AJF 2024 - Latin Jazz Ensemble
Event description
SOLD OUT
Presented by the Elder Conservatorium of Music and The University of Adelaide
Led by pianist, composer and educator Mark Simeon Ferguson, this years’ ensemble features more than 20 students from all years at the Elder Con in a full big band setting of more than 20 musicians (saxes, trumpets, trombones, rhythm section) plus a Latin percussion section with occasional vocals. They’ll be playing mambo, cha-cha, bolero and guaracha with tunes from the pens of Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Barretto, Tito Puente and Mark SimeonFerguson.
This is a seated performance at Hal's Hall but some space will be made available for dancing, so seating is limited.
Directions: Hal's Hall is in the Madley Rehearsal Studio, located at The University of Adelaide – enter through Gate 14 on Kintore Avenue.