The SOU Jazz and Wind Ensembles will combine to perform their winter concert Dances in Duende on Sunday, March 9 at 5:00pm at the SOU Music Recital Hall. Directed by Dr. Alexander Gonzalez. Doors open at 4:30pm. 

$15/ general admission/ $10 seniors. Free for SOU Faculty, Staff, and Students.

Free livestream: https://youtube.com/live/cCq1vMJ1om4?feature=share

The concert, titled Dances in Duende, will first feature the Jazz Band on a completely Latin, Afro-Caribbean, and Salsa first half. After the intermission, the Wind Ensemble will perform work that all relate to dance and/or movement in some manner. The concert will feature works by Leonard Bernstein, Susan LaBarr, Ty Bloomfield, and Ron Nelson.

PROGRAM

SOU Jazz Band will perform:

"La Negra Tiene Tumbao" by Celia Cruz

"Bésame Mucho" by Consuelo Velázquez

"The Girl from Ipanema" by Antônio Carlos Jobim

"Manteca" by Dizzy Gillespie

"Sofrito" by Mongo Santamaria

INTERMISSION

SOU Wind Ensemble will perform:

"Danzón" by Victoriano Valencia

"Courtly Airs and Dances" by Ron Nelson

"Grace Before Sleep" by Susan LaBarr

"Shuffle" by Ty Bloomfield

"America" from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein

"Raspa" by Victoriano Valencia

ABOUT THE DIRECTOR:

Dr. Alexander Gonzalez is the Director of Bands at Southern Oregon University. He conducts the Wind Ensemble, Jazz Band, and teach courses in music pedagogy. Prior to this appointment, Dr. Gonzalez was previously the Assistant Director of Bands at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. Additionally, he has taught conducting courses at Capital University Conservatory of Music (OH), served as Music Director of the Professional School Orchestra (OH), served as the director of the Middleton Symphony Orchestra’s Wind Octet (WI), taught music history at Hillsborough Community College (FL), and was a public-school educator in Florida and Colorado where he taught an array of courses at the middle and high school levels.

His current research centers around the body of works commissioned by Robert Boudreau for the American Wind Symphony Orchestra. In partnership with Editions Peters, Alexander has created a critical edition of Eugène Bozza’s Children’s Overture and will create forthcoming editions of other works in this unique catalogue. Dr. Gonzalez received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Conducting from The Ohio State University, where he studied with Dr. Russel Mikkelson. He holds a Bachelor of Music degree in Music Education from the University of Florida and a Masters in Wind Conducting from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Additionally, Alexander is an active member in the National Association for Music Education, the College Band Directors National Association, the National Band Association, the National Association for Music Education, Phi Mu Alpha, Kappa Kappa Psi, and Tau Beta Sigma.