2011-2012 Concert Season
Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra
Clarence Acox & Michael Brockman, Artistic Directors
 

                                "Presenting the great works of jazz"

 
 
 

SRJO Band Photo


2011-12 Subscription Series Concerts


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   Series Concert No. 1
"An Evening with Ol' Blue Eyes:
The Music of Frank Sinatra"
   Saturday October 29, 2011 (7:30 PM)
   - Benaroya/Nordstrom Recital Hall
   NEWLY ADDED: Sunday October 30, 2011 (3 PM)
   - Benaroya/Nordstrom Recital Hall

   Sunday November 6, 2011 (3 PM)
   - Kirkland Performance Center

The big band jazz of Quincy Jones, Count Basie and Nelson Riddle, featuring guest vocalists James Caddell and Danny Quintero singing their favorites in tribute to "Ol' Blue Eyes."


   Series Concert No. 2
"Benny Carter's Peaceful Warrior
- A Tribute to Martin Luther King"
   Saturday March 3, 2012 (7:30 PM)
   - Benaroya/Nordstrom Recital Hall
   Sunday March 4, 2012 (3 PM)
   - Kirkland Performance Center

Benny Carter, composer of SRJO audience favorite "Kansas City Suite," created this stunning suite in tribute our nation's great civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King.


   Series Concert No. 3
"North by Northwest:
Music of Seattle's Jazz Composers"
   Saturday April 21, 2012 (7:30 PM)
   - Benaroya/Nordstrom Recital Hall
   Sunday April 22, 2012 (3 PM)
   - Kirkland Performance Center


he SRJO presents music from their favorite Seattle composers and arrangers, including Bob Hammer, Milt Kleeb and Wayne Horvitz, plus great pieces by members of the band.


   Series Concert No. 4
"Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance II :
All-Acoustic Jazz"
   Saturday June 16, 2012 (7:30 PM)
   - Benaroya/Nordstrom Recital Hall
   Sunday June 17, 2012 (3 PM)
   - Kirkland Performance Center

The SRJO presents more fantastic music from the 1920s and 1930s, played as it was originally created -- with original instrumentation and without amplification.


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PLUS! Don't miss our special holiday jazz concert!

The 23rd annual Duke Ellington Sacred Music Concert
"An ecumenical and non-denominational concert--and a Seattle holiday tradition!"

Earshot Jazz presents the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra with special guests in the 23rd annual Seattle presentation--now the world's longest-running annual presentation of these great works.

Featuring guest baritone vocalist
Everett Green of the Count Basie Orchestra
plus alto vocalist Nichol Eskridge,
tap-dancer Alex Dugdale,
and the Northwest Chamber Chorus

Monday December 26, 2011 (7:30 PM)
Town Hall Seattle
Tickets: $34 Adults, $32 seniors or students

now available online through Earshot Jazz at: Brown Paper Tickets
or call Earshot at 206-547-6763

This concert SOLD OUT all 900 seats in 2009 and 2010, so early ticket purchase is recommended!


 

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