Old Dominion University Jazz Combo

Old Dominion University Jazz Orchestra

Owens, Douglas T., (Director)

Toomey, John, (Director)

English

Old Dominion University

 Future ODU Jazz Performances  Jazz Choir  Jazz Combo Jazz Orchestra Tuesday, November 29, 2016, 7:30 PM Chandler Recital Hall  Jazz Combo Jazz Orchestra Tuesday, February 21, 2017, 7:30 PM Chandler Recital Hall  ODU Jazz Residency Dick Oatts, Saxophone  Jazz Choir, Jazz Combo Jazz Orchestra April 20-24, 2017  For more information, email music@odu.edu http://www.odu.edu/musicdept https://www.facebook.com/ODUMusic https://www.youtube.com/user/OldDominionUnivMusic  OLD DOMINION UNIVERSITY Department of Music          Old Dominion University Jazz Combo    Old Dominion University Jazz Orchestra  Douglas T. Owens, Director     Diehn Center for the Performing Arts Chandler Recital Hall           Tuesday, September 27, 2016                          7:30 PM    Upcoming Performances  Event Name Date Time Location Norfolk Chamber Consort 10/3  7:30 PM  Chandler Recital Hall TRADOC Chamber Winds   10/5 4:00 PM Chandler Recital Hall   Dr. Kelly Montgomery Voice Studio Recital  Dr. Kathleen Winters,  Guest Flute Recital  10/14  10/15 7:30 PM  7:30 PM Chandler Recital Hall  Chandler Recital Hall     John Toomey, Director   Jazz Combo Program   Invitation    Body and Soul  Special thanks to Rich Mossman for his clinic work with Jazz Combo on September 20.   Bronislaw Kaper  arr. Josh McDonald  Johnny Green   Jazz Orchestra Program  Begin the Beguine   Early Autumn  Song for My Father   Li’l Darlin’  Nice n’ Juicy    Artie Shaw Trans. Jeff Hest   Burns/Herman/Mercer  Horace Silver arr. Brisker  Neal Hefti  Jeff Steinberg     ODU Department of Music Audition Dates October 29, 2016 January 9, and 21, 2017 February 20, 2017 March 18, 2017 (Instrumental Only) April 8 and 25, 2017 http://www.odu.edu/musicdept Apply at https://app.getacceptd.com/odmusic Jazz Combo Personnel  Charity Lyons, Vocals Tyler Harney, Saxophone Josh McDonald, Trumpet Robert Medina, Trumpet Adam Hill, Guitar Benjamin Ferrell, Bass Jonathan Wudijono, Drums  Professor John Toomey, Piano   Jazz Orchestra Personnel  Saxophones Bryan Myhr Collier Godfrey Tyler Harney Emmanuel Smith Danny Santos   Piano Jonathan Phillips  Trumpets Austin Kopp Josh McDonald Joshua Williams      Guitar Adam Hill  Drums/Percussion Jonathan Wudijono Christian Mitchell  Trombones Justin Burgin Andre Cumberland Dominique Parker  Alex Federico    Bass Zachary Webster           John Toomey Director, ODU Jazz Combo  Professor John Toomey served as Chair of the Old Dominion University Department of Music from 2007 to 2016. He has been recognized for excellence in teaching several times, including his designation as University Professor for Excellence in Teaching, an honorary title awarded to less than two percent of the faculty at the university. Other honors include TELETECHNET Professor of the Year, and winner of the SCHEV Award for Excellence in Teaching.    Professor Toomey teaches a graduate section of The History and Aesthetics of Jazz every summer via TELETECHNET, and also oversees and directs students in the Jazz Choir. In the area of research, Professor Toomey serves as both director and performer for the Attucks Jazz Series under the umbrella of the Virginia Arts Festival, performs often on the Diehn Concert Series with various jazz artists, and served for two years as performer and Music Director for Havana Nights, a state of the art jazz club in the Tidewater region.  In all of these venues, Professor Toomey has performed in concert with nationally and internationally acclaimed jazz artists, such as Tierney Sutton, John Fedchock, Joe Locke, Terrell Stafford, and others.    In addition, Professor Toomey has given performances and clinics for The Duffy Composers Institute and the University of Miami.  The original score he composed for The Boys of H Company was recently aired in Singapore and Japan, and was featured on national television dozens of times during the past few years. Professor Toomey’s arrangement of Dance With Me for jazz choir was selected by Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices for use by the Pennsylvania All State Jazz Choir Festival. Also, Professor Toomey’s arrangement of Sugar was performed by the top jazz vocal ensemble at the University of Miami.        Douglas T. Owens Director, ODU Jazz Orchestra  Dr. Douglas T. Owens is an Associate Professor of Music, the Chairperson of the Old Dominion University Department of Music and the F. Ludwig Diehn Endowed Chair of Instrumental Music Education. Dr. Owens previously taught at the University Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the University of Southern Maine. In addition, he has been a music educator at the elementary, middle and high school levels in California and Wisconsin.   Dr. Owens teaches several music education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He continues to serve as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator of wind ensembles, concert bands and jazz ensembles. He has presented research at the Midwest Clinic, the national meetings of the College Music Society, the National Association for Music Education, the Music Educators Association meetings of Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, and Colorado, the National Hearing Conservation Association, the Health Promotion in Schools of Music, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and the University of Northern Colorado Research Conference. Dr. Owens has research in the Medical Problems of Performing Artists, the National Band Association Journal and The Instrumentalist. His chapter on music entrepreneurship appears in the book Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context.   As the former lead trumpet in the Portland Jazz Orchestra, Dr. Owens performed with Bob Mintzer, the New York Voices, Conrad Herwig, Wayne Bergeron, Greg Hopkins, and Denis DiBlasio. He appears on the 2009 PJO recording Nor’easter. As the lead trumpet of the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band I, Dr. Owens performed with Bob Brookmeyer, Deborah Brown, Maria Schneider, Nicholas Payton, Conrad Herwig, and Brian Lynch. Dr. Owens is a member of the Virginia Wind Symphony.      John Toomey Director, ODU Jazz Combo  Professor John Toomey served as Chair of the Old Dominion University Department of Music from 2007 to 2016. He has been recognized for excellence in teaching several times, including his designation as University Professor for Excellence in Teaching, an honorary title awarded to less than two percent of the faculty at the university. Other honors include TELETECHNET Professor of the Year, and winner of the SCHEV Award for Excellence in Teaching.    Professor Toomey teaches a graduate section of The History and Aesthetics of Jazz every summer via TELETECHNET, and also oversees and directs students in the Jazz Choir. In the area of research, Professor Toomey serves as both director and performer for the Attucks Jazz Series under the umbrella of the Virginia Arts Festival, performs often on the Diehn Concert Series with various jazz artists, and served for two years as performer and Music Director for Havana Nights, a state of the art jazz club in the Tidewater region.  In all of these venues, Professor Toomey has performed in concert with nationally and internationally acclaimed jazz artists, such as Tierney Sutton, John Fedchock, Joe Locke, Terrell Stafford, and others.    In addition, Professor Toomey has given performances and clinics for The Duffy Composers Institute and the University of Miami.  The original score he composed for The Boys of H Company was recently aired in Singapore and Japan, and was featured on national television dozens of times during the past few years. Professor Toomey’s arrangement of Dance With Me for jazz choir was selected by Kim Nazarian of the New York Voices for use by the Pennsylvania All State Jazz Choir Festival. Also, Professor Toomey’s arrangement of Sugar was performed by the top jazz vocal ensemble at the University of Miami.        Douglas T. Owens Director, ODU Jazz Orchestra  Dr. Douglas T. Owens is an Associate Professor of Music, the Chairperson of the Old Dominion University Department of Music and the F. Ludwig Diehn Endowed Chair of Instrumental Music Education. Dr. Owens previously taught at the University Massachusetts Dartmouth, and the University of Southern Maine. In addition, he has been a music educator at the elementary, middle and high school levels in California and Wisconsin.   Dr. Owens teaches several music education courses at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He continues to serve as a guest conductor, clinician and adjudicator of wind ensembles, concert bands and jazz ensembles. He has presented research at the Midwest Clinic, the national meetings of the College Music Society, the National Association for Music Education, the Music Educators Association meetings of Virginia, Massachusetts, Maine, and Colorado, the National Hearing Conservation Association, the Health Promotion in Schools of Music, the Performing Arts Medicine Association, the Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, and the University of Northern Colorado Research Conference. Dr. Owens has research in the Medical Problems of Performing Artists, the National Band Association Journal and The Instrumentalist. His chapter on music entrepreneurship appears in the book Disciplining the Arts: Teaching Entrepreneurship in Context.   As the former lead trumpet in the Portland Jazz Orchestra, Dr. Owens performed with Bob Mintzer, the New York Voices, Conrad Herwig, Wayne Bergeron, Greg Hopkins, and Denis DiBlasio. He appears on the 2009 PJO recording Nor’easter. As the lead trumpet of the University of Northern Colorado Jazz Lab Band I, Dr. Owens performed with Bob Brookmeyer, Deborah Brown, Maria Schneider, Nicholas Payton, Conrad Herwig, and Brian Lynch. Dr. Owens is a member of the Virginia Wind Symphony.      

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