Goshen College Lavender Jazz is "Within Reach" for fall concert, Nov. 13

Event: Lavender Jazz Fall Concert, "Within Reach"
Date and time: Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sauder Concert Hall, Goshen College Music Center
Cost: $7 adults, $5 seniors/students, available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students free with ID.

GOSHEN, Ind. – Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's big band, will present a mixture of jazz standards, world music and Dixieland jazz in their fall concert, "Within Reach," on Friday, Nov. 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Goshen College Music Center's Sauder Concert Hall.

In his first season as director of the campus jazz band, director Gregg Thaller will lead Lavender Jazz in performing works by Count Basie, Miles Davis, Johnny Mercer, John Coltrane, Henry Mancini and Louis Prima. The band is joined by student vocalist Amy Hansen, and former director Sonny Carreño will return on drums for one number.

Thaller is associate professor of music at Goshen College, and teaches music education and leads both the Orchestra and Lavender Jazz band. He serves as guest conductor for the Maple City Chamber Orchestra. Thaller has taught music in public and private high schools as well as state and private colleges such as Boston University, University of Cincinnati, Southwest Baptist University, Evangel University, East Stroudsburg University, McPherson College and Salem State College, where he served as chairperson of the music department. His degrees are in performance and music education from Boston University, the University of Hartford's Hartt School of Music and the University of Cincinnati's College-Conservatory of Music. He has undergone additional orchestral-conducting study at Bard College, University of Iowa, University of South Carolina, Eastman School of Music and the Naples Philharmonic in Florida. As a percussionist Thaller is a member of the Elkhart County Symphony Orchestra, and has performed with groups such as the Springfield (Mo.) Symphony, the Wichita Grand Opera, the Eastern Connecticut Symphony, the Massachusetts Wind Orchestra, the U.S. Coast Guard Band, the Interlochen Faculty Brass Ensemble and a faculty jazz trio.

Tickets for the concert are $7 for adults, $5 for seniors and students. They will be available at the door one hour before the concert. GC students get in free with ID.

Editors: For more information about this release, to arrange an interview or request a photo, contact Goshen College News Bureau Director Jodi H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu.

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