Campus Update Ep. 23 | Director of Bands and Professor of Music John Ginocchio

Director of Bands and Professor of Music, John Ginocchio, gives us a preview on the SMSU Ensemble upcoming concert and tour.  The SMSU Jazz Ensemble with guest artist, Tom "Bones" Malone with the Worthington High School Jazz Band will perform at the Memorial Auditorium in Worthington, MN at 7:00pm on March 27, 2023, and at 7:30pm at SMSU Fine Arts Theatre on March 28. 

The SMSU Ensemble will also perform at our Spring Concert featuring new works and several favorites of the year on April 17, 2023. 

The SMSU Jazz Ensemble performs a variety of standard and new jazz works of all difficulty levels and styles. Emphasis is placed on the authentic performance of this truly American style of music and enhancing technical and theoretical skills associated with playing this music. 

As part of the SMSU Band's Guest Artist Series the Jazz Ensemble hosts and performs with guest jazz performers from around the country. Recent guest-clinicians have included:
Larry McWilliams, trumpet (2007); Dr. Michael Flack, piano (2008); Jim Snidero, alto saxophone (2009); Dennis Wilson, trombone (2010); Dr. Matthew Murdock, trumpet (2010); Rodney Whitaker, bass (2011); Michael Philip Mossman, trumpet (2012); Antonio Hart, alto saxophone (2013); Dr. Bill Prince, multi-instrumentalist (2014); Conrad Herwig, trombone (2015); Mike Clark, drum set (2016); Larry McWilliams, trumpet (2016); Rob Dixon, tenor saxophone (2017); Eduardo Tami, flute (2017); the Dakota Jazz Collective (2017); Denis DiBlasio, bari sax/flute (2019); Bill Huber, trombone (2020); Dr. Oliver Nelson, flute (2021); and Allison Miller. drum set (2022).

This year the Jazz Ensemble will host Tom "Bones" Malone, Trombone, Multi-instrumentalist and Arranger -- Jazz Residency -- March 26-28, 2023. 

For more information about SMSU Jazz Ensemble contact Dr. John Ginocchio by email john.ginocchio@smsu.edu or by phone at (507) 537-7209