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Jazz Ensemble I & II
With Allen Vizzutti, Trumpet

March 14, 2005 :: No. 151

Who: Cal State Fullerton Department of Music
What: Allen Vizzutti, trumpet, guest artist in 2 concerts with
CSUF Jazz Ensembles I & II and
University Wind Ensemble
When: Jazz Ensembles I & II: 8 p.m. Thursday, March 17, 2005
University Wind Ensemble: 7 p.m. Saturday, March 19, 2005
Where: Little Theatre, California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd. (Nutwood and State College Blvd.) Fullerton
Programs: Jazz Concert, Chuck Tumlinson, director:
with tunes by Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, Scott Whitfield, Dizzy Gillespie, Jeff Tyzik and more.
University Wind Ensemble, Mitchell Fennell, director:
Rocky Point Holiday ..................... Ron Nelson
Piece of Mind ................................. Dana Wilson
Trumpet concerto #2 .................... Fisher Tull
The Wind and the Lion ................ Jerry Goldsmith
American Jazz Suite ..................... Allen Vizzutti
The Carnival of Venice ................. Del Staigers
Background:

Equally at home in a multitude of musical idioms, trumpeter Allen Vizzutti has visited 35 countries and every state in the union to perform with a rainbow of artists and ensembles including Chick Corea, Doc Severinsen, the NBC Tonight Show Band, Chuck Mangione among others. Allen’s status as an artist has led to solo performances at the Hollywood Bowl, Carnegie Hall, Newport Jazz Festival, Banff Center for the Performing Arts, Montreaux Jazz Festival, the Teton, Brechenridge, Vail, and Aspen Music Festivals, the Charles Ives Center and Lincoln Center in New York City.

Vizzutti’s love of expression through composition in jazz and classical idioms has led to premier performances by the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Budapest Symphony Orchestra, Tonight Show Band, Royal Philharmonic Of London, London Symphony, the United States Navy Band and the renowned Summit Brass among others. The first Tonight Show Band CD co–produced by Allen and Jeff Tyzik won a Grammy Award for Best Big Band.

As artist-in-residence, Allen has taught at the Eastman School of Music, The Banff Center for the Performing Arts, Kansas State University, West Texas State University, The Skidmore Jazz Institute and the Trompeten Akademie of Bremen, Germany. He attended the Eastman School of Music where he earned his bachelors and masters of music degrees and a performer’s certificate, a chair in the Eastman Brass Quintet faculty ensemble, and was the only wind player ever awarded the Artist’s Diploma in Eastman’s 85-year history.

He is currently professor of trumpet at the University of Washington and his “The Allen Vizzutti Trumpet Method,” (Alfred Music Publishing), has become a standard for trumpet study worldwide.

Hear what they say about Allen Vizzutti…
“Beautiful…lyrical…stunning…stupefying.” –Syracuse Post Standard
“Finely tuned wind, easy control, polyharmonic wit, orchestral penmanship, punctuated spiritual warmth…rarely do so many qualities find themselves in one musician”. —Chick Corea
“One of the greatest soloists of our time.” —Thomas Stevens, 1st trumpet,
Los Angeles Philharmonic

The University Wind Ensemble, directed by Mitchell Fennell, acclaimed for its broad repertoire and excellence, regularly performs works ranging from contemporary chamber literature by composers including Ticheli, Persichetti and Dello Joio to traditional concert band music by Sousa and Post. Comprised of the finest instrumental majors in the Music Department, the ensemble has been invited to perform throughout the world.

The CSUF Jazz Ensembles, directed by Chuck Tumlinson, represent some of the finest college musicians on the west coast. They consistently receives high scores and acclaim at major west coast jazz festivals, with Jazz Combo 1 placing first and Jazz Ensemble I placing second in last year’s Reno Jazz Festival. The ensemble has appeared as part of invitation only tributes to Woody Herman and Maynard Ferguson and annually at Brea Jazz Festival.

Admission:

$15 ($10 with advance titan discount & $6 with advance CSUF student discount) At the door all tickets $15 (for each concert)

2-Concert Special: Order both concerts & save 50% off the second concert ticket price.

Box Office: Tickets available at the Performing Arts Center box office 657-278-3371. Hours: 11 a.m.–4 p.m., Monday-Friday and one hour prior to performance. Or online at: www.tickets.com
Website: http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/
Media Contact: Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434
echampion@fullerton.edu


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