jazz

Jazz Big Band II performs at Kimbrough Hall

    Directed by graduate teaching assistant Patrick Sheng, the WSU Jazz Big Band II performed recently in Kimbrough Hall on the WSU Pullman campus.   Photos in this sound and slide show by Tim Marsh, University Relations, were taken before, during and after the March 27 concert.   The audio of the band playing the […]

Piano and oboe duo to perform

Michele Fiala, oboe and Donald Speer, Piano PULLMAN – Michele Fiala, oboe, and Donald Speer, piano, will perform music influenced by jazz, world music, opera and Romanticism at 8 p.m. Friday, April 17, in the Bryan Hall Theatre. They will present works by Robert Schumann, Ernst Krenek, Bill Douglas, Rodney Rogers and Antonino Pasculli.The concert […]

WSU jazz ensembles to perform

PULLMAN — A concert featuring the award-winning WSU jazz ensembles will be presented at 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 12, in Kimbrough Concert Hall on the WSU Campus. The concert will be free of charge.   The concert will open with the VOJAZZ vocal jazz ensemble under the direction of Kathleen Hollingsworth. The group will sing selections […]

Jazz guitarist John Stowell in concert at WSU

PULLMAN — Jazz guitarist John Stowell will present a guest concert in Kimbrough Concert Hall at the WSU campus at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Jan, 27. The concert will be free of charge and is sponsored by the WSU School of Music and the Jazz Society at WSU. Downbeat magazine International Critic’s Poll winner and Origin […]

Jazz festival features saxophonist David Hagelganz

PULLMAN – The WSU Jazz Festival is Wednesday, Oct. 29, in Kimbrough on the Pullman campus. A highlight of the festival will be a gala concert from 12 to 1 p.m. featuring guest saxophonist David Hagelganz performing with the award- winning WSU Jazz Big Band directed by Greg Yasinitsky. Additionally, the faculty group Jazz Northwest […]

WSU jazz ensembles

PULLMAN —The  award winning WSU jazz ensembles  will perform at 8 p.m. Tuesday, October 7 in Kimbrough Concert Hall.   The concert will feature the VOJAZZ vocal jazz ensemble under the direction of Kathleen Hollingsworth and the WSU Jazz Big Band under the direction of Greg Yasinitsky. Hollingsworth joined the WSU faculty this fall. She […]

WSU receives multiple honors at festival

PULLMAN – Groups and individuals from WSU received top honors on “College Day” at the 2008 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival held at the University of Idaho Feb. 21. WSU VOJAZZ under the direction of Jennifer Parker received an Adjudicators’ Choice Award as did soloists Matt Lanka, baritone saxophone; David Miner, instrumental composition; Troy Robey, bass; […]

WSU alum featured in Jazziz magazine

PULLMAN – Saxophonist and WSU alumnus Adam Donohue is featured in Jazziz magazine, one of the top jazz publications in the world. A recording of Donohue’s composition “Ofuscato” as performed by the award winning WSU Jazz Big Band is included on a CD distributed internationally in the recent “Education” issue of Jazziz. The CD also […]

Jazz Pianist Mark Levine performs at WSU

Pullman – Jazz pianist Mark Levine will present a guest concert in the WSU Kimbrough Concert Hall on Tuesday, Jan. 22 at 8:00 p.m. The concert will be free of charge and is sponsored by the WSU School of Music and the Jazz Society at WSU. Levine, a Grammy nominated pianist, has performed and recorded […]

Vocal Extravaganza presents jazz, gospel and more

PULLMAN – The School of Music at WSU will present its annual Vocal Extravaganza, a showcase of the five choral ensembles on campus, at 8 p.m. Nov. 9 in Bryan Hall Theatre. The event will feature performances by the WSU Concert Choir, Madrigal Singers, University Singers, VoJazz, and Crimson Revue. Madrigal Singers, wearing costumes reminiscent of […]