MOUNT VERNON, IOWA (April 2, 2019) — The Cornell College Department of Music presented its Jazz Ensemble Concert on Friday, March 29, in the Smith Dining Hall of the Thomas Commons. The group, which included Elaine Andorf of Bettendorf, Iowa, worked with the Cornell College swing-dancing club, Slick Shoes, to make it a night of dancing and music.
Student soloists included Maeve Ward on alto sax, Jasper Jones on tenor sax, Jake Luetke on trumpet, Tray Guess on trumpet, Chris Cannon on trombone, and Xikun Wang on guitar.
The Cornell College Jazz Ensemble is an auditioned Big Band of approximately 20 musicians with the traditional mix of saxophones, trumpets, trombones, guitar, piano, bass, and drums, supplemented occasionally by other instrumentalists and vocalists. The band rehearses four days a week and presents concerts throughout the semester both on and off campus. The group has toured both domestically and internationally.
About Cornell College:
Cornell College's picturesque campus is located in Mount Vernon, Iowa. One of the "Colleges That Change Lives," Cornell College is a national liberal-arts college with a distinctive One Course at a Time curriculum. Students take one class for 18 days, which provides students the chance to dive into their studies and focus more intensely on the classes of their choice. Cornellians learn with the unique freedom to shed the confines of the traditional classroom — studying off-campus, pursuing research, or accepting an internship — all without missing out on other classes.
With a student body from 47 states and 19 foreign countries, and renowned visiting speakers, faculty, and entertainers, Cornell offers the world from its hilltop campus.
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