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IN CONCERT - THE UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON JAZZ BAND

Saturday, 26 October, 2024

Saturday, October 26, 2024, 7:30 p.m. 
IN CONCERT 

The University of Scranton Jazz Band  

with guest soloist Alvin Atkinson, drums 

www.alvinatkinson.com
ADMISSION: FREE 

Alvin Atkinson, Jr., a member of Wycliffe Gordon and His International All-Stars, is a six-time U.S. Jazz Ambassador and has traveled the globe performing America’s classical music. His group, Alvin Atkinson and the Sound Merchants, has appeared in South America, the Middle East, Asia, Europe, and Russia. Known for his dynamic playing style and versatility across various genres, bandleader and educator Atkinson has recorded and performed with jazz legends Wycliffe Gordon, Vanessa Ruben, Paquito D’Rivera, Ellis Marsalis, Wynton Marsalis, Cecil Bridgewater, Jimmy Heath, Cedar Walton, Reggie Workman, Roy Hargrove, Cyrus Chestnut, Gerri Allen, Eddie Henderson, ELEW, Maceo Parker, Shirley Scott, and many others. The University of Scranton Jazz Band is a 28-member ensemble of big band style instrumentation, made up of University of Scranton student musicians from majors spanning the curriculum. They perform five or more times per year, and the majority of their performances are open to the public, free of admission charge, and often feature a nationally or internationally renowned guest soloist. The primary focus of Performance Music at The University of Scranton is its student choral and instrumental performing ensembles. Because there is no music major at the University, all enrolled Scranton students (undergraduate and graduate) are eligible for membership in the University bands, choirs, string ensembles, and steel drum band with neither an audition nor enrollment fee required for membership. Hundreds of students participate in the ensembles each year.  

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Phone: 5709417624
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Houlihan-McLean Center, Aula

342 Jefferson Avenue
 Scranton, PA 18510