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REXBURG,
Idaho - Sound Alliance and Vocal Union will perform together Saturday, Nov.
6, at 7:30 p.m. in the Kirkham Auditorium on the
Brigham Young University-Idaho campus.
The
concert will combine big band jazz with vocal ensembles. Also featured will
be vocal and instrumental solos, jazz combos, including piano, bass and
drums.
The
music will include standard tunes and original jazz compositions like “Old
Man River,” “Take the A Train,” “Cry Me a River”
and others. The styles range from straight ahead jazz, to swing and
improvisation.
Sound
Alliance,
which has 17 musicians, is directed by Mark Watkins of the Music Department
faculty. Their music includes many different styles from Duke Ellington to
recent neo swing bands like the Brian Setzer
Orchestra. They will be touring with Vocal Union in the spring.
Vocal
Union is directed by Nori
Brower of the Music Department faculty. Composed of 12 singers, their music
includes popular, big band and classic jazz. They perform solos as well as
numbers for the full ensemble. Their tour with Sound Alliance will take
them to Oregon, Washington
and Idaho.
Tickets
are still available at the BYU-Idaho Ticket Office. They are $2 for
BYU-Idaho students and $5 for the general public.
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