Contact: Chris
Chesrown
Media Relations Manager
480-731-8503
Bob
Galloway
Fine Arts Development Office
480-731-8630
For Immediate Release
MINTZER FINE TUNES MARICOPA'S JAZZ ORCHESTRA
November 1, 2001 - Some of Maricopa's best student and faculty musicians will get the opportunity to work with tenor and soprano sax master Bob Mintzer of Yellowjackets fame. The musicians will receive one-on-one training with Mintzer in a series of workshops, clinics and rehearsals in preparation for the debut performance of the Maricopa Jazz Orchestra.
Steve Owens, the highly respected Director of Jazz at the University of Oregon will also lead workshops and clinics. Owens has achieved notoriety for his work as an arranger and conductor, as well as for his work at the University of Oregon.
"These guys are amazing," according to Bob Galloway at the Fine Arts Development Office. "I'm thrilled that our students and faculty are getting the chance to receive such individualized instruction from some of the leading jazz performers and arrangers in the world."
The students and faculty come from five jazz programs at the Maricopa Community Colleges. Each program has received recognition of its own for musical achievement over the years.
The public performance is scheduled for the Kerr Cultural Center at 7:30 pm on November 14th.
Mintzer also plays the flute and clarinet and is a world-renowned composer, arranger and educator. He has been active in the Jazz, Pop, Orchestra, Latin, and World music genres and has received 8 Grammy nominations for his numerous recordings.
For more information on the Maricopa Jazz Orchestra, call MCLI's Bob Galloway at 480-731-8630. For tickets call 480-965-5377.
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College District, is one of the largest community college districts in
the nation. It includes 10 colleges - Chandler-Gilbert Community College,
Estrella Mountain Community College, GateWay Community College, Glendale
Community College, Mesa Community College, Paradise Valley Community College,
Phoenix College, Rio Salado College, Scottsdale Community College and
South Mountain Community College. The District also includes the Maricopa
Skill Center, Southwest Skill Center, several satellite campuses and business/industry,
technical and customized training institutes and serves roughly a quarter
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March 13, 2002