The TJC Jazz and Harmony performed together on Nov. 7 in the Rogers Palmer Performing Arts Center for the TJC Jazz group’s final concert of the season.
Left to right: Drew Gaddis (Split lead tenor), Gabe Martinez (Split lead tenor) and Brandon Eley (Bass) perform with The Jazz 2 ensemble. They run through their music before the Jazz Ensembles and Harmony Fall Concert.
Jazz 2 started off the concert with “A Nasty Bit of Blues,” followed by a jazz arrangement of Bruno Mars’s “Treasure.” They finished out their section of the concert with “Bye Bye Blackbird,” “La Suerte De Los Tontos” and “Snake in My Boots.”
Harmony entered the stage while singing ABBA’s “Dancing Queen” dressed in sparkling gowns. They left the stage after finishing with “You Make Me Feel So Young,” “Sway,” “Dust in the Wind,” “I Only Have Eyes For You/The More I See You” and “Son-of-a-Preacher Man.”
Alongside jazz classics such as “Bluesette” and “Tour De Force,” Jazz 1 ended the concert with “Boomerang,” “Blackbird,” “A Few Good Men” and “The Refrigerator.”
Micah Bell, the professor of trumpet and jazz at TJC, directs the Jazz 1 and Jazz 2 ensembles.
“Everyone seems pretty into it for the most part. They take pride in, you know, doing well and wanting to do their best,” Bell said.
Next spring, TJC Music will be hosting its 20th annual Jazz Festival. The festival will be a multiple day event featuring dual guest artists, Wayne Bergeron and Barb Catlin.
Right to Left: John Jimenez (Tenor lead), Francisco Albarran (Alto), Sullivan McWhirther (Alto split lead), Alaina Amato (Alto split lead), Christian Himel (Tenor) and Marcos Loya (Bari) rehearse for their improvisation solos. They have a section spotlight in “A Nasty Bit of Blues.”
Kaitlyn Davis practices her solo improvisation in “A Nasty Bit of Blues.” She plays on the drum set with the rhythm section of Jazz 2.
Right to Left: Morgan Sharpe (Freshman Soprano), Maddie Williams (Freshman Soprano), Makenzie Mburugu (Sophomore Alto) and Chrisalyn Bootie (Sophomore Alto) sway to the music. The voices of TJC Harmony come on stage in sparkling gowns as they sing “Dancing Queen” by ABBA.
Victoria Harris (left, Freshman Alto) and Victoria Standish (right, Sophomore Alto) sing “You Make Me Feel So Young.” They serenade the audience as the only two alto
Right to Left: Morgan Sharpe (Freshman Soprano), Maddie Williams (Freshman Soprano), Makenzie Mburugu (Sophmore Alto) and Chrisalyn Bootie (Sophmore Alto) perform “You Make Me Feel So Young.” They get into the groove as they sing for the audience.
Micheal Robins II (Left – Freshman Tenor) and Peyton Campbell (Right – Sophomore Tenor) get their groove on while singing “Son-of-a-Preacher Man.” Harmony features 2 voices on tenor and 2 on bass.
Left to Right: Emily James (Alto), Anthony Vargas (Lead Alto), Riley Woodward (Tenor), Kristen Davenport (Bari) rehearse on stage before the Jazz Ensembles and Harmony Fall Concert. They are saxophones in Jazz 1.
Left to Right: Noah Kelly, Anthony Foto, Dalton Echols (Lead) and Brayden Frank rehearse with the ensemble before the concert in the Rogers Palmer Preforming Arts Center. They are predominantly featured in the melody of “Blackbird.”
Mackenzie Mburugu, sophomore alto, rehearses “Bluesette” with the jazz band. She sings as a soloist with Jazz 1 and as part of the ensemble in Harmony.
