Oklahoma City Honorary Jazz Ambassador Reception UCO Student Jazz Performance - 5th Street Strutters Dixieland BandĮdmond Jazz Orchestra & United States Navy “32nd Street Brass Band”ĬHK/ Central Boathouse on the Oklahoma River United States Navy “32nd Street Brass Band” UCO Jazz Composers Combo Directed by Lee RuckerĪutomobile Alley / Midtown District – Broadway 10 UCO Student Jazz Performance - Logan Gorrell Trio Reading of the OKC Jazz Fest Proclamation Here is a list of events and locations for the Oklahoma City Jazz Festival: Other performance areas include Automobile Alley/MidTown, Film District, Boathouse District and the Bricktown Entertainment District. Most of the performances will take place on Friday and Saturday at the Civic Center Musical Hall and Bicentennial Park. The event will also include special performances by the United States Navy Band "32nd Street Brass Band." It features American Jazz pianist David Benoit and some of Oklahoma's best jazz musicians. The festival supports student performances, student workshops and music education. 21-26 at a new location, Oklahoma City's Arts District. in the Hallie Brown Ford Fine Arts Center.The 2nd Annual Oklahoma City Jazz Festival is scheduled for Sept. The next concert for the ECU Jazz Band will be Sunday, March 3, at 3 p.m. On campus, the ECU Jazz Band presents several concerts during the school year, including “Jazzy Day,” where several high school bands have been invited to perform for expert jazz educators from around the country. He’s a big asset to our Music Department.” “He’s a phenomenal man, player and teacher. That says a lot about the man,” said Burton. “He posted himself on Facebook a picture and wrote ‘look what you guys won.’ The first thing he did was defer it to us as students. Palmer had a Facebook post about himself in which he deflected much of the credit to his band of students. I think he definitely deserves that award.” “He’s tough on us and doesn’t give us much slack, but deep down he cares about us and always has an open door. He has built an amazing, quality program,” Burton said. Reisetter’s fellow band member Corey Burton, of Mounds, Oklahoma, praises Palmer for his ability to temper toughness with caring. I owe a lot of my success to his teaching.” The amount of experience he’s had, like him being the lead trumpet of the Oklahoma City Jazz Orchestra, has been valuable. “I was here before he came and the band was in the rebuilding stages. “Overall, his experience and what he’s done in his career has made an impact,” said Lance Reisetter, an ECU graduate student from Ardmore and a member of the ECU Jazz Band. Then the candidates are voted on at the Oklahoma Jazz Educators meeting which consists of a statewide vote. Palmer was nominated by high school band directors from across the state. “Their hard work and diligence certainly plays a role in our success and I’m pleased and excited to work with these students.”Ĭriteria for the award is showing excellence and Jazz education in the classroom as well the performance of the ECU Jazz Band. “I am very honored to receive the award and I’m very proud of the ECU Jazz Band,” said Palmer. During his tenure as leader, the jazz band has performed at several jazz festivals, including the Wichita Jazz Festival, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Jazz Festival and the University of Kansas Jazz Festival where the jazz band won recognition as the top performing ensemble at the festival. Palmer has been the jazz band leader and trumpet instructor at ECU since 2015. East Central University instructor Kirk Palmer was named Oklahoma Collegiate Jazz Educator of the Year it was recently announced at the Oklahoma Music Educators Association Winter Conference in Tulsa.
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