Jazz Small Ensembles: From Broadway to the Bandstand—Jazz Interpretations of Musical Theater and Victory—Songs from 1945
When:
Monday, April 14, 2025
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM CT
Where: Patrick G. and Shirley W. Ryan Center for the Musical Arts, McClintock Choral and Recital Room, 70 Arts Circle, Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: $6 general public/$4 students
Contact:
Concert Management Office
(847) 467-4000
Group: Bienen School of Music Concerts and Events
Category: Fine Arts
Description:
Darius Hampton and Joe Clark, conductors
The Darius Hampton ensemble shares all-new jazz arrangements of Broadway standards, and the Joe Clark ensemble performs music from 1945, when Allied countries celebrated the end of the Second World War.
Selections by the Joe Clark Ensemble
Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II (arr. Chase Wilkins), “June Is Bustin’ Out All Over”
Vic Mizzy and Manny Curtis (arr. Candice Tugby), “My Dreams Are Getting Better All the Time”
Mary Lou Williams (arr. Ethan Weisman), “Libra” from Zodiac Suite
Cole Porter (arr. Evan Diethrich), “Don’t Fence Me In”
Billy Reid and Buddy Kaye (arr. Brian Kachur), “I’ll Close My Eyes”
Johnny Mercer and Nat King Cole (arr. Dylan McGaharn), Nat King Cole Medley
“You Can’t Make Money Dreaming”
“I Wake Up Screaming, Dreaming of You”
Selections by the Darius Hampton Ensemble
Justin Hurwitz, Benj Pasek, and Justin Paul (arr. Mason Pia), “Another Day of Sun”
Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley (arr. Dario Allais), “Pure Imagination”
Meredith Willson (arr. Liam Powers), “Seventy-Six Trombones”
Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (arr. Octavio Escamilla), “She Loves Me”
Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim (arr. Alexander Myers), “Somewhere”
Stephen Schwartz (arr. Jun Byun), “Defying Gravity”