Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra to Commemorate Music Greats
Posted by Geoff Nelowet / Monday, February 20th, 2012
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Who says music isn’t cross-generational?
The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra certainly does not, as their music epitomizes the confluence of contemporary and traditional Jazz.
This Saturday, February 25, Northern Virginia’s Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra will play a tribute concert at George Mason University’s Center for the Arts. The performance will pay homage to musical greats such as Buddy Rich, Woody Herman and Stan Kenton. The Orchestra will take their contemporary sounds and apply them to the traditional jazz classics with respect for the stars of the musical genre.
The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra is no stranger to big names, as members have made trips to Carnegie Hall, the White House, the Kennedy Center, Royal Albert Hall, and the Apollo Theatre while performing with the likes of Michael Jackson, Nancy Wilson, Maynard Ferguson, Billy Taylor, Woody Herman and His Thundering Herd, and the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra.
There will be a pre-performance discussion 45 minutes before the curtain with Jim Carroll, Founder of the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra and Director of Jazz Studies at the George Mason School of Music. Held in the Grand Tier Lobby, the discussion is a great opportunity to gain a behind-the-scenes experience while being able to ask questions and learn more about the performers.
The show begins at 8:00 p.m., and tickets are sold at $20, $32 and $40 with a limited number of student tickets available.
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