Course Information:    MUSP 025C   CRN# 10384
Watson Fine Arts: Rm 222 Fridays 3:30-5:30 PM


Rick Britto                jazz band director
Email:                          rbritto@wheatonma.edu
Personal Web Site:                    RickBritto.com
Recording Studio Site:           SaurusStudio.com
MySpace Site:                   myspace.com/rbritto
Facebook:                   facebook.com/rickbritto


The Jazz Band is open by audition to Wheaton brass and woodwind players, guitarists, bass players, keyboardists, percussionists, drummers, and vocalists. Other instruments may be incorporated with permission of the instructor.

Repertoire covers a wide range of styles, including swing, bebop, progressive, Latin and fusion jazz. The ensemble rehearses weekly, presenting several performances each year.

 

this year's program of music
The Music of American Jazz Masters


Jazz Composer's Concert Series

This year the Wheaton Jazz Band is performing the musical compositions of some of the greatest jazz masters in American history. As jazz masters, these musicians have dedicated their lives to shaping and advancing the rich tradition of jazz in America as composers too.

 

We are pleased to celebrate their individual creative talents and their combined musical contributions through their compositions to the world of jazz in this concert series. 

 

The artists represented in this program include jazz masters Art Blakey, Clifford Brown, Freddie Hubbard, Gerry Mulligan and Wayne Shorter. 

 Events Calendar 

 Jazz Band MP3 Downloads for Practicing Soloing

        Fall 2010 Jazz Band Concert    

Fri
day, December 2, 2011
7:30 PM
Kresge Experimental Theatre
Watson Fine Arts




SET I

Bernie’s Tune

Blues Walk

Povo

 

 Black History Month Jazz Concert  

Friday, Feb. 17, 2012 - 7:30 PM
"Black History Month Celebration"
with a
Wheaton Jazz Band Jam Session
Kresge Experimental Theatre
Watson Fine Arts

 

NEW SONGS
(MP3 FORMAT)

     Spring 2011 Jazz Band Concert   

 Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 5:30 PM
Kresge Experimental Theatre
Watson Fine Arts

 

 

Set II

Fat Lady

Footprints

Straight Life

 

 

 

 Course Syllabus 

Jazz Band Syllabus
(Acrobat Reader File)

 

 

 Wheaton Jazz Band Members 

 Spring 2012 Jazz Band Concert Set 

 Horn Section 

Dan Karp - trumpet

Charlotte Fressilli - trumpet

Thomas Van Duyne - alto sax

Jesse Shaw - tenor sax

Rick Britto - tenor sax


 Jazz Band Set I 

 

Bernie’s Tune

Blues Walk

Povo

 

 Rhythm Section 

Andrew Dominello - piano

Nicholas Elliot - guitar

Max Glick - bass

Andreas Urban - drums

Dylan Ettlinger - drums

 

Vocal Set 

 to be announced

 

 

 

 

Vocalists

to be announced

 

 

 

 

 


 

 Jazz Band Set II 

Fat Lady

Footprints

Straight Life


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