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LU Jazz:
Bill Warfield, director
LU Fusion Fest: Thad Jones & Mel Lewis Tribute
Sat., Nov. 13 • 8 pm
Bill Warfield leads a tribute to trumpeter-cornetist Thad Jones and big band drummer Mel Lewis whose orchestra, founded in 1965 in New York, came to be one of the top big bands.
Baker Hall • $18, General admission
LU Jazz Ensemble, Band and Combo
Sun., Nov. 14 • 3 pm
Bill Warfield directs big band music from the rich repertoire of a century of jazz.
Baker Hall • $15 ZEEK!
NY Jazz Repertory Orchestra: Glenn Miller Tribute
Sat., Nov. 20 • 8 pm
Bill Warfield leads a tribute to the big-band leader who said of his orchestra, "A band ought to have a sound all of its own. It ought to have a personality." Tonight’s rep includes Tuxedo Junction, In the Mood, American Patrol and other Miller favorites.
Baker Hall • $18
The Bill Warfield Big Band
Sun., Jan. 30 • 3 pm
The music of Miles Davis, Led Zeppelin, hard bop and an eclectic mix of modern big band styles, directed by Bill Warfield.
Baker Hall • $12, general admission
NY Jazz Repertory Orchestra: The Lost Generation of Jazz
Sat., Feb. 19 • 8 pm
After a worldwide, year-long search for a distinguished jazz composer between the ages of 40 and 60, the orchestra announces the winner of the 2005 Jazz Composer Contest and performs the composer’s works. Bill Warfield, director.
Baker Hall • $18
LU Jazz Ensemble, Band and Combo
Fri., Apr. 15 • 8 pm
Big band and small group jazz in many styles. Bill Warfield, conductor.
Baker Hall • $15 ZeeK!
LU Fusion Fest: An Evening of Yiddish Theater with Bruce Adler
Sat., Apr. 16 • 8 pm
"What is there that this man can't do? He brings performing brilliance to the stage!" (The New York Times). Adler, who won Tony and Drama Desk nominations for Crazy for You, moves easily from Broadway to television (NBC’s Law and Order) to Yiddish Theater. A third-generation descendant of Yiddish Theater’s noted Jacobson-Adler family, he has starred in several shows celebrating Yiddish culture, most recently Greetings... Sholom Aleichem Lives!
Supported in part by the Philip and Muriel Berman Center for Jewish Studies.
Baker Hall • $18
Learn more about Lehigh University’s undergraduate studies in music or visit the Department of Music website at http://www.lehigh.edu/~inmsc/