The Weekly Advances UMaine Symphonic Band, Jazz Ensemble Concert
The Weekly previewed the Oct. 27 performance by the University of Maine Symphonic Band and the UMaine Jazz Ensemble at the Collins Center for the Arts. The 45-member Symphonic Band, under the direction of Christopher White, will play pieces by Gustav Theodore Holst, Toshio Iwai, John Philip Sousa, Eric Whitacre and François-Joseph Gossec. The Jazz Ensemble, which is a 20-piece big band directed by Jack Burt, will play old and new jazz standards, including works by Count Basie and Pat Metheny.