featured concert
SYMPHONIC JAZZ ORCHESTRA FEATURING CHRISTIAN McBRIDE
05/16/11
05/16/11
The 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra, conducted by Co-Music Director Mitch Glickman, will be joined by bass player extraordinaire Christian McBride for this special free family concert. The program features the world premiere of a newly commissioned work composed by SJO Co-Music Director George Duke for McBride and the orchestra, along with other specially commissioned works. This special concert is presented by UCLA's Design for Sharing with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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concert archive
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| 05/27/09 | Symphonic Jazz Orchestra performs in East L.A. With a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the 67-member Symphonic Jazz Orchestra performed a special concert for students from ... read more |
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| 12/31/08 | New Year's Eve Fundraiser 2008 Five-time Grammy Award nominee David Benoit and his trio performed a benefit concert supporting the Symphonic Jazz Orchestra's Community... read more |
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| 12/31/07 | New Year's Eve Fundraiser 2007 Performing to a capacity audience, legendary Brazilian vocalist Flora Purim & percussionist Airto Moreira and their band performed a rare... read more |
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| 03/27/07 | SJO presents Educational Concert at Royce Hall On Tuesday morning, March 27, 2007, over 1,500 elementary and middle school students from all across Los Angeles County filled UCLA's Royce ... read more |
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| 12/31/06 | New Year's Eve Fundraiser 2006 A special performance of the George Duke Trio with Brian Bromberg, bass and Terri Lyne Carrington, drums was held at the Jazz Bakery... read more |
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| 06/24/06 | SJO opens Ford's Summer Season with free Family Concert Before a capacity audience, the SJO presented a free family concert to open the Ford Amphitheatre's 2006 Summer Concert Series on Saturday... read more |
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| 02/02/06 | SJO Community Outreach Program With support from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Ford's Latino Arts Initiative and the City of Los Angeles Dept. of Cultural Affair ... read more |
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| 05/01/05 | SJO celebrates "Rhapsody in Blue" On May 1, 2005, the SJO presented a special Family Concert at UCLA's Schoenberg Hall celebrating George Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue."... read more |
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| 07/29/03 | SJO partners with the California State Summer School for the Arts Performing at the Walt Disney Theatre at CalArts in Valencia, the SJO presented a special concert entitled "Bringing New Music to Life"... read more |
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| 03/03/02 | SJO Debuts at Royce Hall Sunday evening, March 3, 2002 marked the debut concert of the 72-member SJO under the leadership of Music Directors Tom Scott and Mitch... read more |
