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February 13, 2006
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JAZZ ICON WYNTON MARSALIS SLATED FOR JAZZ ROOM SERIES CONCERT AND DISTINGUISHED LECTURER SERIES APPEARANCE AT WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY IN WAYNE
—Concert scheduled for 3 p.m.; Lecture set for 7:30 p.m.
Wynton Marsalis, the jazz trumpeter, bandleader, and composer who is one of the world’s most recognized jazz artists, will be at William Paterson University in Wayne on Sunday, March 19, 2006, for a special dual appearance as part of the University’s nationally renowned Jazz Room Series as well as the 26th season of its acclaimed Distinguished Lecturer Series.
Marsalis and his Sextet will perform at 3 p.m. in Shea Center as part of the spring 2006 Jazz Room Series. Later that evening, at 7:30 p.m., Marsalis will return to Shea Center for his Distinguished Lecturer Series address, titled “Letting Jazz Lift Your Soul,” which will focus on his music and on jazz as a unique American art form.
Separate tickets are required for each event. Tickets for the Jazz Room concert are $35 for Gold Circle reserved, $25 for reserved, and $15 for students and youth ages 17 and younger. Tickets for the lecture are $32 standard; $30 for senior citizens and William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; $10 for William Paterson students; and $14 for students from other schools. For information on either event or to reserve tickets, call the Shea Center Box Office at 973-720-2371 between 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Parking is free.
“This is truly an exciting opportunity to hear one of today’s jazz masters perform and discuss his music,” says David Demsey, professor of music and coordinator of William Paterson’s Jazz Studies Program, who was a classmate of Marsalis’s at The Juilliard School in the late 1970s.
The artistic director of the prestigious Jazz at Lincoln Center program, Marsalis is also a distinguished classical music performer. He has won nine Grammy awards and is the first jazz musician to be honored with the Pulitzer Prize for music. He has produced thirty-three jazz and eleven classical records and has sold more than seven million records worldwide, including three certified gold records. In 2001, United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan proclaimed him an international ambassador of goodwill and appointed him a United Nations messenger of peace. Marsalis is also a dedicated jazz educator. He meets with students wherever he is, regularly conducting master classes in schools.
William Paterson's Distinguished Lecturer Series is presented by the William Paterson University Foundation, the Student Government Association and the Student Activities Programming Board. Sponsors for the 2005-2006 season include: Distinguished Partners: Automatic Data Processing; Mercedes-Benz USA; and The Record/Herald News. Benefactors included: BAE Systems CNIR; Interchange Bank; Pfizer; PSE&G; Roche; and the William Paterson University Alumni Association. Patrons: Adorno & Yoss, LLC; CIT; Cole, Schotz, Meisel, Forman & Leonard; J.H. Cohn LLP; JPMorganChase; North Fork Bank and Stryker Orthopaedics. Sponsors: AAA–New Jersey; Bograd's; Bruce Leeb & Company; CNA; Commerce and Industry Association; Commerce Bank; McBride Enterprises; Dr. Edward and Mrs. Paulette Meier; The Opper Group; Paula and Leon Rosenblum; State Farm Insurance Companies; United Yarn; Valley National Bank; Verizon; Vornado Realty Trust; Washington Mutual; and Wyeth.
NOTE: High resolution, downloadable publicity photographs are available at: http://ww2.wpunj.edu/publicityphotos/Jazz/
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