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Visit our Music Department page: http:\/\/cas.umw.edu\/music\/<\/span><\/a><\/h3>

UMW Jazz Ensemble<\/h1>

              Doug Gately, Director<\/h4>
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The ensemble is made up of students majoring in all areas of study. The UMW Jazz Ensemble performs contemporary jazz arrangements as well as standard big band literature. Members receive instruction in performance techniques, jazz history, theory, improvisation, and an analysis of elements of style and interpretation of music found within the jazz idiom. The Ensemble performs for various events on and off campus. Major concerts are presented each semester. In the fall the ensemble presents the Jazz 4 Justice™ <\/strong><\/em>concert and in the spring the UMW Jazz Ensemble hosts the annual UMW Jazz Festival<\/strong>, performing with national and international “name” Jazz Artists. Within this ensemble are smaller groups that perform at various events on and off campus. The ensemble is open to all students by audition.<\/p>\n

For more information contact the UMW Music Dept. at (540) 654 – 1012<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

Performance Schedule<\/strong><\/p>

Spring 2017<\/strong><\/p>

Feb 22<\/strong> –  UMW Jazz  Celebrates Black History Month at the  Underground,<\/em> Lee <\/em>Hall, 6:00 pm.<\/p>

March 26 – UMW Jazz Festival<\/strong>,  George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium, 4-6 pm.
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Jazz Festival Schedule – TBA<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

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 Fall 2017<\/h3>

Nov 4 – Jazz 4 Justice, <\/strong>Dodd Auditorium, 7:30 pm<\/p>


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\"Jazz UMW’s Jazz Ensemble has joined the Fredericksburg Area Bar Association<\/strong> and Legal  Aid Works℠<\/strong><\/em> (formally Rappahannock Legal Services) to present a special concert, Jazz 4  Justice™<\/em>, <\/strong>on Saturday, Nov 4 at 7:30 pm. in George Washington Hall’s Dodd Auditorium. An  informal jam session open to all musicians in attendance will follow the performance. Tickets are  required. General admission tickets cost $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>

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Watch video – www.vimeo.com\/131800821<\/a><\/span><\/p>

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All events are free and open to the public unless noted<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>

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\"Doug Doug Gately, Director – Bio \/ Highlights<\/h2>