Announcing Auditions for:
The 2008 Young Lions All-Star Band
to perform in concert with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra
and the legendary
Matt Neiss
Thursday, January 16, 2008 at 7:30 pm
The Embassy Suites Hotel, 1040 P Street, Lincoln NE
Matt Niess,
has appeared as a soloist, clinician, and adjudicator at numerous jazz festivals, universities and schools throughout the country. These venues include The Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic, Disney World, Disney Land, IAJE, ITA, MENC, PMEA, VMEA, ETW, University of Las Vegas, University of North Texas, University of Wisconsin at Whitewater, University of Kentucky, University of Texas at Arlington, Augustana College, Mary Washington College, University of Nebraska—Omaha, Towson University, Shenandoah University, Longwood College, Susquehanna University, West Chester University, University of Tennessee, Shepherd College, University of West Virginia, and James Madison University.
As a sideman, he has performed with Ray Charles, Natalie Cole, The Temptations, Joe Piscopo, Diane Shuur, Joan Rivers, Merv Griffin, Mel Torme, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Four Tops, The Ink Spots, The Mills Brothers, The Manhattan Transfer, Shirley Jones, Pia Zadora, The Smithsonian Masterworks Orchestra, The Rob Parton Jazz Tech Big Band, The Gene Krupa Orchestra, Slide Hampton, The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra.
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 January 16, 2008. REHEARSAL:
Sunday, January 6, 2008, 3:00 p.m. -5:00 p.m., O’Donnell Auditorium, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Lincoln |
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