Ed Neumeister, Professor of Trombone at the University of Music and dramatic
Arts in Graz, Austria, has recently released The Mohican and the Great Spirit on
TCB Records and Metro Music on Timescraper Records. The Metropole Suite
with the Metropole Radio Orchestra on Troppe Note / Cambria Records is due
out 1998. Neumeister has toured Europe, Japan and the U.S. writing for and
performing as guest soloist with bands and orchestras as well as performing
solo, duo, trio and quartet concerts. He has given improvisation, musicianship
and brass clinics throughout Europe and the U.S. He leads a quintet and an octet
in the New York area. Ed has played with and written for the Mel Lewis Jazz
Orchestra (now the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra) since 1981. His arrangement of A
Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square was nominated for a Grammy award in
1992. He has also performed with and written for the Duke Ellington Orchestra
and has toured with Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Rich, Lionel Hampton and Toshiko
Akioshi among many others. Other performing and recording experience
includes Joe Lovano, Bill Mays, Don Byron, Michel Camilo, Jerry Garcia,
Frank Sinatra, the New York Philharmonic, and The Highlight Jazz Orchestra in
the Netherlands. Ed has written commissions for groups in Holland, Sweden,
Belgium, Austria, Germany, Denmark, France, Japan, Israel and the U.S. His
compositions and arrangements are published by Meistero Music and UNC Jazz
Press. Ed plays a King trombone and is a clinician for United Musical
Instruments.
Upcoming Jazz Events
Keven Spargo, piano
Monday, April 22; 5:30 pm
UNCG Recital Hall
Jason Miller, trombone
Friday, April 26; 5:30 pm
UNCG Recital Hall
The UNCG Jazz Band will be presenting "A Tribute to the Big Bands"
Sunday, April 28, 2002 at 7:30 pm in the UNCG Recital Hall in Greensboro.
We will feature the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Artie Shaw, Benny
Goodman, Thad Jones, and Woody Herman. For tickets, call the ticket box
office at 334-4859. Tickets are $7.00 for adults, $5.00 for seniors, and $3.00 for
students.
presents the
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Steve Haines, director
with special guest
Ed Neumeister, trombone
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
A Lift of the Foot Alan Blaylock
Valle Crucis Blues Ross Lafleur*
Hangin' with the Swing Cat Bill Stevens*
Malaguena Bill Holman
intermission
E.S.P. Wayne Shorter
arr. Ed Neumeister
Here and There Ed Neumeister
Longing Ed Neumeister
Locomotion Ed Neumeister
My Shining Hour Harold Arlen
arr. Ed Neumeister
Got a Match Chick Corea
arr. Mike Bogle
* UNCG School of Music Student
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The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should please see one of the ushers in the lobby.
The UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Saxophones Trumpets
1st Alto (lead) Arthur White 1st (lead) Michael Hengst
2nd Alto Stacy Wilson 2nd Michael Sailors
1st Tenor David Wortman 3rd Josh Davies
2nd Tenor Aaron Burnett 4th John Davis
Baritone Damien Grosser 5th Ginny Keast
Trombones Rhythm Section
1st (lead) Jason Miller Piano Bill Stevens
2nd Kiyoshi Carter Guitar Ross LaFleur
3rd Amanda Peterson Bass David Menestres
4th Sean Devlin Drums Ryan Walder
Bass Simon Evans
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.
Most recently, Christian McBride, Mark Levine, Harry Pickens, Kenny Garrett,
Dick Oatts and Dan Haerle performed and offered clinics. Two large jazz
ensembles, several small jazz combos and supportive courses in jazz theory,
improvisation, arranging, composition, history, appreciation and pedagogy
provide ample room for growth and lead to the Bachelor of Music in jazz
studies.
Steve Haines is currently the Director of the Miles Davis Program in Jazz
Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. He 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. He has directed
UNT's 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 and small
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
All-State High School Jazz Band. He has performed was players such as Joe
Williams, Adam Nussbaum, Bob Berg, Mark Levine, and Richard Stolzman;
and has supported clinicians such as Tim Hagans, Fred Hersch, Lou Marini, Jim
McNeely, Mike Stern, Kenny Garrett, and Dick Oatts.
presents the
UNCG Jazz Ensemble
Steve Haines, director
with special guest
Ed Neumeister, trombone
Tuesday, April 16, 2002
7:30 pm
Recital Hall, School of Music
Program
A Lift of the Foot Alan Blaylock
Valle Crucis Blues Ross Lafleur*
Hangin' with the Swing Cat Bill Stevens*
Malaguena Bill Holman
intermission
E.S.P. Wayne Shorter
arr. Ed Neumeister
Here and There Ed Neumeister
Longing Ed Neumeister
Locomotion Ed Neumeister
My Shining Hour Harold Arlen
arr. Ed Neumeister
Got a Match Chick Corea
arr. Mike Bogle
* UNCG School of Music Student
* * * * * * * * * *
The hall is equipped with a listening assistance system.
Patrons needing such assistance should please see one of the ushers in the lobby.
