Thursday, March 21, 2024 • 7:30 p.m.
Weigel Auditorium
Columbus, OH
College Big Band Night
Jazz Workshop and Gospel Choir Collaboration Program
Kristopher Keith, conductor of Jazz Workshop
Milton V. Ruffin, director of Gospel Choir
Big Band
Across the Sky
Pat Metheny and Lyle Mays, arr. Bob Curnow
Choir
Jesus is My Help
Hezekiah Walker, arr. M. Ruffin
Big Band
Down by the Riverside
Traditional, arr. Oliver Nelson
Better Git Hit In Your Soul
Charles Mingus, arr. Sy Johnson
Choir
Hosanna
Wilmington Chester Mass Choir, arr. M. Ruffin
Big Band
Come Sunday
Duke Ellington, arr. Mike Tomaro
Choir
Lord, You Are Good
Israel Houghton, arr. M. Ruffin
Jazz Workshop Big Band and Gospel Choir
Oh Happy Day
Phillip Doddridge, arr. Eric Lechliter
(as performed by Ray Charles)
Pass Me Not, O Gentle Savior
Crosby and Doane, arr. Spencer Merk
(as performed by Kirk Whalum)
Bridge Over Troubled Water
Paul Simon
(Choir as performed by Aretha Franklin,
Big Band arrangement by Alan Baylock)
My Mind's Made Up
Darius Brooks, arr. Jerrod Schackelford
(as performed by Darius Brooks and The Tommies)
How I Got Over
Clara Ward, arr. Eric Lechliter
(as performed by Aretha Franklin)
JAZZ WORKSHOP BIG BAND PERSONNEL
Saxophones
Nathan Lucero, alto 1
Cole Basham, alto 2
Brady Stewart, tenor 1
Jacob Patterson, tenor 2
Jesse English, baritone
Trumpets
Joung Min Oh, lead
Alessandro Nocera
Jackson Crane
David Winicky
Trombones
Zach Britting, baritone saxophone
Leo Lipker
Grant Yates
Rhythm Section
Michelle Sterling, piano
Kindall Benjamin, bass
Jakob Stephens, drums/percussion
Nick Serrano, drums/percussion
Jazz Lab Big Band
Program selections will be announced from the stage.
Chris Anderson, conductor
Vocalist
Ava Gilley
Saxophones
Alyssa Hartman, alto 1
Dillan Daly, alto 2
Joel Caniff, tenor 1
Trevor Paul, tenor 2
Elijah Smith, baritone
Trumpets
Joung Min Oh, lead
Ki Jones
Liliana Rivera
Abbey Zunic
Trombones
Lucia Cherok, lead
I Burgos
Ayden Casa
Jonathan Kesler, bass trombone
Rhythm Section
Logan Franklin, guitar
Colin Graham, piano
Olivia Page Howe, bass
Philip Baturin, drums
Josh Sommers, drums
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