U.N. Messenger of Peace and a cultural ambassador through the State Department’s CultureConnect program. His series of “Standard Time” recordings are considered modern classics.

The JALC Orchestra also includes: Sean Jones, Ryan Kisor, and Marcus Printup, trumpets; Vincent Gardner, Chris Crenshaw, and Elliot Mason, trombones; Sherman Irby, Ted Nash, Walter Blanding, Jr., Victor Goines, and Joe Temperley, saxes and reeds; Dan Nimmer, piano; Carlos Henriquez, bass; and Ali Jackson, drums.

Location:
Minnesota Orchestra Hall
1111 Nicollet Mall
Minneapolis, MN 55403
(612) 371-5641
http://www.minnesotaorchestra.org/new_home/index.cfm

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