Location: Hamel Music Center Date: June 17th, 2022 Time: 5:30-10:00pm Admission: FREE
What's Going On?
UW’s Mead Witter School of Music celebrates the golden anniversary of Duke Ellington’s five-day residency in July 1972. The event schedule includes 5:30pm: Sun Prairie and Middleton High School Jazz Bands perform Duke’s music with Guest Artist Victor Goines; 7:00pm: Panel Discussion with Emeritus Professor Jim Latimer(organizer of the 1972 Ellington residency), award-winning jazz journalist and former Ellington publicist Patricia Willard, and former Ellington vocalist and current Madison resident Jane Coyne; 8:30pm: Concert of Duke Ellington's music, including his “UWIS Suite” (composed for the 1972 residency), performed by the UW-Madison Jazz Faculty and Alumni Band (confirmed musicians include saxophonists Les Thimmig, Anders Svanoe, Nick Berkhout, Alex Charland, and Zach Ramirez; trumpeters Dave Cooper, Dan Cross, and Nate Schmidt; trombonists Nat McIntosh, Tom Kelley, and Cole Bartels; pianist Johannes Wallmann; bassist Peter Dominguez; drummer Matt Endres; and special guest vocalist Jane Coyne.
Event Schedule:
5:30pm: Sun Prairie and Middleton High School Jazz Bands with Victor Goines
7:00pm: Panel Discussion with Jim Latimer, Patricia Willard, & Jane Coyne
8:30pm: Duke Ellington's UWIS Suite performed by the UW-Madison Jazz Faculty and Alumni Band
Where Can I Get Tickets?
No need, this event is free and open to the public