Who: |
Department of Music at Cal State Fullerton |
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What: |
Jazz Ensemble II & Jeff Ellwood Quintet, Chuck Tumlinson,
director |
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When: |
8 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, 2003 |
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Where: |
Little Theatre, California State University, Fullerton
800 N. State College Blvd. (Nutwood and State College Blvd.)
Fullerton |
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Program: |
Jazz II:
Double Barrel Blues ........................ Bob Florence
Takin’ a Walk ................................. Roger
Neumann
That Warm Feelin’ .......................... Sammy Nestico
Groovemaster ................................. Bob Mintzer
Quintet:
Opportunity .................................... Hal Crook
Everything Happens to Me ............... Matt Dennis |
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Background: |
Director Charles (Chuck) Tumlinson is in his
second year at Cal State Fullerton leading the jazz program.
He was formerly associate professor of trumpet and director
of jazz studies at Washburn University at Topeka, Kansas.
As a jazz performer Tumlinson was featured as trumpet soloist
with the University of North Texas One O'clock Lab Band, and
has appeared at the Wichita, Reno, and Kool jazz festivals.
He has performed with the Count Basie Orchestra, Dizzy Gillespie,
Terence Blanchard, Mark Murphy and Ray Charles. Tumlinson
has been featured soloist at several national conventions
and has appeared as soloist, clinician, and adjudicator throughout
the country. His compositions and arrangements have been recorded
by leading bands and performers throughout the country such
Pete Christlieb, Eric Marienthal, the University of Northern
Colorado Lab and the University of North Texas One O'clock
Lab Band. In addition to his jazz credentials, Tumlinson has
served as principal trumpet in the Wichita Falls (Texas) Symphony
and has performed with the Wichita Symphony, Fort Worth Symphony/Opera
and Sunflower Chamber orchestras.
Graduate saxophonist Jeff Ellwood leads the
Jeff Ellwood quintet. Ellwood a graduate assistant in jazz
studies was selected last summer to be a member of the Henry
Mancini Institute, and will return again this summer. Participants
are selected from applications worldwide and represented 62
U.S. cities and 15 countries. Last summer at the Institute
he performed in the Institute Big Band and Orchestra, and
was spotlighted as a soloist. In a review by the Los Angeles
Times, Ellwood’s playing was lauded, saying he “displayed
inventive imagination already functioning at a high professional
level.” |
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Admission: |
Advance sales $10 ($5 with advance Titan discount student,
senior or CSUF ID) At the door all tickets $10 |
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Box Office: |
Tickets available at the Performing Arts Center box office
657-278-3371. Hours: 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Mondays-Fridays and
one hour prior to performance. Or online at: tickets.com |
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Website: |
http://www.fullerton.edu/arts/events/
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Media Contact: |
Elizabeth Champion, College of the Arts at 657-278-2434 |