Nebraska Jazz Orchestra with Kirk Garrison at the Cornhusker Marriott

Posted by Jeremy Buckley on Thu, 08/11/2011 - 12:27pm
Event Date: 
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 - 7:30pm - 10:00pm

Season tickets are available: Adults $90 and Students $45.
General admission prices are: Adults $25 and Students $12.50.

This concert will feature Chicago trumpeter Kirk Garrison, bringing his acclaimed, powerful lead trumpet sound to perform as guest artist with the Nebraska Jazz Orchestra. Also featured will be the 2012 Young Lions All-Star Band. During a nine year United States Air Force Band career, Kirk Garrison developed his unique abilities as a lead trumpet player, creative jazz soloist and writer.

Currently an artist/clinician for The Music Group, he maintains a vigorous schedule as a performer, private teacher and soloist/clinician at national and international music camps and jazz festivals. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at DePaul University in Chicago, Concordia University in River Forest, Illinois, and at South Suburban College in South Holland, Illinois.

Recent performance credits include, The Munich Philharmonic Orchestra Brass (Blechschaden), the Chicago Jazz Festival, The Chicago Blues Festival,and with the Ravinia Festival Orchestra. His compositions and arrangements are used in an array of contemporary performing mediums throughout the music industry.