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Williams Jazz Ensemble
Kris Allen, Director
Program
Tiptoe – Thad Jones
The Waltz You Swang For Me – Thad Jones
Central Park North – Thad Jones
Skylark – Hoagy Carmichael and Johnny Mercer, arr. Bob Brookmeyer
Extra Credit – Jim McNeely
***Intermission***
Can You Help Me With This TV? – Charlie Dougherty '09
world premiere commissioned by the WJE
Pure Imagination – Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley
arr. Jonathan Dely '15 world premiere
Three and One – Thad Jones
Ahunk Ahunk – Thad Jones
Personnel
Henry Hobbs '18, alto saxophone
Richard Jin '18, alto and soprano saxophone
Jack Ferguson '18, tenor saxophone and flute
Jackson Myers '17, tenor saxophone
Sammi Jo Stone '17, baritone saxophone
Jesse Freeman '15, trumpet
Daniel Fisher '18, trumpet
Jonathan Dely '15, trumpet
Nathan Andersen '18, trumpet
Jimmy Miotto '18, trumpet
Hartley Greenwald '16, trombone
Jeff Sload '17, trombone
David Vascones '18, trombone
Henry Lane '18, trombone
Nathaniel Vilas '17, piano
Jack Schweighauser '15, guitar
Greg Ferland '16, bass
Gabe Moroskey'17, drumset
Friday, May 1, 2015
8:00 p.m.
Chapin Hall
Williamstown, Massachusetts
Please turn off or mute cell phones.
No photography or recording is permitted.
Tanya Darby
By the age of 12 Tanya Darby was already expressing
the elements of a mature jazz player. An awestruck audience at the Monterey Jazz Festival welcomed this young
talent annually and could count on hearing her with
the festival’s elite. After being invited to perform with
the Festival All-Star Band several times, she was a
celebrity with jazz aficionados throughout Japan and the
west coast.
Playing lead trumpet with the Grammy All-Star Band
brought her to the east coast where she received her Bachelor’s in Jazz Performance at the
Manhattan School of Music. She received various awards and accolades in recognition of her
talents including the Jon Faddis Award for Musical Excellence for Most Promising Jazz Trumpet
Talent of the Year. She gained notoriety for her soulful style and began freelancing throughout the
New York metropolitan area.
She has performed with such artists as Jon Faddis, Clark Terry, Frank Foster, Dee Dee Bridgewater,
Diane Reeves, Ramsey Lewis, Slide Hampton and many others. She has appeared on the television
show “BET on Jazz” as part of the T.S. Monk Sextet and performed with Aretha Franklin as part of
the Arista Records Twenty-five Year Anniversary Special on NBC.
Her fame grows along with her affiliation with the Village Vanguard Orchestra, as well as DIVA
Jazz Orchestra, the New York based and internationally acclaimed band. The New York Times calls
her “…a virtuoso with remarkable control and power.”
Tanya Darby can be heard on Bobby Sanabria’s Grammy-nominated recording, Live & In Clave
(recorded at Birdland), which was voted One of the Top Five Albums of the Year by Jazz Times as
well as Best Afro-Cuban Jazz Album of the Year by the Jazz Journalists Association. Other recordings include DIVA’s I Believe in You and commercial studio work.
In addition to a busy performing career, she is active behind the scenes as a producer and writer for
various artists. She also maintains a studio of private students.
Program notes for Can You Help Me With This TV?
This piece is an homage to the great Jim McNeely, whom I have had the honor of studying with for
the past three years, first as a student at William Paterson University and currently as a member of
the BMI Jazz Composers Workshop. The title derives from my first ever lesson with Jim: before
either of us said two words to each other about music, I ended up helping him set up a new entertainment center in his living room. Musically, the piece is based around what is essentially a contrafact on one of my favorite of Jim's pieces, This Time The Good Guys Win from his Dedication
Suite. - Charlie Dougherty '09
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Upcoming Events:
Sat May 2
8:00pm
Sun May 3
7:00pm
4:30pm
Tues May 5
7:00pm
Tues May 5
Wed May 6
12:15pm
Wed May 6
4:00pm
Wed May 6
7:00pm
Thu May 7
8:00pm
1:00pm
Fri May 8
Fri May 8
5:00pm
Fri May 8
8:00pm
8:00pm
Fri May 8
4:00pm
Sat May 9
Sat May 9
8:00pm
Sun May 10 3:00pm
Tues May 12 6:00pm
Wed May 13 12:15pm
Wed May 13 4:30pm
Wed May 13 7:00pm
Thu May 14 4:00pm
Thu May 14 7:00pm
4:00pm
Fri May 15
Fri May 15
8:00pm
2:00pm
Sat May 16
Sat May 16
4:30pm
Sat May 16
8:00pm
Sun May 17 4:00pm
Mon May 18 4:00pm
Mon May 18 6:00pm
Tue May 19 12:15pm
Tue May 19 5:00pm
Tue May 19 7:00pm
11:00am
Sat Jun 6
Larchmere String Quartet - Visiting Artist Series
Senior Recital with Jonathan Dely ’15, trumpet
Student Recital with Katherine Hrach ’16, violin
Student Recital with Scott Daniel ’17, violin
MIDWEEKMUSIC
Violin Studio Recital with Students of Joanna Kurkowicz
Chinese Music Ensemble
Spring Schubertiade with Richard Giarusso ’00
Master Class with Richard Giarusso ’00, baritone
Senior Recital with Ethan Borre ’15, clarinet
Kusika/Zambezi Marimba Band Spring concert
Williams Concert Choir & Williams Chamber Choir
Williams Percussion Ensemble at the Clark
Kusika/Zambezi Marimba Band Spring concert
Senior Recital Bryn Reinstadler ’15, Jennifer Helinek ’15
Senior Recital with Nicole Chen ’15, violin
MIDWEEKMUSIC
Indian Music Studio Recital
Small Jazz Ensembles
Patricia Ho ’16, cello, Celeste Pepitone-Nahas ’17
Williams Jazz Repertory Ensemble
Student Recital with Daniel Potter ’16, tenor
Williams Wind Ensemble
Piano Studio Recital with Students of Doris Stevenson
Senior Recital with Elaina Pullano ’15, mezzo-soprano
Williams Student Symphony
Chamber Music Studio Recital, Students of R. Feldman
Voice Studio Recital with Students of Kerry Ryer-Parke
Cello Studio Recital with Students of Nathaniel Parke
MIDWEEKMUSIC Tuesday
Clarinet Choir
Jazz Guitar Studio Recital Phelps
Senior Class Day Recital
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Chapin Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
’62 Center
Thompson Memorial Chapel
Clark Art Institute, lawn
’62 Center
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Chapin Hall, stage
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Chapin Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Chapin Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall
Brooks-Rogers Recital Hall