Musical season wraps up

Jazz ensemble, choir perform final concerts of season

May 28, 2018 LA GRANDE, Ore. – EOU’s 11-piece jazz ensemble, 45th Parallel, holds its final concert of the year this Friday in Groth Recital Hall.

Following critiques from members of Portland Jazz Composers Ensemble and a special performance at last week’s Spring Symposium, the group closes its season with a final concert. The show will include music by Kokomo Arnold, Duke Ellington, Lennon and McCartney, George Adams, Miles Davis and Thelonious Monk, plus an original composition by EOU student Adam Lange.

Duane Boyer’s fiddle ensemble performs at 7 p.m., followed by 45th Parallel at 7:30 on June 1. The EOU Chamber Choir gives its final performance of the academic year at 7:30 p.m. on May 31 in McKenzie Theatre.

Admission is free for all events and community members are welcome to attend.