The ambitious tour is the brainchild of Professor Steve Owen, the Philip H. Knight Professor of Jazz Studies and Music Theory, and director of the UO’s Jazz Studies program at the UO School of Music and Dance. Owen is also director of the Oregon Jazz Ensemble.
The twenty-member ensemble’s tour stops will include performances at the Vienne Jazz Festival in France on July 10, the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland on July 12-13, the La Spezia Jazz Festival in Italy on July 14, and the Umbria Jazz Festival in Italy on July 16.
The performers are inviting their fans and friends back at home in the U.S. to watch them at their work; while on the road, the OJE will update a travel blog on the School of Music and Dance website. The blog will include a live-stream of the ensemble’s concerts, as they are happening.
The OJE’s attendance at the Montreux Jazz Festival is a particular honor; the event’s performers are by invitation only, and the UO ensemble will enjoy two opportunities to perform, once on July 12 and once on July 13.
The trip is possible thanks to SOMD donors. Lead gifts from Dwight and GleeAnn Davis, and Alan and Tamara Evans, along with donations from many other friends of the school, will support the OJE's travel expenses.
read more: http://music.uoregon.edu/breaking-news/jazz-ensemble-prepares-europe
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