College Music: DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble

Big Band Dance
Director Matt Shevitz

7 p.m. – FREE Swing dance lessons with Luis and Kasie of Mosaico Dance Company
7:30 p.m. – Big Band Jazz Concert with open dance floor

Dance into the evening with the DuPage Community Jazz Ensembles as they celebrate the music of Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller, Ray Charles and more!

The DuPage Community Jazz Ensembles perform programs throughout the academic year as well as numerous off‐campus performances. The ensemble has accompanied guest artists such as Melissa Aldana, Wycliffe Gordon, Ignacio Berroa, Carl Allen, Dee Alexander, Fareed Haque, Jens Lindemann, Victor Garcia, and Mark Colby, is a frequent presence at the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, has performed at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, and in 2004 was recognized by the United States House of Representatives for its work on behalf of the Armed Forces Children’s Education Fund. Its repertoire spans more than a century of large jazz ensemble compositions, including original work from members of the ensemble.