The jazz ensemble members at Utah State University will perform their annual fall concert on Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. in The Performance Hall, joined by special guest musicians Josh Skinner and Kate Skinner.
Jon Gudmundson, the director of jazz studies at USU, invited Josh Skinner and Kate Skinner to be featured in the show because they are the newest music faculty members at the school and he thinks they are great musicians.
“Our second piece will be an almost orchestral arrangement of a beautiful pop song called ‘The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,’ sung by Kate Skinner, who teaches voice and keyboards in our music department at Utah State,” Gudmundson said. “We are going to close out our portion of the concert with a good old swinger called ‘Soupbone’ that features our bass professor Josh Skinner.”
Gregory Wheeler, the assistant director of bands for USU, said both of the guests came to the university with professional skills.
“Their performing abilities are on a level that will provide a memorable experience to all,” Wheeler said.
Along with Josh Skinner and Kate Skinner, there are two big bands that will be playing. A big band is defined as customarily having five saxophones, four trombones, four or five trumpets and a rhythm section which consists of piano, guitar, bass and drums. The USU Jazz Orchestra will perform first and the USU Jazz Ensemble will follow.
The concert is titled “The Moon is a Harsh Mistress,” named after the song Kate Skinner will be singing. Gudmundson said everyone who attends the concert will be entertained.
“One of the great things about jazz music is that even if we played the same music at every concert, it would sound different every time because there is a lot of improvisation that goes on in our concerts,” Gudmundson said. “One thing is for sure, listeners will hear a wide variety of music during the concert and there will definitely be something for everyone.”
For ticket information visit, https://arts.usu.edu/htm/box-
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