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Jazz ensemble II

Do you like jazz? Well, the Ministry of Music from UW-Whitewater presents three amazing concerts directed by lecturer Brad Townsend and Dr. Michael Hackett. These concerts took place on Tuesday, April 8, Thursday, April 10 and Thursday, April 17th in the Light Recital Hall. The jazz ensemble II contained four pieces with a beautiful beat and speed. The pieces are “hot house”, “15 minutes late”, “alone together”, “The Jitterbug Waltz” and “Hunting Wabbits”. The show had a nice calming effect on the audience, a turn of adventure and amazing solos from the band members.

Jazz combinations and improvisers orchestras

“We are not a combination,” said Townsend. “We are referred to as an improviser orchestra and are a fully improvised ensemble. There is no music, nothing written. We only listen to each other and conduct a musical conversation and create a composition in real time.”

This is something new in Whitewater and the ensemble has led. The concert also contained Jazz Combos I, II and III, all of which are different and unique. The Jazz Combo III was a three-man band with bassist Nolan Warner, guitarist Adam Nevala and Jacob Hucke on the drums. Her last song was written by Adam Nevala with the inspiration to concentrate on homework and led him to the serenity of his song “Focus”.

Jazz ensemble I

The jazz ensemble I was a pleasant performance with seven breathtaking songs and some were school selection. Two of the pieces showed the singer McKenna Camacho, who studied a junior of choral music training.

“I am very grateful to be able to sing with the jazz band,” said Camacho. “Dr. Hackett is fantastic to work, he lets me choose that ''Lovers comes back to me. 'One of the biggest challenges was that I am the only student who sings and only holds with the band in time. “

Hackett briefly spoke about the play “Young Blood”, in which the soloists Ryan Maddix on trumpet, Teegan Cross on Tenor Sax and Lauren Koslowski can be seen on Alt Sax.

“I was able to play pretty well tonight,” said Koslowski. “I thought my solo went pretty well. In the end I did an Altissimo G -G meeting. I think it's a lot of fun, and the band is a group of very talented people, they are always fun during the rehearsal.”