At 3 p.m. on Nov. 2, college students, school and households gathered in Laurie Auditorium to look at Trinity University Jazz Ensemble’s annual fall live performance.
The 18-member big-band carried out eight items by composers starting from traditional John Coltrane to up to date Michele Fernández. Audience members bobbed their heads to the upbeat ”Cute” by Neil Hefti, swayed their our bodies to the slower “Fun Time” by Sammy Nestico and met each solo with a lot applause all through the live performance.
This efficiency was the ensemble’s first fall live performance that Ryan Hagler, Grammy-nominated bassist and assistant professor of music, directed.
Hagler beforehand taught music at one other non-public liberal arts establishment, Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador, the place his band primarily consisted of music majors, he mentioned. In distinction, the Trinity University Jazz Ensemble is made up of scholars from quite a lot of disciplines, which Hagler mentioned he enjoys.
“It’s obviously a different thing, but the students are super engaged. They’re super talented, and they’re really smart. It’s different, but I love it,” Hagler mentioned. “They’re very enthusiastic, which even music majors aren’t always. Everybody in this band is here because they want to be here, so that’s a special thing.”
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