The Glenn Korff School of Music’s Jazz Singers will perform at 7:30 p.m. March 12 in Westbrook Recital Hall Room 119. The concert is free and open to the public. It will also be webcast live. Visit the concert's website on the day of the performance for the link.
The Jazz Singers are under the direction of Glenn Korff School of Music Lecturer David von Kampen.
The Jazz Singers will be joined by special guests Elkhorn North High School’s “ENsync,” under the direction of Casey Allen, and the Nebraska Vocal Jazz Project.
The program begins with the Nebraska Vocal Jazz Project performing four arrangements by von Kampen, including Sammy Fain and Lew Brown’s “That Old Feeling,” Sarah Jarosz’s “Orange and Blue,” Gabriel Kahane’s “Little Love” and Dave Frishberg’s “Little Did I Dream.”
Then, “ENsync” will perform Sammy Fain and Irving Kahal’s “I’ll Be Seeing You,” arranged by Phil Mattson, and Paul Simon’s “Loves Me Like a Rock,” arranged by Darmon Meader. They will then be joined by the UNL Jazz Singers to perform Sarah Jarosz’s “Green Lights,” arranged by von Kampen.
Finally, the UNL Jazz Singers will close the program with Ray Davies’ “You Really Got Me;” “Elsa,” with music by Earl Zindars and lyric by Andrea von Kampen; Radiohead’s “Exit Music (For a Film);” and von Kampen’s “Color Theory II,” all arranged by David von Kampen.
“This will be such a special night with three groups that are remarkably interconnected,” von Kampen said. “Nebraska Vocal Jazz Project is comprised entirely of former members of UNL Jazz Singers. NVJP’s alto, Casey Allen, is the vocal music director at Elkhorn North. Former Jazz Singers soprano Annie von Kampen is currently student teaching at ENHS with Casey, and current soprano Alyssa Schade has also been working with the ENHS choirs this year.”
The Jazz Singers are also connected to Elkhorn through Jacob Samek, the Elkhorn North High School graduate and Jazz Singers tenor, who died Feb. 9 after a battle with cancer.
“It’s been a difficult time for both groups, but we are so glad for the opportunity to collaborate on this concert, which will include the groups joining together on an arrangement of Sarah Jarosz’s beautiful song, ‘Green Lights,’” von Kampen said.
