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Grammy Award-winning saxophonist to teach young musicians at next week’s Jazz Festival

April 13, 2016 by Trysta Herzog

Young musicians from across the Ozarks will be on campus April 23 learning from renowned saxophonist Dick Oatts at this year’s Jazz Festival, to be held at Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts.

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Area students get training, feedback at annual event

Festival registration is open to school bands and ensembles interested in participating in the annual event. Divisions include:

  • Big Band
  • 2nd Bands
  • Jr Hi/Mid School Bands
  • Combos

Schedule

April 23

Juanita K. Hammons Hall for the Performing Arts (HHPA)

8:30 a.m.-noon

School bands perform
Warm-up: Loading dock
Performance: HHPA main stage
Feedback clinic: HHPA 305

Noon

MSU Jazz Studies Ensemble II performs
HHPA main stage

12:45-1:15 p.m.

Master classes

Saxophone (with Oatts): HHPA Fuldner Lounge
Brass (with MSU jazz studies faculty): HHPA loading dock
Rhythm (with MSU jazz studies faculty): HHPA 305

1:30-3:30 p.m.

School bands perform
Warm-up: HHPA loading dock
Performance: HHPA main stage
Feedback clinic: HHPA 305

4:15 p.m.

Improv clinic with Dick Oatts
HHPA main stage

5 p.m.

Awards ceremony and closing performance
(featuring Oatts and the MSU Jazz Studies Ensemble I)
HHPA main stage

All performances are open to the public. Visit the jazz festival website for more details.

More about Dick Oatts

Oatts is a Grammy Award-winning saxophonist. For 30 years, Oatts has appeared at college jazz festivals as a soloist and clinician throughout the world. He has also been featured with the Stockholm Jazz Orchestra, Danish Radio Big Band, Norboton Jazz Orchestra, Metropole Orchestra and the UMO Big Band in Helsinki.

Oatts has accompanied such vocalists as Ella Fitzgerald and Mel Torme, and has recorded solos for pop artists like Luther Vandross and James Taylor.

Filed Under: Jazz, News, Special Event Tagged With: COAL, dick oatts, ensembles, jazz festival, jazz studies, outreach, saxophone

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