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August Frisby, a junior music performance major and alto saxophone player, and Kyle Huddleston, a tenor saxophone player, both apart of the Blue Note Quintet, perform "Cornbread" by Lee Morgan in the Black Box Theatre of Doudna Fine Arts Center Thursday night.

Jazz Combos performs at Doudna Thursday

Drew Coffey, Campus Reporter October 21, 2022

The department of music at Eastern hosted a jazz combos concert at the Doudna Fine Arts Center on Thursday night to a full crowd.   The concert consisted of performances from two ensembles of students...

August Frisby, a music performance major and alto saxophone player, performs a solo during the Jazz Ensemble performance on Tuesday night in Doudna Fine Arts Center.

Eastern Jazz Ensemble performs final, ‘best’ performance

Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter April 26, 2022

The members of Eastern’s Jazz Ensemble took the stage for the final time this school year, performing 10 songs to the theatre audience.   Two of the songs the 16-musician band performed toward the...

August Frisby, a sophomore music performance major, plays "All These People" in the Blue Note Quintet during the final Jazz Combos performance of the spring semester Thursday night at The Theatre in Doudna. Frisby played both the alto and baritone saxophone during the performance.

Thursday marks last jazz combo performance this spring

Ryan Meyer, Multimedia Reporter April 21, 2022

The Birdland and Blue Note quintets changed their scenery for the last jazz combo performances of the semester Thursday evening, taking the stage of the theater to perform both jazz standards and unique...

Chairperson of the Council of Academic Affairs, Richard Wilkinson, calls for a roll call vote for one of 50 proposals at Thursday's meeting in Booth Library Witters Conference Room.

CAA breaks personal record

Madelyn Kidd, News Editor March 3, 2022

The Council on Academic Affairs broke its record of how many proposals can be approved in one two-hour meeting with 50 proposals at Thursday’s meeting in Booth Library from the previous record of approximately...

Jazz Lab Band Concert set for Thursday

Andrew Paisley, Campus Reporter March 8, 2018

Students can hear a variety of music at no cost by attending the Jazz Lab Band Concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in the Doudna Fine Arts Center’s Black Box Theatre. The concert, an 18-piece ensemble under...

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