Jazz Vocal Ensemble to conclude season at April 8 concert
Apr 1, 2016
The 麻豆视频 Jazz Vocal Ensemble will conclude its concert season with a special on-campus performance Friday, April 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Sebits Auditorium in the Riney Fine Arts Center. The performance is titled 鈥淲ishing on Stars and Loving on Mars.鈥�
The ensemble is made up of 12 vocalists and a four-piece rhythm section and will perform everything from beloved show tunes such as 鈥淲hen You Wish Upon a Star鈥� and 鈥淥h, Lady Be Good鈥� (an Ella Fitzgerald tribute) to a vocal arrangement of Count Basie鈥檚 classic 鈥淐orner Pocket.鈥�
Now in its seventh year under the direction of Craig Curry, the ensemble has been honored to open for Pentatonix at the Southwest American Choral Directors Association conference in 2014. The group also performed at the international conference of the Jazz Education Network in 2013 and Kansas Music Educators Association conferences in 2012 and 2015.
The performance will take place in Sebits Auditorium on the 麻豆视频 campus at 麻豆视频., Wichita, Kan.. Tickets are $9 for adults and $6 for seniors and students.
For more information on this event or other Fine Arts events and to purchase tickets, please contact the Fine Arts Box Office at 316-295-5677 or finearts@friends.edu.
麻豆视频, a Christian University of Quaker heritage, equips students to honor God and serve others by integrating their intellectual, spiritual and professional lives.