About the RCC Jazz Ensemble
The RCC Jazz
Ensemble is one of three jazz ensembles at Riverside City College. This
ensemble is comprised of full-time students and meets three times a week. The
ensemble also keeps a busy schedule of performances each semester and in past
years has traveled to the UNC Greeley, Reno, and the University of Texas Jazz
Festivals, and has also performed in Japan and Hawaii. Guest artists on campus
in recent years have included: Carl Saunders, Don Shelton, James Moody, Bob
McChesney, Mike Stern, Poncho Sanchez, Gary Foster, Alex Iles, Larry Koonse,
Jeff Hellmer, Brandon Fields, The Airmen of Note, Rob Lockhart, Lori Andrews
Quartet, Bill Reichenbach, Don Clarke, Lanny Morgan, Steve Hawk, Kye Palmer,
Kim Richmond, Bart Samolis, Steve Tavaglione and Rick Margitza.
The ensemble also
commissions a new piece for Jazz Ensemble each spring. Recent commissions have
come from noted jazz writers Bob Curnow, Dr. Jack Cooper, H. David Caffey, Matt
Harris, Tom Hynes, Dr. James Miley, Dr. Chuck Tumlinson, Glenn Morrissette,
Steven Schmidt and Sandy Megas. We’re pleased to announce that the RCC Jazz
Ensemble finished in first place in the 2 year Big Band category at the 2010
University of Reno, Nevada Jazz Festival. RCC students Joshua Salazar, Ben Sanchez, Greg AhSue, and Ben
Solis received outstanding musicianship awards
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