BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20251024T233000Z DTEND:20251026T010000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:Backstage Jazz: Big Bands and B-Sides DESCRIPTION:Friday: Join the R&D Big Band for a night of fresh\, fun big band jazz\, directed by legendary Michigan Tech Professor Emeritus Mike Irish. JazTec\, Michigan Tech's top small jazz group\, and the Video Game Music Ensemble\, a student-led ensemble dedicated to arranging and performing music from popular video games\, open the concert. Saturday: Join the Jazz Lab Band for an exciting night of big band compositions by Pontiac\, Michigan-born trumpeter\, composer\, and arranger Thad Jones. Directed by Drew Kilpela\, Lab Band will perform Jones' classic arrangements for his own group\, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra\, alongside seldom heard selections from his time in the Count Basie orchestra\, arrangements he wrote for trumpeter Harry James in 1963\, and a daring vocal arrangement of the standard "Bye Bye Blackbird" written for R&B singer Ruth Brown. Workshop Brass Band kicks off the night with high-energy New Orleans brass band music. (Earplugs and dancing shoes recommended!) X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Friday: Join the R&\;D Big Band for a night of fresh\, fun big band jazz\, directed by legendary Michigan Tech Professor Emeritus Mike Irish. JazTec\, Michigan Tech&rsquo\;s top small jazz group\, and the Video Game Music Ensemble\, a student-led ensemble dedicated to arranging and performing music from popular video games\, open the concert. Saturday: Join the Jazz Lab Band for an exciting night of big band compositions by Pontiac\, Michigan-born trumpeter\, composer\, and arranger Thad Jones. Directed by Drew Kilpela\, Lab Band will perform Jones&rsquo\; classic arrangements for his own group\, the Thad Jones-Mel Lewis Orchestra\, alongside seldom heard selections from his time in the Count Basie orchestra\, arrangements he wrote for trumpeter Harry James in 1963\, and a daring vocal arrangement of the standard &ldquo\;Bye Bye Blackbird&rdquo\; written for R&\;B singer Ruth Brown. Workshop Brass Band kicks off the night with high-energy New Orleans brass band music. (Earplugs and dancing shoes recommended!) LOCATION:Rozsa Backstage UID:e.2486.8509 SEQUENCE:3 DTSTAMP:20260412T150154Z URL:https://business.keweenaw.org/events/details/backstage-jazz-big-bands-and-b-sides-8509 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR