Skip to main content
Intellect

Popular Jazz Showcase at BYU Sept. 27

Brigham Young University's School of Music will present the annual Jazz Showcase Tuesday, Sept. 27, at 7:30 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

Tickets are available through the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or at performances.byu.edu for $9 or $6 with student or BYU ID.

The BYU Jazz Ensemble, directed by Mark Ammons, will perform "Intimacy of the Blues" by Billy Strayhorn and arranged by Tommy Newsom, "Lush Life" by Billy Strayhorn and arranged by Phil Wilson, and "Funky Cha-Cha" by Arturo Sandoval featuring an arrangement by Richard Eddy and Arturo Sandoval.

Jay Lawrence will direct the Combo Latino as they perform the southern rhythms of "Pacifico" by Humberto Ramirez and "Slow Visor" by Eddie Palmieri.

The BYU Jazz Voices, directed by Kelly Eisenhour, will perform "Stolen Moments" with music by Oliver Nelson, lyrics by Mark Murphy and arranged by Randy Crenshaw; "Georgia On My Mind" with music by Hoagy Carmichael, lyrics by Stuart Gorrell and arranged by Gene Puerling; and "So Danço Samba" with music by Antonio Carlos Jobim, lyrics by Deodoraes and arranged by Michele Weir.

The Jazz Legacy Dixieland Band, directed by Steve Call, will perform "Basin Street Blues" by Clarence and Spencer Williams, "Way Down Yonder in New Orleans" by Henry Creamer and J. Turner Layton, and "West End Blues" by Joe "King" Oliver.

Ray Smith will direct the popular jazz group Synthesis as they perform "5 ½ Weeks" by T. Nash, "Yesterdays" arranged by Bill Holman and "I Don't Know Why" by Regan Brough.

For more information, contact Ray Smith at (801) 422-3391 or Mark Ammons at (801) 422-4824.

Writer: Brian Rust

Related Articles

data-content-type="article"

Wildflowers not wildfires: How BYU and Provo City are helping to restore Rock Canyon Trailhead

July 10, 2025
At Rock Canyon Trailhead in Provo, Utah, BYU researchers are fighting fires with flowers. By replacing a problematic weed called cheatgrass with wildflowers, students and faculty are working to protect and restore one of Provo’s most popular hiking spots.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Wildfires in residential areas are on the rise; why hydrants and the water system behind them were never meant to stop those fires

July 01, 2025
BYU professor Rob Sowby teaches and studies environmental engineering, urban water infrastructure and sustainability. He has particular expertise in the planning, design, construction and operation of public water systems. That expertise has been increasingly important (and regularly sought out) in the wake of apocalyptic wildfires that have taxed those public water systems.
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
data-content-type="article"

Meet the BYU math student helping make wildfire predictions faster and smarter

June 25, 2025
Using machine learning and math, a BYU student improved a key tool firefighters rely on during wildfire season
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText= promoTextAlignment=
overrideBackgroundColorOrImage= overrideTextColor= promoTextAlignment= overrideCardHideSection=false overrideCardHideByline=false overrideCardHideDescription=false overridebuttonBgColor= overrideButtonText=