TEXAS PERFORMING ARTS PRESENTS

THE UT WIND ENSEMBLE
JERRY F. JUNKIN, CONDUCTOR
WITH SPECIAL GUESTS,
JOSEPH ALESSI, TROMBONE,
AND THE JIM CULLUM JAZZ BAND

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 2010, 7:00 P.M.
AT BASS CONCERT HALL

PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UT BUTLER SCHOOL OF MUSIC

“The performance by Jerry Junkin and The University of Texas Wind Ensemble is just stellar. It is amazing to think that this is a college group.” – newmusicbox.com

“...(Allesi’s) extraordinary accuracy and rhythmic dexterity…His variety of sound, from drainpipe low drones to trumpet-like high notes, was remarkable.” – New York Times

“Boisterous, foot-tapping, contagious improvisation.” – Washington Post on the Jim Cullum Jazz Band

PROGRAM:

John Mackey (b. 1973) – Kingfisher’s Catch Fire
I. Following falls and falls of rain

II. Kingfishers catch fire
John Mackey – Harvest: Concerto for Trombone
Joseph Alessi, trombone
Premiere performance

Intermission

Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) – Postcard
Frank Ticheli – Playing With Fire
I. A la Bauduc
II. Shades of Blue
III. Polyphonies and Riffs
With the Jim Cullum Jazz Band
World Premiere of the Wind Ensemble Version

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Texas Performing Arts presents The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble’s first program of the performance season, with special guests Joseph Alessi, trombone, and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band, Sunday, September 16 at Bass Concert Hall. Tickets ($15 / Limited $10 student tickets) are on sale now authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO. (2386)

Conducted by Jerry F. Junkin, The University of Texas at Austin Wind Ensemble has firmly established itself as one of America’s elite wind bands. Since 1988, the group has been an active commissioner of new music for wind ensemble and has premiered works by composers such as John Corigliano, Michael Daugherty, Donald Grantham, David Maslanka, and Dan Welcher.

For this performance, the UT Wind Ensemble continues its commitment to new work with the premiere of John Mackey’s Concerto for Trombone and Wind Ensemble, performed by trombonist Joseph Alessi; and the premiere of the wind ensemble arrangement of Frank Ticheli’s Playing With Fire, featuring San Antonio’s Jim Cullum Jazz Band.

Considered to be one of the finest living trombonists, Joseph Alessi has been the Principal Trombone of the New York Philharmonic since 1985. Mr. Alessi is an active soloist, recitalist, and chamber music performer and is currently on the faculty of The Juilliard School. For more information on Mr. Alessi, please visit josephalessi.com.

The Jim Cullum Jazz Band plays classic jazz in the vein of Jelly Roll Morton, Original Dixieland Jazz Band, New Orleans Rhythm Kings, King Oliver Creole Jazz Band, Louis Armstrong, and Sidney Bechet. The band performs frequently at the Landing Jazz Club on the Riverwalk in San Antonio, Texas.

CALENDAR LISTING

Sunday, September 26, 2010, 7:00 pm –Texas Performing Arts presents the UT Wind Ensemble, Jerry F. Junkin, Conductor, with special guests Joseph Alessi, trombone, and the Jim Cullum Jazz Band at Bass Concert Hall (E. 23rd St. and Robert Dedman Dr). A map of the campus:
TexasPerformingArts.org/visit/maps_directions. Tickets ($15 / Limited $10 student tickets) are on sale now at authorized ticket outlets, which include the Bass Concert Hall Box Office, most H-E-B stores and all Texas Box Office outlets, online at TexasPerformingArts.org, or by calling (512) 477-6060 or (800) 982-BEVO (2386).

PRESS CONTACT:
Gene Bartholomew; 512.471.0632 gbartholomew@TexasPerformingArts.org

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