My.EOU Portal Current Students Faculty/Staff
Apply Visit Request Info Give Now
EOU file photo/Bring a donation of non-perishable food to the EOU Jazz Ensemble’s free concert at 7:30 p.m. Mar. 8.
March 1, 2013 LA GRANDE, Ore. (EOU) – The EOU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Matt Cooper, professor of music, will perform Friday, March 8 at 7:30 p.m. in McKenzie Theatre in Loso Hall.
The 12-piece ensemble recently returned from performing at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival in Moscow, Idaho, and will share a concert repertoire featuring five horns, rhythm section and vocals with several arrangements done by Cooper.
Works include the Latin jazz standard “Tin Tin Deo,” composed by Walter “Gil” Fuller and associated with the Dizzy Gillespie band, “Bye Bye Blackbird,” a standard written in the 1920s and recorded by everyone from Josephine Baker to Miles Davis, Wayne Shorter’s mysterious “Nefertiti,” recorded in the late 1960s by Miles Davis on the album of the same name, and Herbie Hancock’s funky jazz classic “Cantaloupe Island.”
Also featured will be a quartet led by guitarist Dale Tovar, who performed in the Soloist Division at Lionel Hampton. Tovar will be featured in the ballad “I Remember Clifford,” an elegy for the great jazz trumpeter Clifford Brown composed by Benny Golson, and Tadd Dameron’s boppish “Lady Bird.”
The concert may also include fresh material by the EOU Jazz Guitar Ensemble, led by student director Mike Kellison, and other student instrumental and vocal soloists.
Admission is free and donations of non-perishable items will be accepted at the door for the Oregon Food Bank. For more information call 541-962-3559.
« Students from regional high schools exhibit work at EOU | “The Jungleers in Battle” documentary highlights service of EOU alumnus »
EOU’s Historic Building Set for Year-long Renovation June 1, 2023 – Eastern Oregon University’s Inlow Hall Phase II renovation, slated to begin July 1, aims to bring much-needed updates to the University’s original building. The project will bring the building’s seismic resilience up to code, provide new heating, ventilation and air conditioning throughout the facility, […]Read more
EOU’s 2023 Teacher Excellence Award recognizes a long-time music faculty LA GRANDE, Ore. – The 2023 Teacher Excellence Award committee presented long-time Eastern Oregon University (EOU) Professor of Music Peter Wordelman with the distinguished Teacher Excellence Award, recognizing his efforts and outstanding accomplishments in teaching and mentoring both in and out of the classroom. Dr. […]Read more
Father of two named 2023 Presidential Scholar LA GRANDE, Ore. – When Eastern Oregon University graduate Andrew James walks across the stage on June 17 he will do so with the distinguished recognition that he is EOU’s 2023 Presidential Scholar. James will complete his tenure at EOU with two degrees, one in business and economics […]Read more