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Jazz trumpeter Marcus Printup performs with UGA Jazz Band Friday

Wednesday, January 11th, 2012

Marcus Printup

Join Steve Dancz and the UGA Jazz Band as they welcome Conyers native Marcus Printup to the Hodgson Hall stage for a must-see concert at 8 pm, Friday, January 13 in Hodgson Hall. Tickets are $10, or $5 for UGA students with ID.

Mr. Printup has performed and/or recorded with Betty Carter, Dianne Reeves, Eric Reed, Cyrus Chestnut, Wycliffe Gordon, Marcus Roberts among many others. He has also recorded several records as leader of his own group.

Mr. Printup is an educator for Jazz @ Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington competition, the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Middle School Jazz Academy, the Savannah Music Festival Swing City Competition and an adjunct faculty member of the New School in Manhattan.

This concert is presented as part of the Trumpet Festival of the Southeast.

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Super Bowl Score

Tuesday, February 8th, 2011

From an article on Steve Dancz’s very successful pre-Super Bowl film:

Dancz hopes his score will continue to make an impact after the credits roll on the film. After the game, iTunes users can download “Declaration Anthem,” and the proceeds will go to the Wounded Warriors Project.

“There have been 40,000 soldiers injured in our present conflicts, so a lot of help needs to be given,” Dancz said. “The Wounded Warriors Project is doing amazing work. It was kind of a light bulb moment to help them.”

Us, too.

The film can be seen here.

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Music by UGA faculty to be featured at Super Bowl

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

The Declaration of Independence, a film created for broadcast before Super Bowl XLV on Feb. 6, features a score by Steve Dancz, director of the UGA Jazz Studies program in the Hugh Hodgson School of Music. The score, highlighted by master’s student Chuck Arnold as trumpet soloist, will be released on iTunes this week as “Declaration Anthem.” Alumnus Ben Leathers served as an assistant to Dancz on the composition. “The Declaration of Independence” also features an introduction and perspective from retired Army Gen. Colin Powell and NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and includes current and former NFL players reading excerpts from the Declaration of Independence, with participants chosen for their extraordinary service to team and country.

Declaration Anthem” is available on iTunes and Amazon, (also as a ringtone), with a portion of all proceeds to benefit The Wounded Warrior Project, a charity for wounded veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces : www.woundedwarriorproject.org
Please help us spread the word about this great opportunity to help those who serve our country.


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Jazz at the High Museum featuring Steve Dancz

Thursday, September 16th, 2010

Friday Jazz, an evening of art & music every third Friday of the month at Atlanta’s High Museum of Art, will feature Steve Dancz tomorrow night, September 17, 5-10 pm. Dancz, director of the Jazz Studies Program at the Hodgson School of Music, has performed extensively throughout the world – though perhaps this is the first time he has been paired with an exhibition by Salvador Dali.

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Sax Quartet Finals, UGA Jazz Band

Friday, March 5th, 2010

All afternoon today, in Edge Recital Hall, the finals of the saxophone quartet competition portion of the NASA conference take center stage. Edge is located on the 3rd floor of the Hodgson School of Music, the most updated schedule is available at the door. The performances are that most delightful of combinations – exhibiting very high levels of virtuosity and being completely free of charge.

And tonight, the UGA Jazz Band directed by Steve Dancz takes the stage at Hodgson Concert Hall in the Performing Arts Center at 7:30 p.m.

The program will feature compositions by such greats as Lionel Hampton, Benny Goodman, Wayne Shorter, Jack Lawrence and Frank Loesser, and two works with arrangements by Fletcher Henderson.

The saxophones and brass will be joined by Joshua Gloster, guitar, Jason Royer, bass, and Spencer Smith, drums. Tonghts’ special guests are Tony McCutcheon, Brad Leali and Peter Sommer.

The performance is free and the public is invited to attend.

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