Ouachita Jazz Band to present concert March 15
March 05, 2018
- Jessica WilliamsonOuachita Baptist University’s Division of Music will present its Ouachita Jazz Band
in concert on Thursday, March 15, at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Performing Arts Center on
Ouachita’s campus. The concert is free and open to the public.
“I think the audience will enjoy the concert,” said Dr. Craig Hamilton, Ouachita’s
Lena Goodwin Trimble Professor of Music and director of bands. “We are playing a wide
variety of jazz styles from New Orleans Dixieland to Latin to Swing and more!”
The concert will include “Check Your Swing” by Doug Beach, “Mueva Los Huesos (Shake
Your Bones)” by Gordon Goodwin and “Fancy Pants” by Sammy Nestico. The band will also
play “Loop 360” by Rick Lawn, “In Summer” by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
and arranged by Rick Stitzel and “Work Song” by Nat Adderley and arranged by Erik
Morales. The concert will conclude with “The Mudbug Strut” by Paul Baker, “Solar”
by Miles Davis and arranged by Rick Stitzel and “Dat Dere” by Bobby Timmons and arranged
by Mark Taylor.
Esther Atkinson, a senior musical theatre major from Rogers, Ark., will be the vocal
soloist for the concert. She will sing “Night and Day” by Cole Porter, “Isn’t it Romantic”
by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers and arranged by Dave Wolpe and “A Wonderful Day
Like Today” by Leslie Bricusse and Anthony Newley and arranged by Lennie Niehaus.
“It’s been a dream to sing with a band behind me, never mind singing jazz with some
of Ouachita’s best instrumentalists,” Atkinson noted.
“Expect to walk away with a few of the tunes stuck in your head,” said saxophonist
Sierra Westberg. “My favorite piece is ‘Mueva Los Huesos’ because it’s challenging
yet rewarding to play. It’s also super fun.”
Members of the Jazz Band include:
On saxophone—C.J. Slatton (alto), a senior instrumental music education major from
Paragould, Ark.; Sierra Westberg (alto), a junior instrumental music education major
from Arkadelphia, Ark.; Kailee Morehart (alto), a freshman music and theatre double
major from Alexander, Ark.; Andrew Martin (tenor), a senior theatre arts major from
Hot Springs Village, Ark.; Andrew Lockhart (tenor), a junior worship arts major from
Rogers, Ark.; Austin Clements (tenor), a sophomore social justice studies major from
North Little Rock, Ark.; and Morgan Taylor (baritone), a junior music industry major
from Hot Springs, Ark.
On trumpet—Blake Turner, a senior instrumental music education major from Fort Worth,
Texas; Justin Trostle, a sophomore music industry major from El Dorado, Ark.; and
Dalton Heinsohn, a junior instrumental music education major from Hallsville, Texas.
On trombone—Cayli Campbell, a junior instrumental music performance major from Texarkana,
Texas; Bryson Clegg, a junior music and political science double major from Malvern,
Ark.; Andrew Coop, a freshman worship arts major from Gladewater, Texas; and Mac McCaffrey,
a freshman instrumental music education major from Allen, Texas.
On rhythm—Tyler Sanders, a junior music industry major from Arkadelphia, Ark., on
piano; Caleb Smith, a junior instrumental music education major from Conway, Ark.,
on bass; Beaux Schmidt, a junior music industry major from Wylie, Texas, on guitar;
and Winston Gentry, a senior music major from Houston, Texas, on drums.
The concert also will be livestreamed at www.obu.edu/band. For more information, contact Dr. Craig Hamilton at [email protected] or (870) 245-5137.
By Jessica Williamson // Photo by Danielle Sourber
March 5, 2018
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