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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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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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