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ROLAND VAZQUEZ BRINGS HIS LATIN RHYTHM TO WILLIAM PATERSON UNIVERSITY ON SUNDAY, OCTOBER 26
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High-energy drummer and composer Roland Vazquez will perform with his group in the Jazz Room Series at William Paterson University on Sunday, October 26.
The concert will begin at 4 p.m. in the Shea Center for Performing Arts on the campus in Wayne. Prior to the concert, Vazquez will be the guest for “Sittin’ In,” an informal discussion about jazz, at 3 p.m. in room 101 of Shea Center. Admission is free to all Jazz Room ticketholders.
Tickets are available in advance or on the day of the performance at $15 standard; $12 senior citizens, William Paterson faculty, staff and alumni; and $8 for non-William Paterson students. William Paterson students may attend free of charge.
Vazquez has been performing and recording for more than thirty-five years. He developed his funky-salsa-bebop style in the 1980s and has continued to redefine how music is experienced. His compositions began evolving towards chamber music during the early 1990s, most notably his Piano Analogies and then Further Dance & The Blue Field.
In recent years, Vazquez has been touring and performing throughout the United States and in Europe as well as in the Victoria, Edmonton, Vancouver, and Montreal jazz festivals. As a jazz educator, he has served as a faculty member at the Manhattan School of Music and recently completed a residency at the Eastman School of Music. He has received numerous awards, including the Meet the Composer Award and the Arts International Award.
Launched in 1978, The Jazz Room is one of the largest and most prestigious college-sponsored jazz events in the country. Performers include renowned professionals who encompass the complete spectrum of jazz, from practitioners of traditional jazz to avant-garde to bebop to swing to Afro-Latin jazz, as well as William Paterson’s own student ensembles. The series has won numerous grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts for its innovative programming. Funding for The Jazz Room at William Paterson University has been made possible, in part, by the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State. For tickets or information, call the Shea Center for Performing Arts Box Office at 973-720-2371.
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October 8, 2008
www.wpunj.edu
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