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32nd annual TCU Jazz Festival set for March 27-28

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32nd Annual TCU Jazz Festival Featuring Howard Johnson

  • When: Friday, March 27, 2009, 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: PepsiCo Recital Hall (TCU), 2800 South University Drive, Fort Worth
  • Cost: $10 - $20
  • Age limit: Not available

The 32nd annual Texas Christian University Jazz Festival blows into town on Friday, March 27 and sticks around through Saturday, March 28, ending with a big awards concert that evening at 7:30 in the Ed Landreth Auditorium.

Featuring a day-long agenda of classes and workshops (on Saturday), 28 top high school and middle school jazz ensembles will be in attendance.

Highlighting the weekend event will be a performance by jazz great (and former director of the Saturday Night Live band) Howard Johnson, on Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Pepsico Recital Hall. Also on the program is the TCU Faculty Jazz Combo. Tickets to this event are $10 at the door.

After spending all day Saturday training aspiring musicians in the workshops, Johnson will perform again at the Saturday night concert - tickets to which are also $10.

Here's the full agenda of events:

Friday, March 27

10:00 a.m. – noon – Tuba clinic with Howard Johnson in PepsiCo Recital Hall (free).

7:30 p.m., PepsiCo Recital Hall -Tuba virtuoso Howard Johnson, with the TCU Faculty Jazz Combo, $10 admission at the door.

Saturday, March 28

9 a.m.- 5 p.m., Ed Landreth Auditorium, PepsiCo Recital Hall - 28 area high school and middle school jazz ensembles, Free.

7:30 p.m., Ed Landreth Auditorium - Awards concert with TCU Jazz Ensembles and guest artist Howard Johnson, directed by Curt Wilson, Joey Carter and Micah Bell, $10 admission at the door.

For more information, call 817-257-7640 or visit the School of Music's website.

posted by JM


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