The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College present THE BIG BROADCAST! The 13th Edition on Saturday, March 3, 2018 at 2PM and 7:30PM at Chapin Auditorium, Mount Holyoke College, Route 116, South Hadley, MA.
The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College's 13th annual presentation of a live 1940's radio broadcast created and directed by Mark Gionfriddo (onstage as "Matt Morgan") with WWLP-22News meteorologist Brian Lapis as emcee "Fred Kelley". Under Gionfriddo's direction, the Mount Holyoke Big Band, Vocal Jazz, and Chamber Jazz Ensembles perform well-known tunes from the swing era, including music by Bing Crosby, the Andrews Sisters, Benny Goodman, and Spike Jones, as well as a Centennial Salute to Ella Fitzgerald.
Sponsors (to date) include Mount Holyoke College, WWLP-22News & The CW Springfield, The Republican powering MassLive and El Pueblo Latino.
Tickets are general admission. $25.00 premium front and center seating. $20.00 regular seating. $10.00 seniors in advance; $15.00 seniors at door. and $10.00 students. Tickets are available at the UMASS Fine Arts Center Box Office in Amherst; at the Odyssey Bookshop, Village Commons, South Hadley; and at the door (subject to availability). For phone orders: 413-545-2511 or 1-800-999-UMASS. Online ticket purchases will be available through the UMass Fine Arts Center.
For information on The Jazz Ensembles of Mount Holyoke College, visit www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/music/jazz-0.
Note: Snow date is Sunday, March 4.
Pictured: Brian Lapis in The Big Broacast. Photo by Dori Gavitt.
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