Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra at Center for the Arts at George Mason University

Mason Artist-in-ResidenceFeaturing Maria Schneider, conductorGRAMMY Award-winning composer, conductor, and Mason Artist-in-Residence Maria Schneider leads Northern Virginias own Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra in a night of cool, expressive jazz. The evenings repertory includes instrumental excerpts from Winter Morning Walks, a set of song cycles composed by Schneider. Witness jazz perfection with NEA Jazz Master, Schneider, and the Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, comprised of the most remarkable jazz performers in the metro region, in this highly anticipated event. To call Schneider the most important woman in jazz is missing the point...Shes a major composerperiod (TIME Magazine).