UNT's One O'Clock Lab Band welcomes jazz drummer Dennis Mackrel on Nov. 24

Tuesday, November 10, 2015 - 20:13
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What: The University of North Texas College of Music's One O'Clock Lab Band fall concert featuring guest artist Dennis Mackrel.

When: 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 (Tuesday)

Where: Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, 2100 Interstate 35E, Denton. The concert will also be streamed live online at http://UNTmusiclive.com.

Tickets: $15 for adults; $10 for seniors, students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more. Purchase tickets online at www.theMPAC.com or by calling the Murchison Box Office at 940-369-7802.

More information: For a complete list of UNT College of Music events, including faculty and student recitals, visit the College of Music online calendar and connect with the College of Music on Facebook and on Twitter at @UNTCoM.

DENTON (UNT), Texas – The College of Music's One O'Clock Lab Band welcomes noted jazz drummer and highly respected composer/arranger and conductor Dennis Mackrel to the University of North Texas. Mackrel will perform with the One O'Clock Lab Band at 8 p.m. on Nov. 24 (Tuesday) in Winspear Hall in the Murchison Performing Arts Center, located at 2100 Interstate 35E in Denton.

"Dennis is one of the finest drummers in jazz today. Anytime our students get to perform with a world-class musician, it is always a huge plus," said Jay Saunders, who will direct the One O'Clock Lab Band.

The program will begin with selections from the band's recent album Lab 2015 along with new compositions by members of the ensemble. The second half will feature original compositions and arrangements by Mackrel.

Mackrel is well known in the jazz community as a bandleader, sideman, and educator. His Broadway credits include "The First" and "A Chorus Line." He was a member of the Count Basie Orchestra, and has performed with the American Jazz Orchestra, Buck Clayton's Swing Band, the Dizzy Gillespie All Star Big Band, and the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. His work has been recorded and performed by groups worldwide, including Germany's WDR Big Band , the Jazz Orchestra of the Concertgebouw from Holland, the Dutch group Klüvers Big Band, and the McCoy Tyner Big Band, whose Grammy winning CDs included Mackrel's arrangements. He has won numerous awards including Who's Who in Music, A National Endowment for the Arts grant for composition, and Outstanding Alumni from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He is also an experienced jazz educator who conducts master classes, seminars and workshops throughout Europe, Asia, Canada and the United States.

For tickets to the event visit www.theMPAC.com/tickets or call the Murchison Box office 940-396-7802. Tickets are $15 for adults; $10 for seniors, students, children, UNT faculty, staff and retirees, and groups of 10 or more.

About the UNT College of Music

The College of Music is one of the largest and most respected comprehensive music schools in the world. Approximately 1,600 music students attend the college each year, participating in nearly 70 widely varied ensembles while engaged in specialized studies in performance, composition, conducting, jazz studies, music education, music history, music theory or ethnomusicology. Music students, alumni and faculty have made appearances on the world's finest stages, have produced numerous recordings with many receiving Grammy awards and nominations, and have written influential texts in a variety of areas in music scholarship. Distinguished University alumni can be found around the globe in top music ensembles, opera companies, universities, and schools.

About the UNT One O'Clock Lab Band

The six-time Grammy-nominated UNT One O'Clock Lab Band – the premiere ensemble of UNT'sJazz Studies program in the College of Music – has performed and toured throughout the world, including Australia, Canada, England, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Switzerland, Thailand and The Netherlands. UNT offered the nation's first bachelor's degree program in jazz studies in the 1946-47 school year, and the university's jazz studies program is consistently rated among the nation's best.

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