Kenny Burrell Directs Jazz Groups as Part of UCLA Spring Fest of World Music & Jazz
The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, Department of Ethnomusicology
presents
Spring Festival of World Music and Jazz 2015
May 15 – June 2, 2015
Schoenberg Hall, UCLA
Friday, May 15, 7pm – Music of India Ensemble, Abhiman Kaushal and Rahul Neuman, co-directors Music of Bali Ensemble, I Nyoman Wenten, director
Saturday, May 16, 7pm – Music of the Balkans Ensemble, Tzvetanka and Ivan Varimezov, co-directors Bluegrass and Old-Time String Ensemble, Timothy Taylor, director; Jeffrey Riggs, assistant director
Sunday, May 17, 7pm – Music of Mexico Ensemble, Jesus Guzman, director; Jessie M. Vallejo, assistant director African American Music Ensemble, James Roberson, director
Friday, May 29, 7pm – Intercultural Improvisation Ensemble (aka Omni-Musicality Group), Steve Loza and Alex Rodriguez, co-directors Music of West Africa Ensemble, Omowale Orisayomi and Francis Awe, co-directors
Saturday, May 30, 7pm – Near East Ensemble, A. J. Racy, director Music of China Ensemble, Chi Li, director
Sunday, May 31, 7pm – Charles Mingus Ensemble, Justo Almario, director (spring) Irish Music Ensemble, Tim Taylor, director; Kevin Levine, assistant director
Monday, June 1, 7pm – UCLA Jazz Combos directed by George Bohanon, Kenny Burrell, Clayton Cameron, Charley Harrison, Charles Owens, and Michele Weir, with special guests, the Thelonious Monk Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble
Tuesday, June 2, 7pm – UCLA Big Bands, featuring the Ellingtonia Orchestra, directed by Kenny Burrell; the UCLA LatinJazz Big Band, directed by Dr. Bobby Rodriguez; and the UCLA Jazz Orchestra, directed by Charley Harrison
Free Admission
For further information: 310-825-5947