A review of press releases received this week confirms again, and again, the fact that the music of the swing era is alive and well on both sides of the Atlantic. Here are just a few examples. Do you have an event coming up? Email at this address...CLICK HERE.
Great Britain:
Swing time for charity in Big Band concert- Sunday 15th November 2009. "SWING time is here again with a big band concert featuring wartime favourites from Glenn Miller and Artie Shaw.The charity gig, proceeds of which will go to the North London Hospice, Enfield Club House, and other charities, is presented by Southgate rotary club with The Conchord Big Band.The concert will be held on Saturday November 21, 8pm, in the Bourne Methodist Church, Southgate, Palmers Green.For tickets, which cost £13.50, visit www.southgaterotary.org.uk or call 020 8455 1500."
Canada:
"The Cantata Singers of Ottawa will join the superb brass and percussion players of Ottawa's Capital Brassworks Saturday in a remembrance-themed concert at Dominion-Chalmers United Church presented by the Ottawa Chamber Music Society. Guest conductor Christopher Hossfeld will conduct Gordon Langford's London Miniatures, Rob Teehan's O Nata Lux, John Williams' Hymn to the Fallen, the premiere of Montreal composer Michal Novotny's Shell Shocked and an arrangement of tunes by Capital BrassWorks' Angus Armstrong inspired by Tommy Dorsey and the big bands.- 8 p.m. Saturday, Dominion-Chalmers Church, O'Connor Street at Cooper. Tickets: $30 to $47. Information: www.chamberfest.com."
United States:
" Coastal Carolina University's Jazz After Hours band will perform at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, Nov. 16 in Wheelwright Auditorium. Conway, S.C. General admission is $9; alumni, senior citizens (65 and older) and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute member admission is $7; teens (11-17) are $3; children are admitted free but must be accompanied by an adult. Music from the swing era, as well as new arrangements of classical songs, will be presented."
"The Towne and Country Players of Norwalk, Ohio are proud to welcome The Ohio State University Jazz Ensemble to town this weekend as part of the fourth annual Veterans Day concert honoring the military men and women of this nation. The Big Band Matinee is the first concert of the season for the T&C Players, and will take place at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Norwalk High School Ernsthausen Performing Arts Center. Tickets for the event are $15 and can be purchased either at the door or by calling 419-668-1641."
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