The UNCG School of Music has been recognized for years as one of the elite
music institutions in the United States. Fully accredited by the National
Association of Schools of Music since 1938, the School offers the only
comprehensive music program from undergraduate through doctoral study in
both performance and music education in North Carolina. From a total
population of approximately 14,000 university students, the UNCG School of
Music serves nearly 600 music majors with a full-time faculty and staff of more
than sixty. As such, the UNCG School of Music ranks among the largest Schools
of Music in the South.
The UNCG School of Music now occupies a new 26 million dollar music building
which is among the finest music facilities in the nation. In fact, the new music
building is the second-largest academic building on the UNCG Campus. A large
music library with state-of-the-art playback, study and research facilities houses
all music reference materials. Greatly expanded classroom, studio, practice
room, and rehearsal hall spaces are key components of the new structure. Two
new recital halls, a large computer lab, a psychoacoustics lab, electronic music
labs, and recording studio space are additional features of the new facility. In
addition, an enclosed multi-level parking deck is adjacent to the new music
building to serve students, faculty and concert patrons.
Living in the artistically thriving Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point “Triad”
area, students enjoy regular opportunities to attend and perform in concerts
sponsored by such organizations as the Greensboro Symphony Orchestra, the
Greensboro Opera Company, and the Eastern Music Festival. In addition,
UNCG students interact first-hand with some of the world’s major artists who
frequently schedule informal discussions, open rehearsals, and master classes at
UNCG.
Costs of attending public universities in North Carolina, both for in-state and out-of-
state students, represent a truly exceptional value in higher education.
For information regarding music as a major or minor field of study, please write:
Dr. John J. Deal, Dean
UNCG School of Music
P.O. Box 26167
Greensboro, North Carolina 27402-6167
(336) 334-5789
On the Web: www.uncg.edu/mus/
presents the
UNCG Honors
High School Jazz Band
Ellis Marsalis, conductor
with the
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Steve Haines, director
Ellis Marsalis, piano
Sunday, November 23, 2003
1:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
The UNCG All-State High School Jazz Band
Program to be selected from:
Basie St. Ahead Sammy Nestico
Main Stem Duke Ellington
When I Fall in Love Heyman & Young
arr. Alan Baylock
Black and Tan Fantasy Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Rockin' In Rhythm Duke Ellington and Harry Carney
Groove Merchant Jerome Richardson
arr. Thad Jones
Self Help is Needed Oliver Nelson
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Point Of Entry Curtis Stephen
The First Circle Pat Metheny
arr. Bob Curnow
Three and One Thad Jones
All of Me Seymour Simons
arr. Billy Byers
-brief intermission-
Ellis Marsalis, piano
Steve Haines, bass
Thomas Taylor, drums
Selections to be announced from stage
_______
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Patrons are encouraged to take note of the exits located on all levels of
the auditorium. In an emergency, please use the nearest exit, which may
be behind you or different from the one through which you entered.
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble is the flagship of the Miles Davis Jazz Studies Program. It was
founded in 1967 and has been featured in concerts throughout the United States, on radio,
and television. The ensemble is comprised of undergraduate and graduate students who
are interested in making jazz a major part of their musical training. The ensemble performs
UNCG student arrangements and compositions, as well as published charts. Jazz
performers who have performed with the UNCG Jazz Ensemble include Clark Terry, Marian
McPartland, Chris Murrell, Eddie Daniels, Marvin Stamm, Billy Taylor, and Jim Snidero.
The ensemble performed at the Count Basie Jazz Festival in Carnegie Hall in 1991,
marking the first time a university music ensemble from North Carolina performed in
Carnegie Hall. This past spring, the UNCG Ensemble released its fourth Compact Disc,
Stronger than Dirt.
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Saxophones
Alto 1 Art White
Alto 2 Eric Gargrave
Tenor 1 Al Buccola
Tenor 2 Adrian Crutchfield
Baritone Brandon Tesh
Trumpets
1st Mike Sailors
2nd Josh Davies
3rd Justin Stamps
4th Lane Miller
5th Lynn Grissett, Jr.
Trombones
1st Eric Sienkiewicz
2nd Sal Mascali
3rd David Morse
Bass Sean Devlin
Rhythm Section
Piano Michael Van Patter
Bass Peter Maness
Guitar John Cave
Drums John Ayers
Keil McMurray
upcoming performances
UNCG Jazz Band
Friday, December 5
7:30 · Recital Hall
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
The Music of Ella Fitzgerald
March 3 and 4, 2004
7:30 · Recital Hall
For tickets, call (336) 334-4TIX
well as trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Donald Harrison and pianist Harry
Connick, Jr have since attained worldwide acclaim with recording contracts on major labels.
Youngest son Jason is emerging as an important drummer on the local and national music
scene. He is both a bandleader and frequently holds the drum chair in the Marcus Roberts
ensembles. Marsalis has made numerous appearances on television's Today show, the
Tonight show with both Carson and Leno and on the Arsenio Hall Show. The winner of
several awards, Marsalis and New Orleans singer/actress Joanne Creighton (AKA Lady
BJ) shared honors at the 1984 Ace Awards for the best single music program on cable
television. In 1986 Marsalis accepted a position at Virginia Commonwealth University
(Richmond, Va) as Coordinator of Jazz Studies. Three years later he would return to New
Orleans to occupy a chair endowed by the Coca Cola company and become Director of the
Jazz Studies Division at the University of New Orleans. In 1989 Marsalis was honored by
Dillard University, the site of his undergraduate studies, with an honorary Doctorate of
Music.
Tom Taylor is one of the most sought after drummers on the East coast. He graduated
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in Music performance.
He has performed with Erik Alexander, Bobby Shew, Venessa Reuben, Jim Snidero, Kenny
Garrett, Mark Levine, Kevin Mohogany, and Mark Whitfield. Currently, Tom is teaches at
the North Carolina Music Academy, Guilford College, North Carolina Central University, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. As well, he is a member of the prestigious Jamey Aebersold summer jazz
camp faculty.
Steve Haines is currently the Director of the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has performed was players such as Dick
Oatts, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Berg, Joe Williams, Mark Levine, Richard Stolzman, Bruce
Forman and Marcus Roberts; and has supported clinicians such as Tim Hagans, Fred
Hersch, Mulgrew Miller, Lou Marini, Jim McNeely, Mike Stern, and Kenny Garrett.
Performance venues include the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, the Molde Jazz Festival in
Norway, the Ethno Jazz Festival in Moldova, the Odessa International Jazz Carnival in
Ukraine, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. With the UNCG Jazz Faculty Trio,
Steve served as an ambassador to the state of North Carolina by performing for heads of
state at the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova. Haines holds a B.M. in Jazz Performance
from St. Francis Xavier University in Canada and a M.M. in Music (Jazz Studies) from the
University of North Texas. While at the University of North Texas, Haines directed the
Three O'clock Lab Band, and was a member of the One O'clock Lab Band, with whom he
traveled internationally. Haines' music for large jazz ensembles is published at the
University of Northern Colorado Press and has been broadcast on the Canadian
Broadcasting Cooperation's national radio shows Jazz Beat and All the Best. He has
served as a clinician and as an adjudicator for large and small jazz ensembles at numerous
high schools, colleges, and universities. At UNCG, he is the Director of the Annual UNCG
Honors High School Jazz Band, and the Jazz Director's Summit.
_____
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies
offers the student a variety of opportunities to perform and study jazz. Recent clinicians
include Marcus Roberts, Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny
Garrett, Christian McBride, David Friesen, and Byron Stripling. Two large jazz ensembles,
several small jazz combos and supportive courses in jazz theory, jazz ear training, jazz
improvisation, jazz arranging & composition, jazz history, jazz appreciation, jazz pedagogy,
and jazz piano skills provide ample room for growth and lead to the Bachelor of Music in
Jazz Studies.
The UNCG Honors High School Jazz Band is comprised of the best high school jazz
students in the state. They have each won their respective chairs by way of audition. This
year was extremely competitive. Numerous tapes and compact discs were sent in to fill
seventeen openings. Their first rehearsal took place yesterday. The Honors Jazz Band is
sponsored by Kindermusik Inc., Downbeat magazine, Jamey Aebersold Inc., and the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music. The band would like to take
this opportunity to thank their band directors for supporting them and this important
American art form.
UNCG All-State High School Band
Saxophones
Alto 1 Andrew Hall Durham School of the Arts
Alto 2 Ben Sparrow Green Hope High School
Tenor 1 Adam Pedersen Cary Academy
Tenor 2 Taylor Thompson Page High School
Baritone Sally White St. David's School
Trumpets
1st Mark Osterer North Carolina School of the Arts
2nd Rachael Fuller Durham School of the Arts
3rd Andrew Cleveland Northwest Guilford High School
4th Clay Perry North Moore High School
Trombones
1st J. Mark Shoun NC School of Science & Math
2nd Michael Petersen Durham School of the Arts
3rd Tony Mazzella Middle Creek High School
Bass Zach Young Northwest Guilford High School
Rhythm Section
Guitar Derek Drye Ledford High School
Piano Chris Pattishall C.E. Jordan High School
Bass Ben Barry East Chapel Hill High School
Drums Michael D'Angelo Northwest School of the Arts
_____
Ellis Marsalis is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans.
Born on November 14, 1934, he began formal studies at the Xavier University junior school
of music at age eleven. After high school Marsalis enrolled at Dillard University(New
Orleans) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education. After a stint in
the U.S. Marine Corps, Marsalis returned to New Orleans and married New Orleanian
Dolores Ferdin, and who bore him six sons; Branford, Wynton, Ellis III, Delfeayo, Mboya
and Jason. Marsalis would eventually become New Orleans' leading Jazz educator. He
became a lecturer at Xavier University and an adjunct teacher at Loyola University.
Marsalis enrolled in the graduate program at Loyola University and graduated with a
Masters of Music Education. Marsalis' teaching career would flower at the New Orleans
Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Many of his former students are professional musicians
locally as well as internationally. Three of his six sons, Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo as
well as trumpeter Terence Blanchard, saxophonist Donald Harrison and pianist Harry
Connick, Jr have since attained worldwide acclaim with recording contracts on major labels.
Youngest son Jason is emerging as an important drummer on the local and national music
scene. He is both a bandleader and frequently holds the drum chair in the Marcus Roberts
ensembles. Marsalis has made numerous appearances on television's Today show, the
Tonight show with both Carson and Leno and on the Arsenio Hall Show. The winner of
several awards, Marsalis and New Orleans singer/actress Joanne Creighton (AKA Lady
BJ) shared honors at the 1984 Ace Awards for the best single music program on cable
television. In 1986 Marsalis accepted a position at Virginia Commonwealth University
(Richmond, Va) as Coordinator of Jazz Studies. Three years later he would return to New
Orleans to occupy a chair endowed by the Coca Cola company and become Director of the
Jazz Studies Division at the University of New Orleans. In 1989 Marsalis was honored by
Dillard University, the site of his undergraduate studies, with an honorary Doctorate of
Music.
Tom Taylor is one of the most sought after drummers on the East coast. He graduated
from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro with a degree in Music performance.
He has performed with Erik Alexander, Bobby Shew, Venessa Reuben, Jim Snidero, Kenny
Garrett, Mark Levine, Kevin Mohogany, and Mark Whitfield. Currently, Tom is teaches at
the North Carolina Music Academy, Guilford College, North Carolina Central University, the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the University of North Carolina at
Greensboro. As well, he is a member of the prestigious Jamey Aebersold summer jazz
camp faculty.
Steve Haines is currently the Director of the Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies at the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He has performed was players such as Dick
Oatts, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Berg, Joe Williams, Mark Levine, Richard Stolzman, Bruce
Forman and Marcus Roberts; and has supported clinicians such as Tim Hagans, Fred
Hersch, Mulgrew Miller, Lou Marini, Jim McNeely, Mike Stern, and Kenny Garrett.
Performance venues include the Pori Jazz Festival in Finland, the Molde Jazz Festival in
Norway, the Ethno Jazz Festival in Moldova, the Odessa International Jazz Carnival in
Ukraine, and the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. With the UNCG Jazz Faculty Trio,
Steve served as an ambassador to the state of North Carolina by performing for heads of
state at the U.S. Embassy in Chisinau, Moldova. Haines holds a B.M. in Jazz Performance
from St. Francis Xavier University in Canada and a M.M. in Music (Jazz Studies) from the
University of North Texas. While at the University of North Texas, Haines directed the
Three O'clock Lab Band, and was a member of the One O'clock Lab Band, with whom he
traveled internationally. Haines' music for large jazz ensembles is published at the
University of Northern Colorado Press and has been broadcast on the Canadian
Broadcasting Cooperation's national radio shows Jazz Beat and All the Best. He has
served as a clinician and as an adjudicator for large and small jazz ensembles at numerous
high schools, colleges, and universities. At UNCG, he is the Director of the Annual UNCG
Honors High School Jazz Band, and the Jazz Director's Summit.
_____
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Miles Davis Program in Jazz Studies
offers the student a variety of opportunities to perform and study jazz. Recent clinicians
include Marcus Roberts, Jane Bunnett and the Spirits of Havana, Mulgrew Miller, Kenny
Garrett, Christian McBride, David Friesen, and Byron Stripling. Two large jazz ensembles,
several small jazz combos and supportive courses in jazz theory, jazz ear training, jazz
improvisation, jazz arranging & composition, jazz history, jazz appreciation, jazz pedagogy,
and jazz piano skills provide ample room for growth and lead to the Bachelor of Music in
Jazz Studies.
The UNCG Honors High School Jazz Band is comprised of the best high school jazz
students in the state. They have each won their respective chairs by way of audition. This
year was extremely competitive. Numerous tapes and compact discs were sent in to fill
seventeen openings. Their first rehearsal took place yesterday. The Honors Jazz Band is
sponsored by Kindermusik Inc., Downbeat magazine, Jamey Aebersold Inc., and the
University of North Carolina at Greensboro School of Music. The band would like to take
this opportunity to thank their band directors for supporting them and this important
American art form.
UNCG All-State High School Band
Saxophones
Alto 1 Andrew Hall Durham School of the Arts
Alto 2 Ben Sparrow Green Hope High School
Tenor 1 Adam Pedersen Cary Academy
Tenor 2 Taylor Thompson Page High School
Baritone Sally White St. David's School
Trumpets
1st Mark Osterer North Carolina School of the Arts
2nd Rachael Fuller Durham School of the Arts
3rd Andrew Cleveland Northwest Guilford High School
4th Clay Perry North Moore High School
Trombones
1st J. Mark Shoun NC School of Science & Math
2nd Michael Petersen Durham School of the Arts
3rd Tony Mazzella Middle Creek High School
Bass Zach Young Northwest Guilford High School
Rhythm Section
Guitar Derek Drye Ledford High School
Piano Chris Pattishall C.E. Jordan High School
Bass Ben Barry East Chapel Hill High School
Drums Michael D'Angelo Northwest School of the Arts
_____
Ellis Marsalis is regarded by many as the premier modern jazz pianist in New Orleans.
Born on November 14, 1934, he began formal studies at the Xavier University junior school
of music at age eleven. After high school Marsalis enrolled at Dillard University(New
Orleans) and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in music education. After a stint in
the U.S. Marine Corps, Marsalis returned to New Orleans and married New Orleanian
Dolores Ferdin, and who bore him six sons; Branford, Wynton, Ellis III, Delfeayo, Mboya
and Jason. Marsalis would eventually become New Orleans' leading Jazz educator. He
became a lecturer at Xavier University and an adjunct teacher at Loyola University.
Marsalis enrolled in the graduate program at Loyola University and graduated with a
Masters of Music Education. Marsalis' teaching career would flower at the New Orleans
Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA). Many of his former students are professional musicians
locally as well as internationally. Three of his six sons, Branford, Wynton and Delfeayo as
presents the
UNCG Honors
High School Jazz Band
Ellis Marsalis, conductor
with the
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Steve Haines, director
Ellis Marsalis, piano
Sunday, November 23, 2003
1:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
The UNCG All-State High School Jazz Band
Program to be selected from:
Basie St. Ahead Sammy Nestico
Main Stem Duke Ellington
When I Fall in Love Heyman & Young
arr. Alan Baylock
Black and Tan Fantasy Duke Ellington and Bubber Miley
Rockin' In Rhythm Duke Ellington and Harry Carney
Groove Merchant Jerome Richardson
arr. Thad Jones
Self Help is Needed Oliver Nelson
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Point Of Entry Curtis Stephen
The First Circle Pat Metheny
arr. Bob Curnow
Three and One Thad Jones
All of Me Seymour Simons
arr. Billy Byers
-brief intermission-
Ellis Marsalis, piano
Steve Haines, bass
Thomas Taylor, drums
Selections to be announced from stage
_______
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should contact an usher in the lobby.
Patrons are encouraged to take note of the exits located on all levels of
the auditorium. In an emergency, please use the nearest exit, which may
be behind you or different from the one through which you entered.
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