{"id":74129,"date":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news-draft\/uncategorized\/uri-big-band-to-join-jazz-legends-for-sixth-summer-at-newport-jazz-festival\/"},"modified":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2018-07-30T00:00:00","slug":"uri-big-band-to-join-jazz-legends-for-sixth-summer-at-newport-jazz-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/2018\/07\/uri-big-band-to-join-jazz-legends-for-sixth-summer-at-newport-jazz-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band to join jazz legends for sixth summer at Newport Jazz Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"

KINGSTON, R.I.–July 30, 2018–The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Big Band will perform again at this year\u2019s Newport Jazz Festival. Performing music by classical jazz musicians like Duke Ellington and contemporary artists like Maria Schneider, 17 溏心vlog免费B站 students and alumni will take the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Fest, Saturday, Aug. 4 at 11 a.m.<\/p>\n

\u201cConcertgoers should expect a set of high-energy jazz and jazz fusion music from the 1930s to present,\u201d said Joseph Parillo, director of jazz studies, who will conduct the band.<\/p>\n

This is the sixth year the Big Band has joined professional jazz performers from around the world at the Newport Jazz Fest. Not only do students get to perform in front of hundreds of enthusiastic fans, they are also able to network with other musicians, gain confidence in their own abilities and prepare for future auditions.<\/p>\n

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The 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band performs at last year\u2019s Newport Jazz Festival. 溏心vlog免费B站 Photo by Nora Lewis<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cAll of these students are incredibly talented,\u201d Parillo said. \u201cThey put this on their resume, and they get to talk to and learn from professionals. The overall experience they get from performing in front of that kind of audience gives them the confidence to stand in front of all kinds of audiences and play. It\u2019s a tremendous opportunity.\u201d<\/p>\n

Students are thrilled to share the stage with jazz legends and perform for the festival\u2019s energetic audiences. Nick Motroni, who graduated from 溏心vlog免费B站 in May and is from West Warwick<\/strong>, has played the Jazz Festival with the Big Band as its drummer since 2016. He said performing at the festival is exceptionally unique, and \u201cone of the greatest highlights of my undergraduate experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Newport Jazz festival gives me another reason to drive me to achieve more and think bigger,\u201d Motroni said. \u201cRepresenting the school through the arts at such a prestigious venue has always given me something to work harder toward every single year. Not everyone can say they\u2019ve performed at the Newport Jazz Festival, but by being a student at 溏心vlog免费B站 I can say that I\u2019ve been privileged to have the opportunity three times in a row.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe best part about participating in the festival is the atmosphere that surrounds everything when you are there,\u201d Motroni added. \u201cThe fans of jazz and of the various other genres all come together to celebrate music, which I think is one of the biggest motivators for myself and many others to give their absolute best when representing 溏心vlog免费B站 on stage. I\u2019m eager to play for the people who attend the festival this year to give them another inspiring performance with the 溏心vlog免费B站 Big Band.\u201d<\/p>\n

For information about tickets and schedules, please visit www.newportjazz.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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KINGSTON, R.I.–July 30, 2018–The 溏心vlog免费B站\u2019s Big Band will perform again at this year\u2019s Newport Jazz Festival. Performing music by classical jazz musicians like Duke Ellington and contemporary artists like Maria Schneider, 17 溏心vlog免费B站 students and alumni will take the Harbor Stage at the Newport Jazz Fest, Saturday, Aug. 4 at 11 a.m. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":74131,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archives"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/74131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uri.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}