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15th Annual Jerry Galley Memorial Scholarship Concert: "Jazz Night"

 

April 23, 2014
Wednesday PM


(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Jerry Galley Memorial Scholarship Concert, "Jazz Night", will take place on Thursday, April 24, 2014, at 7:00 P.M. at Ketchikan High School.

The Jerry Galley Memorial Scholarship fund, established in the Spring 2000, was established to honor the late Jerry Galley, a young man who was well loved in the Ketchikan community. Each year the annual concert raises money to help Ketchikan High School seniors pursue the arts in college.

Donations for the 15th annual Jerry Galley Memorial Scholarship Concert will accepted at the door. Money goes toward a scholarship for college bound arts students. There have been 20 recipients of the Jerry Galley Memorial Scholarship, including three who have graduated with degrees in Music Education, and three who have degrees in Music Performance.

The Windjammers and Soundwaves bands will be playing jazz, rock, blues, ballads, and latin music for your enjoyment.

Soundwaves will begin the program with a Lester Young swing tune, "Lester Leaps In" followed by "Slane" which is a bossa nova style piece. "El Taco Loco" is a blazing latin/rock selection and "Touchdown Tony" is a rock style tribute to the famous Dallas football quarterback. "La Suerte de Los Tontos" was written for the Stan Kenton Band. The title means "Fortune of Fools" and is unusual in that it is in six-eight time. "Stars In the Southern Sky" is an alto saxophone feature played by Anna Warmuth. Famous composer/arranger Sammy Nestico wrote the final to the Soundwaves set-a hard-swinging tune, "The Heat's On".

The Windjammers will open with the Lennon-McCartney jazz waltz "Norwegian Wood". The Windjammers consist primarily of adults this year, but include three outstanding high school musicians. Kayhi Senior Jillianne Fazakerley will be featured soloist on trumpet in "I Remember Clifford", a tribute to the great trumpeter, Clifford Brown. "Secret Love" will feature the trombone section, followed by the beautiful and unusual concert ballad "First Child" written for the Kenton band. "Just A Pretty Little Thing" is a bossa nova that will feature Jeff Karlson on flugelhorn. "The Lady is a Tramp" from the musical "Babes In Arms" will be sung by Myra Kalbaugh, followed by "Orchids and Butterflies". The Windjammers set will close with one of the most challenging and exciting works done by the Buddy Rich Band - "Channel One Suite",
featuring Dave Kiffer on tenor saxophone and Kim Kleinschmidt on
drums.

It has become a tradition to combine the participating bands for several pieces to close the scholarship concerts. Over forty musicians between the ages of twelve and seventy will perform together in "Softly, As In A Morning Sunrise", "I Wanna Be Like You", from the "Jungle Book" and the concert will again close with Woody Herman's theme "Blue Flame".


 

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