/news-archive/tag/michael-underwood/ 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Tue, 24 May 2022 21:15:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 /news-archive/2022/05/24/summer-concert-band-3/ Tue, 24 May 2022 21:15:08 +0000 /news/?p=81623 ... 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock to Host Free Summer Concert and Jazz Band Performance June 10]]> The Summer Concert Band, which performed 2017 to 2019 under the direction of Dr. Kenneth Goff, director of bands and professor of music education at 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock, has been absent in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. Goff is planning to return with a bigger and better concert than ever before. In addition to the Summer Concert Band, 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock is adding a Jazz Band, which will be led by Dr. Michael Underwood, this summer due to popular demand. The Summer Concert Band and Summer Jazz Band are open to all high school students and community members who play an instrument. No prior registration is required. Anyone who wants to join the bands should simply show up for the first rehearsal. The Summer Concert Band will rehearse from 6-8 p.m. May 31, June 2, June 7, and June 9. Meanwhile, the Jazz Band will rehearse from 6-8 p.m. June 1, 3, 6, and 8. All rehearsals will take place in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock鈥檚 Fine Arts Building. Both summer bands will show off their skills during a free concert at 7:30 p.m. June 10 in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall. According to Goff, the summer band is a fun-filled experience filled with high school band members, community members, music faculty and students, and alumni. 鈥淚 jokingly call it the danger band,鈥� Goff said. 鈥淲e have four rehearsals and a performance, and you never know what you are going to get. It鈥檚 exciting, but it鈥檚 very much a fly by the seat of your pants type idea.鈥� The bands鈥� performance will include 鈥淐horale and Alleluia,鈥� 鈥淎ll the Pretty Little Horses,鈥� 鈥淰ariations on a Korean Folksong,鈥� 鈥淐ajun Folk Songs,鈥� 鈥淭he Typewriter,鈥� 鈥淥ld Irish Tune,鈥� selections from the movie 鈥淢oana,鈥� Studio Ghibli鈥檚 鈥淎nime March Medley,鈥� 鈥淪oftly Speaks the Night,鈥� 鈥淎ncient Flowers,鈥� 鈥淪o What鈥� by Miles Davis, and 鈥淢oten Swing鈥� by Benny Moten. 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock students Carmen Ramirez, Elijah Jennings, and Alex Hughes as well as Andrea Lambert, a recent 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock graduate who previously did not have the opportunity to conduct the Summer Concert Band due to Covid, will serve as conductors for the performance. 鈥淥ur community is so diverse,鈥� Goff said. 鈥淚鈥檓 a first-generation college student. When I was a kid, I wanted to go to band camp, but my family couldn鈥檛 afford it. That鈥檚 one of the reasons I enjoy leading this free summer concert band. This is a good opportunity for students and community members to get quality instruction and experience without having to take off a week of work, travel, or pay a lot of money. It鈥檚 great community outreach, and it gives our students the opportunity to conduct. I think it encompasses everything we try to do as a university.鈥� For more information on the summer bands, contact Goff at kggoff@ualr.edu.]]> /news-archive/2018/10/09/halle-boo-jah/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 19:22:41 +0000 /news/?p=72185 ... Music Department to present 鈥楬alle-boo-jah鈥� on Halloween]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock鈥檚 Department of Music will present its annual Halloween-themed concert Halle-boo-jah at noon on Wednesday, Oct. 31, in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building. Admission is free and open to the public. Halle-boo-jah will be directed by Dr. Bevan Keating, assistant professor of conducting and choral studies. Performers include members of the Concert Choir, Chamber Choir, vocal student soloists, and faculty members Diane Kesling and Dr. Michael Underwood. Musical selections will include 鈥淎nd So It Goes鈥� by Billy Joel, 鈥淎 Million Dreams鈥� from 鈥淭he Greatest Showman,鈥� and classical selections by J.S. Bach, W.A. Mozart, and Ren茅 Clausen. Attendees are welcome to wear costumes. For more information, contact the Music Department Office at (501) 569-3294.]]> /news-archive/2017/10/02/jazz-ensemble/ Mon, 02 Oct 2017 14:23:26 +0000 /news/?p=68130 ... Jazz Ensemble to perform Oct. 4]]> Jazz Ensemble will hold its fall concert on Wednesday, Oct. 4. The event, which is free and open to the public, will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Building. The performance will feature vocalist Shonniesa Gaston on two pieces, 鈥淭hings Are Looking Up鈥� by George Gershwin and 鈥淲hen I Fall in Love鈥� by Nat King Cole. The concert will also feature works by Dizzy Gillespie, Doug Beach, and Steely Dan. For more information, contact Dr. Michael Underwood, director of the Jazz Ensemble, at mpunderwood@ualr.edu or 214.669.6782.]]> /news-archive/2017/04/10/department-of-music-hosts-faculty-recital-april-14/ Mon, 10 Apr 2017 14:49:23 +0000 /news/?p=66793 ... Department of Music hosts faculty recital April 14]]> The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Department of Music is set to host its upcoming faculty recital Friday, April 14.聽 Dr. Michael Underwood, director of the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Jazz Ensemble, will wow audience members with his trombone performance at 7:30 p.m. in the Stella Boyle Smith Concert Hall in the 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock Fine Arts Building. The recital is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Department of Music at 501.569.3294.]]>