During the Hastings College Jazz Festival and Workshop on April 1-2, high school students from across Nebraska will have an opportunity to work with and enjoy a performance by the Doug Talley Quartet, (http://www.dougtalley.com/ ) Kansas City-based jazz ensemble.
The quartet, which has garnered national airplay for its interpretations of traditional Kansas City-style jazz, will also give a free public performance on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Ave.)
“This quartet came to our festival about six years ago and really did a great job, both as clinicians and performers,” said Dr. Marc LaChance, Professor of Music at Hastings College and the festival’s director. “Good performers aren’t always good teachers, and good teachers aren’t always good performers. When you find people that do both well, you have them back.”
Throughout the festival, the high school bands will perform and then receive immediate feedback on their performance from the clinicians.
Attendance for this year’s jazz festival is higher than Dr. LaChance can recall in his 12 years at HC.
“I’m especially happy about the number of bands which haven’t attended before, or at least not recently,” Dr. LaChance said.
High school bands currently scheduled to participate in the festival and workshop are as follows:
Blue Hill
Centennial
Centura
Columbus High School
Grand Island Northwest
Grand Island Senior High (2 bands)
Gretna
Hastings Middle School
Hastings Saint Cecilia
Hastings Senior High School
Holdrege
Lawrence-Nelson
Lincoln Northeast
Nebraska City
Norris
Omaha North
Perkins County
Pierce
Platteview
Shickley
Skutt Catholic
Yutan
A spirit of excellence has long been the hallmark of the Hastings College music experience. Hastings College students and faculty have been making music from the beginning of the College in 1882. Hastings College is recognized as a National Liberal Arts College in the U.S. News and World Report annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue and a Best Midwestern College by Princeton Review. The Hastings College Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and also was named an All-Steinway School, one of only 82 worldwide.
The Department of Music offers a full range of vocal and instrumental opportunities for all Hastings College students. Major ensembles and small groups travel regularly, making special appearances at music conferences, schools, and churches. Vocal ensembles at Hastings College include the renowned Hastings College Choir, Men’s Chorus, HC Singers (treble voices), Spectrum vocal chamber ensembles, along with other special smaller groups. Instrumental ensembles include the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band; Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chamber Orchestra, Brass, and Percussion Ensembles, and the Bell Choir. The department serves as the permanent residence of the South Central Nebraska Children’s Chorale; the Nebraska State High School Honor Choir, Band, and Orchestra; and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Music students can earn a Bachelor of Music degree with majors in applied performance, music education, and piano pedagogy. A Bachelor of Arts degree in music with an emphasis in performance, elementary education, music history or sacred music is also available. Hastings College offers a Master of Arts in Teaching with emphasis in music. In addition, the department sponsors student chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Music Educators National Conference, and Music Teachers National Association.
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