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WIU JSO to Perform Friday with Guest Saxophone Player

September 18, 2019

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MACOMB, IL - The Western Illinois University School of Music will present the Jazz Studio Orchestra (JSO), directed by John Cooper, director of Jazz Studies, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20 in the College of Fine Arts and Communication (COFAC) Recital Hall.

Performing with the JSO will be guest artist Jim Buennig, saxophone. They will perform works by Buennig, Chris Merz, John Mills, Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges.

The performance is open free to the public, and will be live-streamed on the School of Music's YouTube channel and Facebook Live.

PROGRAM:

Prairie Calling - Buennig

Incident @ Perkins - Chris Merz

Blue in a Red State - Chris Merz

Rhythm JOnes - John Mills

Jeep's Blues - Duke Ellington and Johnny Hodges/trans. David Berger

Isfahan from The Far East Suite - Duke Ellington/trans. David Berger

For more information, call the COFAC Recital Hall office at (309) 298-1843 or visit wiu.edu/recitalhall.

Posted By: University Communications (U-Communications@wiu.edu)
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