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Public information officer: Joan Aschim, (541) 463-5591, aschimj@lanecc.edu
Source: Myrna Seifert, publicist, (541) 463-5161 seifertm@lanecc.edu
For release January 19, 2006
LCC and UO join forces for Second Oregon Jazz Festival, Jan. 20-21
Artists hail From New York City, Portland and Eugene
EUGENE,OR - The Second Annual Oregon Jazz Festival on Saturday, January 21, will draw more than 30 middle school, high school and college jazz ensembles from Oregon and Washington to participate in the all-day festival at the Lane Community College and the University of Oregon. The festival includes two concerts, on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:30 p.m., in the LCC Performance Hall, Building 6, 4000 E. 30th Avenue in Eugene.
Friday night's 7:30 p.m. concert includes the UO Oregon Jazz Ensemble and the Lane Community College Lane Jazz Ensemble, accompanied by jazz educators and performers from the Northwest: Dan Gailey, Vern Sielert, Dave Glenn and Dana Landry and Mike Denny. Tickets may be purchased at the door beginning one hour before the concert, $10 adults and $7 students.
The 7:30 p.m. Saturday jazz quintet concert features headliner guest artists Dick Oatts on saxophone and John Mosca on trombone. Both teach at the Manhattan School of Music and perform with the Village Vanguard Orchestra. Other guest artists on the evening program include, from Portland, Gary Hobbs, drums, Phil Baker, bass, and Greg Goebel, piano. Two outstanding school groups selected from the jazz festival's participants will open for the concert. Limited tickets are available to the public for $18 adults, and $12 students. A few tickets may become available late on Saturday. Interested persons may be put on a waiting list by leaving their name and phone number on the LCC box office voicemail at 463-5202.
Steve Owen (UO) and Ron Bertucci (LCC), producers of the festival, joined forces for the first time last year to produce a very successful first Oregon Jazz Festival with over 25 participating schools and a sold-out evening concert. This year they expect a 15-20 percent increase in school participation. "Our mission is to bring students, jazz educators, performing artists, and jazz enthusiasts together in one place, to learn from each other and enrich each other's experience and enjoyment of jazz," says Owen. Bertucci emphasizes that this festival is not a competition. "We stress that this is an educational event, not a competition and encourage musicians to take risks and take a vigorous approach to their study of jazz and music in general."
Participating ensembles will perform and receive feedback from clinicians on Saturday, January 21, from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at both the UO and LCC. Each student ensemble is given 45 minutes to perform for and receive instruction from a panel of clinicians. Clinics on specific instrument areas (saxophone, trumpet, trombone, drums, piano, bass, and guitar) are offered throughout Saturday at both sites, featuring the various jazz educators/artists who will instruct, inspire, and encourage students on jazz performance techniques.
Clinicians include Dan Gailey, University of Kansas; Dana Landry, University of Northern Colorado; Dave Glenn, Whitman College; Vern Seilert, University of Washington; Gary Hobbs of Vancouver, Wash.; and from Eugene, Glenn Griffith, Mike Denny, and Roger Woods. The public is welcome to attend the day-time clinics for a $5 day pass purchased at the festival sites.###
