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RVCC Student Jazz Ensemble to Perform on April 30th

originally published: 04/18/2024

RVCC Student Jazz Ensemble to Perform on April 30th

(BRANCHBURG, NJ) -- Raritan Valley Community College's (RVCC) Student Jazz Ensemble will perform in concert on Tuesday, April 30, 2024 at 7:30pm. The concert will be held in the Welpe Theatre at the College's Branchburg campus. The group is directed by RVCC faculty member Dr. Oliver Santana.

The program will perform music by a variety of jazz artists and composers, including George Shearing, George Gershwin, Oscar Pettiford, and Duke Ellington, as well as familiar selections from the Great American Songbook. All of these performances will feature spontaneous improvisations by student musicians.

The Student Jazz Ensemble includes the following members: Yavier Alvarez, trumpet; Michael Cadwallader and Zaire Wilson piano; Damon Deangelo, Andrew Ho, and Christian Sergile, drums; Aracelli Jara Arce, Carolina Silva, and Sarah Stefaniak, vocals; Gianmarco Flores and Rodrigo Asencios, guitar; and Nicolas Gallegos, bass.

General admission tickets cost $12 each, $8 for students and seniors. For tickets, contact the Box Office, 908-725-3420. For additional information, call 908-218-8876. 

Raritan Valley Community College (RVCC) is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, New Jersey.



 
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