Tag: Jazz Ensemble

Jazz concert excites tonight

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Abhigya Ghimire Staff Writer While most of the students have been busy with the mid-semester academic rush, the Troy band jazz ensembles, I and II, have been working hard and practicing for the upcoming concert.  “Jazz ensemble is usually an ensemble of about 18 to 20 musicians that consists typically of about five saxophones, five trumpets, five trombones, and rhythm section,” said Dave Camwell, an assistant professor of saxophone and jazz. According to Camwell, the ensemble plays music from all different genres like swing, funk, hip-hop and even classical.  “There…

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Jazz Ensemble welcomes new conductor this year

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Sydney Taylor Staff Writer The Troy University Jazz Ensemble will be under the direction of Dave Camwell, director of jazz studies and associate professor of music, starting this year. The Jazz Ensemble held auditions in August and meets for class on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 1-2:15 p.m.. “Every day I get to work with them, it’s the highlight of my day,” Camwell said. “It’s really exciting to work with such a talented group off the get-go.” Camwell, a new faculty member, studied music performance at the University of Calgary and…

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Students perform up-tempo jazz music in fall show

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Taylor Boydstun Staff Writer The Troy University Jazz Ensemble performed an array of up-tempo jazz music in Claudia Crosby Theater on Friday, Nov. 4, beginning at 7:30 p.m. Boston native Michael Huff, associate professor of trumpet and director of the jazz ensemble commented on the song selection noting that, “This is a class for these students so (the songs are) mostly what we felt like they needed to work on and what they needed to learn. “It’s mostly educationally based, but you know with the jazz ensemble, we do take…

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