Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra with Vaughn Wiester

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The Music of Stan Kenton
Jim Carroll, artistic director

Audience favorite Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra returns to celebrate the music of Grammy Award-winning jazz bandleader, composer, and pianist Stan Kenton. Known for his innovative and brassy approach to big band jazz, he developed what became known in the 1940s as “The Wall of Sound.” Many great artists passed through the Stan Kenton Orchestra, one of the best-known West Coast ensembles, including saxophonists Art Pepper and Stan Getz, singer Anita O'Day, and trumpeter Shorty Rogers. The Metropolitan Jazz Orchestra, comprised of some of the area’s finest musicians and led by founder, artistic director, and virtuoso saxophonist Jim Carroll, will be joined by featured vocalist Darden Purcell, director of George Mason Dewberry School of Music Jazz Studies Program, and by inimitable trombonist Vaughn Wiester, a veteran of groups including the Woody Herman band, the Columbus Jazz Orchestra, and his own Famous Jazz Orchestra.

This performance is appropriate for all ages.
 

Free Student Ticket FAQ  

Where do I pick up my tickets? Free student tickets must be picked up in person from the Ticket Office with your Mason ID at the venue noted on your registration on the day of the event, beginning one hour prior to the event. 

How can I sit with someone else? Students wishing to sit together must request adjacent seats at the Ticket Office when picking up tickets together one hour prior to the event.

What if I need to buy another ticket? Please visit the Ticket Office with your Mason ID as soon as possible. Student discounts may be available. A limited number of free student tickets are available at the Ticket Office for you to reserve with your purchased ticket. The Ticket Office will release your Mason360 registration.

What if the registration is full? Please visit the Ticket Office with your Mason ID. A limited number of free student tickets are available at the Ticket Office, and if those have run out, student discounts may be available. 

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