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CCU Jazz Ensemble to present Fall Concert

October 14, 2015

Coastal Carolina University's Jazz Ensemble will perform its Fall Concert on Thursday, Oct. 29, at 7:30 p.m. in Wheelwright Auditorium. General admission tickets are $7, and discounts are available.

Directed by Matt White, coordinator of ensemble and jazz/commercial music at CCU, the program will feature music from new composers in a variety of genres for big band instrumentation. The concert will offer progressive rock, straight-ahead jazz, swing, popular music, New Orleans brass band music, and pieces by Steely Dan and Dvorak.

Joining the ensemble as a guest soloist is Grammy-award winning saxophonist Kenny Anderson, who has performed with Arturo Sandoval, Gloria Estefan, Tom Jones and Larry Carlton.

Senior citizens, OLLI members, alumni, teens, and CCU/HGTC faculty and staff may purchase tickets for $5, and CCU/HGTC students and children's tickets are $3. Box To reserve a ticket, call the Box Office at 843-349-ARTS (2787) or visit during open hours, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. from Monday through Friday.

Wheelwright Auditorium is located at 108 Spadoni Park Circle, Conway. For more information, contact Matt White at 843-349-4083 or mwhite@coastal.edu.