Jazz in the Amphitheater - Spring 2023

151 Amphitheater Way,Charlottesville VA 22903

03 May, 2023

Description

The University of Virginia Department of Music presents the UVA Jazz Small Groups for an afternoon of Jazz on Wednesday, May 3rd from noon to 3pm in the UVA Amphitheater. This event is free and open to the public. Directed by renowned UVA music faculty members Pete Spaar, Calvin Brown and Mike Rosensky, the Jazz Small Groups range in size from quartets to octets and vary in skill-level from beginner-intermediate to advanced. Besides a formal concert at the end of each semester, the groups do several outreach performances in the Charlottesville community, and give a final end-of-year celebration concert, "Jazz in the Amphitheatre." Repertoire is chosen from a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, among many others, as well as original compositions by both faculty and students. We will be hearing from 4 different jazz combos, coached by Mike Rosensky, Calvin Brown and Pete Spaar. Student names are listed on the official UVA Music website for this event. The UVA Amphitheater is located on McCormick Road in Central Grounds (map) Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall. To see all the Jazz Events at UVA please visit music.virginia.edu/jazz-series To find out more about Jazz events at UVA visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-events. For more details and the most updated event information, please visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-small-groups-may-2023. All events are subject to change. Contact the UVA Music Department at [email protected] or 434.924.3052 for more information