INFORMATION FOR
Pete McGuinness, a trombonist, vocalist, big band leader, and arranger, will perform with the William Paterson University Jazz Orchestra conducted by David Demsey on Sunday, November 6, in the finale of the University’s fall 2011 Jazz Room Series. The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on campus.
McGuinness, the newly named head of the jazz arranging program at William Paterson, is a Grammy-nominated jazz musician who has performed with Maria Schneider, Lionel Hampton, and the Woody Herman Orchestra, among others. His own 2008 big band recording, "First Flight," features his Grammy-nominated arrangement of the Charlie Chaplin classic, "Smile," which will be featured on the concert. David Demsey, William Paterson coordinator of jazz studies, will conduct the William Paterson Jazz Orchestra.
Prior to the concert, McGuinness will be the guest for “Sittin’ In,” an informal discussion about jazz, at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders.
Tickets are available in advance or on the day of the performance at $15 standard; $12 for William Paterson faculty, staff, alumni and senior citizens; and $8 for non-William Paterson students. William Paterson students may attend free of charge.
Launched in 1978, The Jazz Room is one of the largest and most prestigious college-sponsored jazz events in the country. Performers include renowned professionals who encompass the complete spectrum of jazz, from practitioners of traditional jazz to avant-garde to bebop to swing to Afro-Latin jazz, as well as William Paterson’s own student ensembles. The series has won numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and more than 25 years of continuous support from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its innovative programming.
Funding for the Jazz Room at William Paterson University has been made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State.
For tickets or information, call the Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371 or visit the Web at www.wplive.org.
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