Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza
It's "big-band jazz times two" when the Mile High Jazz Band presents the eighth annual Mile High-Carson High Jazz Extravaganza, on Friday, January 21, 2011, 8:00 p.m., at the Brewery Arts Center Performance Hall, 511 W. King Street, Carson City. The concert, sponsored by the Brewery Arts Center and the Mile High Jazz Band Association, is a benefit for the Carson High Jazz Band programs.
Tickets prices are $13.50 general admission, $11.50 students and seniors, and $6.50 for youth age 12 and under. Tickets are available at the Brewery Arts Center, online at www.breweryarts.org, or at the door. Tickets purchased in advance directly from Carson High Band students will receive a $1.50 discount per ticket. For information, contact the Brewery Arts Center at 775-883-1976 x 117 or see www.breweryarts.org.
The Extravaganza will include two big bands, combo performances, and a grand finale combining the forces of both big bands. "I am pleased that the Mile High Jazz Band has been asked to support the high school jazz band again," said David Bugli, Mile High Jazz Band leader and pianist. "The high school music ensembles are talented and goal-oriented, and they deserve the community's help and encouragement. I'm looking forward to another round of intergenerational musical swing!"
The Carson High Jazz Band attends and competes at jazz festivals each year. With support from the Jazz Extravaganza and other fundraisers, the Carson High Jazz Band plans to attend the Lionel Hampton International Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, next month. The band has played for the 2009 Carson City Chamber of Commerce holiday party at the Railroad Museum, former Governor Guinn's inauguration, the Greenhouse Garden Center music series, and "Winter Wine and All That Jazz." Directed by Jarod Sorum, the band is a zero-hour class at Carson High School designed to teach students about jazz - the music that has affected America in so many ways.
The Mile High Jazz Band, a professional big-band ensemble, plays regularly in northern Nevada, including monthly performances and quarterly Jazz and Poetry events at Comma Coffee. They sponsor an annual Jazz Festival in Carson City in August. Mile High Jazz Band appearances are funded, in part, by a grant from the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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