Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra: The Artistry of Bob Brookmeyer and Toshiko Akiyoshi
When:
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM Central
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, Galvin Recital Hall, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free; reserve tickets in advance.
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Darius Hampton, conductor
Bob Brookmeyer and Toshiko Akiyoshi were two “masters of the pen” who recognized the genius of their predecessors in jazz and classical music, and harnessed their creative techniques and skills to create works exploring music’s elements of rhythm, harmony, melody, and texture. In this performance, jazz studies students share some of the Brookmeyer and Akiyoshi works that helped to solidify their reputations as master composers and arrangers. Selections will include Brookmeyer’s ABC Blues, First Love Song, and Hello and Goodbye, and Akiyoshi’s Road Time Shuffle, Transience, and My Elegy. Come celebrate their music, as performed by the Northwestern University Jazz Orchestra.