Announcing Auditions for:
The 2012 Young Lions All-Star Band
to perform in concert with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
and
guest artist Kirk Garrison, trumpet
Friday, February 1, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Cornhusker Marriott, 333 South 13th Street, Lincoln NE
Kirk Garrison, jazz trumpet artist,
composer & arranger, is a
professional musician residing in the
Chicago area. He attended Mankato
State University in his home state of
Minnesota from 1978-1983.
During a nine year United States Air Force Band career he developed his unique abilities as a lead trumpet player, creative jazz soloist and writer. One of the peaks of his military career was an assignment as musical director for a select band deployed to the Middle East during operation Desert Storm. Kirk left the Air Force in 1992 to complete his Master of Music degree in Jazz Studies at DePaul University (June 1995). While at DePaul he received many music awards and academic honors, including Downbeat Magazine's Outstanding Jazz Soloist (1995), and Outstanding Combo Awards (1994).
Currently an artist/clinician for The Music Group, he maintains a vigorous schedule as a performer, private teacher and soloist/clinician at national and international music camps and jazz festivals. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois. Kirk performs and records with several notable jazz ensembles throughout the country. Recent performance credits include, The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Brass (Blechschaden), the Chicago Jazz Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival,and with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements are used in an array of contemporary performing mediums throughout the music industry.
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 1, 2012. REHEARSAL:
Sunday, January 22, 2012, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., O'Donnell Auditorium, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln |
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