Jazz ensemble, concert band offer fall concert Sunday at Yoder
Bluffton University's Jazz Ensemble and Concert Band will take center stage Sunday, Oct. 30, for the university's annual Fall Instrumental Concert, at 2:30 p.m. in Yoder Recital Hall. The concert is free and open to the public; an offering will be taken for music scholarships.
The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Adam Schattschneider, professor of music, will present seven numbers, including swing-era classics "In The Mood" by Joe Garland-with an arrangement by Paul Lavender-and "Take the 'A' Train" by Billy Strayhorn.
Dr. Jeffrey Boehm, professor of music, conducts the Concert Band, which will perform an "American Vistas"-themed program featuring "Michigan Sketches for Concert Band" by Dr. Peter Terry, an associate professor of music at Bluffton, and "Shenandoah," conducted by James Brake, a Bluffton senior from Ohio City.
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