Jazz on the Lawn - Spring 2024
The University of Virginia Department of Music presents the UVA Jazz Small Groups for an afternoon of Jazz on Wednesday, May 1st from noon to 3pm. The event will take place on the lower lawn (Homer Flat) This event is free and open to the public.
Directed by renowned UVA music faculty members Pete Spaar, Calvin Brown and Mike Rosensky, the Jazz Small Groups range in size from quartets to octets and vary in skill-level from beginner-intermediate to advanced. Besides a formal concert at the end of each semester, the groups do several outreach performances in the Charlottesville community, and give a final end-of-year celebration concert.
The repertoire is chosen from a diverse range of jazz styles by such greats as Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, John Coltrane, Wayne Shorter, Lee Morgan, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Cannonball Adderley, Antonio Carlos Jobim, and George Gershwin among many others, as well as original compositions by both faculty and students.
We will be hearing from 4 different jazz combos, coached by Mike Rosensky, Calvin Brown and Pete Spaar. The program and performers will be announced closer to the event.
Contest for the best photo and Haiku for Jazz on The Lawn. Send submissions to music@virginia.edu with the subject of "Jazz on the Lawn".
For more information, please visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-lawn.
Rain would cancel this event. All events are subject to change.
Contact the UVA Music Department at music@virginia.edu or 434.924.3052 for more information.