Marietta College Jazz Combo to present Spring Jazz Concert on April 18

by Tom Perry

Marietta, Ohio (04/12/2019) — The Marietta College Department of Music is pleased to announce the Jazz Combo Spring Concert is scheduled for 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 18th, at the Alma McDonough Auditorium.

Under the direction of Jordan Reed, Instructor of Saxophone and Jazz at Marietta College, the music presented will be from 1959-69. Collaboration also includes the Department of Music's collaborative pianist, Merewyn Weinkauf, on a composition written by Reed. Music Education student Calaya Rake '20 (Marietta, Ohio) will also be performing during the concert with the Jazz Combo.

"Jordan is a great addition to the variety of instructors in the Music Department. Skilled in both classical and jazz saxophone performance, Jordan adds training and a dimension that no other instructor is the Music Department possesses," said Marshall C. Kimball, Music Department chairman. "His skills in the teaching, performance, and writing of jazz is amazing. He is able to help the students understand the numerous jazz styles and articulations and teaching them how to improvise and write original jazz tunes. This concert will be very enjoyable for all in attendance."

The concert is free and open to the public. Doors to the auditorium open at 7:00 p.m.

Located in Marietta, Ohio, at the confluence of the Muskingum and Ohio rivers, Marietta College is a four-year liberal arts college. Tracing its roots to the Muskingum Academy back in 1797, the College was officially chartered in 1835. Today Marietta College serves a body of 1,200 full-time students. The College offers 49 majors and is consistently ranked as one of the top regional comprehensive colleges by U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review, as well as one of the nation's best by Forbes.com. Marietta was selected seventh in the nation according to the Brookings Institution's rankings of colleges by their highest value added, regardless of major.

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