FW: Montana State’s jazz ensembles celebrate International Jazz Day on April 30 with free performance

Montana State jazz ensembles celebrate International Jazz Day on April 30 with free performance

4/27/22  Contact: Ryan Matzinger, Ryan.matzinger@montana.edu, 406-994-5743

Summary: The Jazz Workshop Band and the One O’Clock Jazz Ensemble will present a concert of live big band jazz music on April 30.

 

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BOZEMAN—Montana State’s jazz ensembles will celebrate International Jazz Day on Saturday, April 30, with a free concert set at 2:30 p.m. in Inspiration Hall in the Norm Asbjornson building on the MSU campus.

 

Directed by Ryan Matzinger, professor in the MSU School of Music, the Jazz Workshop Band and the One O’Clock Jazz Ensemble will present a concert of live big band jazz music.

 

“The International Jazz Day concert will commemorate the various genres of big band jazz and the many legends who contributed so much to American culture and history through the uniquely indigenous art form,” Matzinger said.

 

Matzinger said International Jazz Day was established by UNESCO in 2011 at the initiative of Herbie Hancock, jazz musician and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador, and is celebrated every April 30. He said the annual celebration recognizes jazz as a force for peace, intercultural dialogue and international cooperation. Jazz Day 2022 is a call for global peace and unity, Matzinger said.

 

To learn more about International Jazz Day visit jazzday.com. To learn more about MSU’s musical ensembles, go to montana.edu/music/ensembles/.

 

 

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Carol Schmidt, assistant director

MSU News

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