Youth Jazz Ensemble Concert
THIS CONCERT IS FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC!
Support the Gulf Coast Youth Jazz Ensembles by attending the youth jazz concert at the Music & Arts Community Center on Monday, Dec. 15, at 7 p.m.
Beginning at 6:45 p.m., the High School Jazz Combo will play as guests arrive, and the program will start at 7 with the Middle School Jazz Ensemble, followed by the High School Jazz Ensemble.
Middle School Program
- Moanin’ – Bobby Timmons, arr. Michael Sweeney
- Blue Bossa – Kenny Dorham
- Jazz Hero George Vincent
- Avenue Swing – Mike Collins-Dowden
- Song for My Father – Horace Silver
- Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town – Fred Coots, arr. Rick Stitzel
High School Program
- Steamsville – Mark Taylor
- I Can’t Get Started – Vernon Duke / Ira Gershwin / arr. Victor Goines
- I Ain’t Got Nobody – Spencer Williams / arr. Tom Kubis
- Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – Ralph Blane / arr. Alan Baylock
- A Time for Love – Johnny Mandel / arr. Sammy Nestico
- Late Date – Melba Liston
- Nutcracker Suite – Les Brown
- Wave – Antonio Carlos Jobim / arr. Michael Philip Mossman
- Well, You Needn’t – Thelonious Monk / arr. Mike Kamuf
- Giddy Up! – Rich Hirsch
- It’s Alright With Me – Cole Porter / arr. Alan Baylock