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DESCRIPTION:100 years of Music for Big Band. From reimagined selections of 
 Gustav Holst’s The Planets to original compositions and arrangements by 
 Jazz legends Duke Ellington\, Neal Hefti\, Thad Jones\, and others. Direct
 ed by Jim Hacker.\n\n \n\nThe FIU Studio Jazz Big Band is one of the most 
 visible artistic groups at FIU. With major performances annually both as a
  featured group and with world-renowned guest artists\, the band has been 
 internationally recognized as one of the premier college jazz ensembles in
  the world. Invitations to the International Association for Jazz Educatio
 n Convention\, the Mid-West Band & Orchestra Clinic\, the Wigan Jazz Festi
 val\, the North Sea Jazz Festival\, the Quito Jazz Festival\, and the Mace
 o Jazz Festival have taken this world-class group of graduate and undergra
 duate students beyond the realm of the ‘typical’ college band. Recent 
 local performances include opening night of the inaugural Miami Nice Jazz 
 Festival at the Olympia Theater at the Gusman Theater for the Performing A
 rts\, The Gold Coast Jazz Society concert series at the Amaturo Theater at
  the Broward Center for the Performing Arts\, Larry Rosen’s Jazz Roots c
 oncert series at the Knight Concert Hall at the Adrienne Arsht Center for 
 the Performing Arts\, and the South Motors Jazz Series in the Banyan Bowl 
 at Pinecrest Gardens.\n\nThe members of the FIU Big Band are full-time gra
 duate and undergraduate students\, many of whom are currently working prof
 essionals with local\, national\, and international artists. A number of t
 he featured soloists are past and present scholarship recipients from Down
 beat\, the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts\, the Gold Coas
 t Jazz Society\, and the International Trumpet Guild.
GEO:25.752514;-80.37239
LOCATION:WPAC - Wertheim Performing Arts Center\, Concert Hall 
SUMMARY:FIU Jazz Big Band 
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.fiu.edu/event/fiu_jazz_big_band_7376
CATEGORIES:Arts & Culture
CATEGORIES:Music
CATEGORIES:Performing arts
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