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Hutton Honors College

 —  2009 Big Band Extravaganza


"When Swing Was King":
The 2009 Big Band Extravaganza!
Featuring a Pre-performance Talk with Living Jazz Legend David Baker

Saturday, April 25, 2009 * Musical Arts Center (101 N. Jordan Ave.) * Center Orchestra Tickets: $8
7 p.m. Pre-performance Talk * 8 p.m. Performance
SIGN-UP REQUIRED (See Below for Details) * Refreshments Included

Living Jazz Legend David Baker Dr. David Baker is a jazz celebrity of international renown, having been named an Indiana Living Legend in 2001 and honored with the Living Jazz Legend Award in 2007. A nominee for both the Pulitzer Prize and Grammy Award and a winner of an Emmy, Baker chairs the Department of Jazz Studies at IU and serves as the artistic and musical director of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra. Baker has composed more than 2000 works, recorded 65 albums, and written 70 books and 400 articles.

The April 25th concert will feature "a battle" of two big bands, playing masterpieces of the swing era: one band conducted by Professor Baker and the second by Brent Wallarab, who plays lead trombone in the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, is a Specialist in Jazz for the Smithsonian, and is a visiting faculty member in the IU Jacobs School of Music. Wallarab has performed with and arranged for musical icons as diverse as Ray Charles, J.J. Johnson, Benny Carter, Wynton Marsalis, and the Count Basie Orchestra.

The evening's special guest performers will include the Billie Holiday Vocal Competition award-winner Delores King Williams and Emmy Award-winning vocalist Everett Greene, back by popular demand following last year's performance.

RSVP INFO: If you are interested in attending this event, please come to room 210H on the second floor of the new Hutton Honors College building (811 E. Seventh St., on the northwest corner of Seventh and Woodlawn) and see Hannah Dubina between the hours of 8 a.m. & noon and 1 & 4 p.m., weekdays. You must pay for your ticket(s) with cash or a check ($8/each) at the time you sign up. You may sign up friends as well, as long as they are IU undergraduates! The deadline for ticket purchases through the HHC is 4 p.m. Friday, April 17.

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