Announcing Auditions for:
The 2010 Young Lions All-Star Band
to perform in concert with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
and
guest artist
Paul Haar, saxophone
Friday, February 5, 2010 at 7:30 pm
Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street, Lincoln NE
Paul Haar is Assistant Professor of Saxophone and Jazz Studies at the University of Nebraska- Lincoln School of Music where he teaches applied saxophone and directs UNL Jazz Ensemble I. Prior to his appointment in 2004, Dr. Haar held positions at the University of Tennessee, the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Kansas.
Specializing in a variety of aspects of saxophone performance and pedagogy, Dr. Haar maintains an active career as a soloist, clinician and adjudicator, appearing throughout the United States and Canada.
He has performed with such artists as Dave Brubeck, James Moody, The Manhattan Transfer, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Donald Brown, and has backed such noted entertainers as the Temptations, The Chiffons, 5 by Design, Jerry Lewis and Bob Newhart. He has recorded on the Sea Breeze label (as a member of the Boulevard Big Band) with vocalist Kevin Mahogany and saxophonist Eric Marienthal.
In addition to being an active member of the North American Saxophone Alliance, Music Educators National Conference and the International Association for Jazz Education, Dr. Haar serves as the personal director for the annual IAJE conference and is a member of the editorial board for the Jazz Educators Journal. A contributing writer to The Saxophone Journal and Jazz Times Magazine, he has also published pieces in The Instrumentalist, and Tennessee Musician magazines.
A native of Fremont, Nebraska, Dr. Haar holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree from the University of Texas at Austin (2004) where he studied with the renowned saxophonist Harvey Pittel, a Masters of Music Degree (1996) and Bachelors of Music Degree (1994) from the University of Kansas where he studied with Vincent Gnojek, Dan Gailey and Dick Wright.
The Nebraska Jazz
Orchestra was founded in 1975 and performs throughout Nebraska
and the Midwest. Tours to Europe have included England, France,
Germany, Scotland, and a 1997 performance at the prestigious Montreux
International Jazz Festival in Montreux, Switzerland.
"Proof positive that
jazz isn't just a New York or New Orleans or Chicago or Kansas City thing."
- Jazz Times
"... their overall sound resembles that of a polished studio
band ... their join dedication to the principles of sectional precision ...
is continually in evidence..." - Down Beat
"The Nebraska Jazz Orchestra is world class!!" - Bobby
Watson
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Rules, Guidelines & Eligibility ·
Open to musicians who
have not reached their 22nd birthday on or before February 5, 2010. REHEARSAL:
Sunday, January 31, 2010, 5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m., O'Donnell Auditorium, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln |
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