UAM Jazz Band Selected To Compete In North Texas Jazz Festival
Published by UAM News February 10th, 2008 in UAM News.The University of Arkansas at Monticello’s Jazz Band 1 is one of 16 university big bands from across the nation selected to compete in the 8th annual North Texas Jazz Festival at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Addison, Texas April 2-4.
Sponsored by the Jazz Studies Division of the University of North Texas School of Music, the festival will include performances by top UNT ensembles, major jazz headliners, and outstanding university and high school jazz ensembles from across the U.S.
University jazz bands from 25 states submitted live performance tapes during the audition process.
“It’s a real honor to be chosen to perform at the North Texas Festival,” said Gary Meggs, UAM director of bands. “This is one of the premier jazz festivals in the country.”
The UAM band will perform at the Crowne Plaza Performance Center on April 3.
For more information, contact Gary Meggs at (870) 460-1660.
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I was just trying to find results for the UNT Jazz Festival and ran across this site and thought I would respond. The UNT Jazz Festival is just part of this storied universities history. As the premier jazz department in the US, one only has to look at the list of faculty who are international icons to get an idea of what this invitation represents. Mr. Meggs and his faculty have done an outstanding job with the UAM music department and are to be commended for this invitation to perform on a national stage at this level of noteriety. This invitation is a great tribute to the hard work of the UAM Faculty, the UAM students, and I am sure represented the UAM, the community of Monticello, and Arkansas in a truly honorable fashion. Best wishes to all concerned.
Kind regards,
Claude “C.E.” Askew, Jr.
Cambridge, New Zealand
We need copies of the UAM junior band camp ‘08 audition music…
If anyone knows where we could find that please leave a post on here. We will be checking it regularly throughout the day.