Fall 2012
UNL - First Day of Classes!
Monday, August 20
UNL - Jazz Auditions
Monday August 20
Westbrook Music Building 119
Saxophones, 5-6:30p
Rhythm Section/Vocalists, 7-8:30p
Tuesday August 21
Westbrook Music Building 119
Trumpets, 5-6:30p
Trombones, 7-8:30p
Wednesday August 22
Westbrook Music Building 119
Informational Meeting for all Auditioning Students
6.00-7.00p
UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Fall Recital
Sunday, Sept. 30, 3.00p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Jazz Orchestra & UNL Big Band
Fall Concert I
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Wednesday, October 10, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Fall Break
Monday, October 15 - Tuesday, Oct 16
UNL Wet Ink I
New Music from UNL Composers
Wednesday, Nov. 7, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Wet Ink II
New Music from UNL Composers
Thursday, Nov. 8, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Jazz Combos
Fall Concert
Tuesday, November 13, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Jazz Orchestra
! In Concert @
The Nebraska Music Educators Association
Annual Conference !
Thursday, November 15, 4.00p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Thanksgiving Break
Wed., Nov. 21 - Sunday, Nov. 25
UNL Jazz Orchestra & UNL Big Band
Fall Concert II
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Tuesday, December 4, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Last Day of Classes!
Saturday, Dec. 8
Spring 2013
UNL - First Day of Classes!
Monday, January 7
Mid Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra 2013
Eric Richards, conductor
January 12 - 13
New York City (venue TBD)
Rehearsal: Saturday, January 12-time TBD
Jazz Vespers service: Sunday January 13
St. Peter's Church
UNL - Audition Days I
Friday, January 18
Saturday, January 19
UNL Jazz Orchestra & UNL Big Band
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Spring Concert I:
New Music for Big Band from UNL
(a concert of original compositions and arrangements by UNL students, faculty, and alumni)
Tuesday, February 5, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
Chris Botti in concert
Lied Center
Thursday, February 21
Clinic with UNL Big Band, 1.30p
Westbrook 132 (tentative)
Concert @ Lied Center, 7.30p
UNL - Audition Days II
Friday, February 22
Saturday, February 23
UNL Jazz Orchestra & UNL Composers
The Rite of Spring:
A Centennial Commemorative
Holland Center for the Performing Arts, Omaha NE
Sunday, February 24, time TBD
Dress Rehearsal
Monday, February 25, evening time TBD
Performance
UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Spring Recital
Monday, March 11, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Spring Break
Sunday, March 17 - Sunday, March 24
Yellowstone Big Band
In Concert @
The Northwest College Jazz Festival
Neil Hansen, director
Thursday, March 21, evening time TBD
Northwest College, Powell WY
Eastern Trombone Workshop
Concerto for Trombone Quartet and Wind Ensemble
Finale Concert
The Continental Trombone Quartet with
The US Army Concert Band
Saturday, March 23, 7.00p
Brucker Hall, Fort Myer VA
Dr. Paul Haar - saxophone
Recital
Monday, April 1, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Wet Ink I
New Music from UNL Composers
Wednesday, April 3, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Wet Ink II
New Music from UNL Composers
Thursday, April 4, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
Mid Atlantic Collegiate Jazz Orchestra 2013
Eric Richards, conductor
April 12 - 13
Cumberland, MD (venue TBD)
Rehearsal: Saturday, April 12-time TBD
Concert: Sunday April 13
Cumberland Jazz Society
UNL Jazz Orchestra & UNL Big Band
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Spring Concert II:
The Music of Bob Brookmeyer
Tuesday, April 16, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall
UNL Jazz Combos
Spring Concert
Thursday, April 18, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Last Day of Classes!
Saturday, April 27
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Fall 2011 - Spring 2012
Spring 2012
UNL - First Day of Classes!
Monday, January 9
UNL - Martin Luther King Day (no classes)
Monday, January 9
Simpson College Jazz Festival
Indianola, IA
Guest clinician/soloist
January 26 - 27
UNL School of Music
Graduate Audition Day I
Sat., February 18
UNL School of Music
Audition Days (undergraduate & graduate)
Friday, Feb. 24 - Sat., Feb. 25
The SF Jazz Collective
Lied Center, Lincoln NE
Tuesday, March 13, 7.30p
UNL - Spring BREAK!
Sunday, March 18 - Sat., March 24
North Dakota All State Jazz Ensemble
Bismarck, ND
Guest conductor
March 22 - 24
UNL Jazz Week
Guest artist - Bill Watrous, trombone
UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Tues, March 27, 7.30p
Sheldon Art Museum Auditorium, Lincoln NE
UNL Jazz Combos
Wed., March 28, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Jazz Ensembles
Jazz Week Concert: guest artist, Bill Watrous - trombone
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Thurs., March 29, 7.30p
Kimball Recital Hall, Lincoln NE
UNL Wet Ink I
New Music from UNL Composers
Wed., April 4, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Wet Ink II
New Music from UNL Composers
Thurs., April 5, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Jazz Ensembles
Spring Concert II: The Music of Stan Kenton
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Tuesday, April 17, 7.30p
Sheldon Art Museum Auditorium
Lincoln NE
UNL Last Day of Classes!
Saturday, April 28
2011
UNL - First Day of Classes!
Monday, August 22
UNL - Jazz Auditions
Tuesday, August 23
Saxes: 6.00 - 8.00p
Trumpets: 8.15 - 10.00p
UNL - Jazz Auditions
Wednesday, August 24
Trombones: 6.00 - 8.00p
Rhythm/Misc.: 8.15 - 10.00p
Steve Shininger Orchestra
Private Event, Manhattan KS
Saturday, August 27
UNL Faculty Jazz Ensemble
Fall Recital
Tuesday, October 4, 7.30p
Sheldon Art Museum Auditorium
Lincoln NE
Private Event, Lincoln NE
Saturday, October 8
UNL Jazz Ensembles
Fall Concert I: New Music for Big Band from UNL
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Tuesday, October 11, 7.30p
Sheldon Art Museum Auditorium
Lincoln NE
UNL Fall Break!
Monday, October 17 - Tuesday, Oct 18
UNL Wet Ink I
New Music from UNL Composers
Wed., Nov. 2, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Wet Ink II
New Music from UNL Composers
Thurs., Nov. 3, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
Composer Residency! (tentative)
Shanghai Conservatory of Music, PRC
Taipei Jazz Orchestra, Taiwan
Guest conductor/clinician
Sunday, Nov. 6 - Wed., Nov. 16
UNL Jazz Combos
Fall Concert
Tuesday, November 15, 7.30p
Westbrook Recital Hall (Room 119)
UNL School of Music
UNL Thanksgiving Break!
Wed., Nov. 23 - Friday, Nov. 25
UNL Jazz Ensembles
Fall Concert II: Guest artists, Ingrid & Christine Jensen
* Premiere of new commissioned work for the UNL Jazz Orchestra by Christine Jensen *
Eric Richards & Dave Stamps, conducting
Tuesday, October 11, 7.30p
Sheldon Art Museum Auditorium
Lincoln NE
UNL Last Day of Classes!
Saturday, Dec. 10