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August 2020
Hennessy 6 Jazz Sextet, Jazz in the Garden
Jazz in the Garden in the Time of COVID-19? You bet! We’re excited to announce that, yes, indeed the 2020 Jazz in the Garden series is here! In partnership with Jazz 93.5 FM, we’ll bring each concert right to you, in the comfort of your garden, porch or anywhere you want to listen -- while practicing physical distancing, of course. So throw something yummy on the grill, chill a beverage and dance like no one is watching. All concerts start…
Find out more »Twisted Spruce Online Guitar and Composition Symposium
In response to the COVID-19 safe at home order, the Twisted Spruce Music Foundation is offering an online symposium for composition and guitar students wishing to advance their artistic abilities in practice, and also build career skills. The 2020 Online Symposium is 100% interactive with real instructors who are industry professionals. WEEK TWO: Return from break: Initial composition presentations 1-on-1 Coaching 1-on-1 Coaching 1-on-1 Coaching Supp Class: Project development 1 Supp Class: Project development 2 Supp Class: Jamie Tagg on audio recording, editing,…
Find out more »September 2020
Peak FreQuency: ANTI-BORDERLAND, for Field Orchestra
ANTI-BORDERLAND, by Jon Forshee This 25-minute collaborative work, conceived specifically for the geography surrounding Heller House, involves an ensemble of 15-20 student musicians strategically dispersed over a 30-acre2 area of the open space between the UCCS Field House and the Heller buildings. Seeking to re-appropriate, re-think, and interrogate the traditional concert space setting, the usual roles of an ensemble performance are here re-imagined in line with the land and the place: for instance, the conductor is stationed at the crest…
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