Le Moyne College Hosts Winter Music Festival

<p>SYRACUSE, N.Y. (For Immediate Release) … Le Moyne College will host a winter music festival at the W. Carroll Coyne Center for the Performing Arts. Events include:<br /> <br /> Tuesday, Dec. 4, 7:30 p.m.<br /> Le Moyne College String Ensemble – Travis Newton, director<br /> Le Moyne College Wind Ensemble – J.C. Sanford, director<br /> Le Moyne College Brass Ensemble – Jeffrey Gray, director<br /> Music of Britten, Milhaud, Strauss and Sousa<br /> Free admission<br /> <br /> Thursday, Dec. 6, 7:30 p.m.<br /> Danilio Perez, piano<br /> J.C. Sanford, trombone<br /> Le Moyne College Jazz Ensemble – J.C. Sanford, director<br /> Young Lions of Central New York – Joe Colombo, director<br /> An evening of jazz standards, with original tunes and arrangements by Perez and Sanford. Perez will perform solo, in a small ensemble with J.C. Sanford and the Young Lions of Central New York, and as a soloist with the Le Moyne College Jazz Ensemble.<br /> Tickets: $15 general/$10 senior citizens/Free to students<br /> <br /> Saturday, Dec. 8, 7:30 p.m.<br /> Wu Man, pipa<br /> Flux String Quartet<br /> Central New York premiere of Tan Dun’s “Ghost Opera.” Tan Dun is the Oscar-winning composer of the soundtrack to “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” as well as music director of the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.<br /> Tickets: $15 general/$10 senior citizens/Free to students<br /> <br /> Sunday, Dec. 9, 4 p.m.<br /> Le Moyne College Vocal Jazz Ensemble<br /> The Jazzuits – Carol Jacobe, director<br /> Homer High School Vocal Jazz Ensemble – Cara McLaughlin, director<br /> A side-by-side concert featuring classic vocal jazz tunes and arrangements.<br /> Free admission<br /> <br /> For more information, call 445-4523.</p>
posted on: 11/27/2007