 Larry McWilliams recently retired from the Ball State University School of Music where he was a trumpet instructor, member of Da Camera (faculty brass) Quintet, the Muncie Symphony, and the Director of Jazz Studies program. Under his direction, the Jazz Lab ensemble earned the reputation of being one of the finest collegiate jazz bands in the country. It has gained regional, national, and international attention by participating in numerous jazz festivals, including the Elmhurst Jazz Festival in Chicago, Notre Dame Jazz Festival, Mobile Collegiate Jazz Festival, and the Kansas City Conservatory Jazz Festival. Some of the international jazz festivals were the Vienne Jazz Festival, France; The Montreux Jazz Festival, Switzerland; the Umbria Jazz Festival, Italy; and the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Netherlands. During his years at Ball State University, McWilliams became a leading adjudicator, clinician, and soloist for many high school and college jazz festivals throughout the Midwest, as well as sponsoring a very successful high school “Dimensions In Jazz” festival at Ball State that has just celebrated its 42nd anniversary. McWilliams has extensive performing experience with name bands and known Broadway shows such as the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, the Glenn Miller Orchestra, Hello Dolly and Cabaret. Other performing experience included freelance work in New York and Las Vegas, and tours and show work with Johnny Mathis, Henry Mancini, Pia Zadora, Steve Lawrence and Edie Gorme, Perry Como, Tony Bennett, Bob Hope, Frank Sinatra Jr., The Spinners, The Temptations, Red Skeleton, and the Manhattan Transfer vocal group. During the summer of ’07, McWilliams was Guest Soloist for the International Band Festival which is held in Besana Brianza, Italy, semi annually. McWilliams plays Bach and Conn Trumpets exclusively and is an active clinician for the Conn/Selmer Corp. In 2013, he was inducted into the Indianapolis Jazz Foundation Hall of Fame. | “Big Band Night” American Legion March.................................................................Charles Parker Big band music will be selected from the following: This Could Be the Start of Something Big……………………………………Steve Allen One Note Samba………………………………….…A. Carlos Jobim/ arr. Mike Tomaro What Kind of Fool Am I………………………………………arr. Manny Mendelson Fly Me to the Moon - vocal……………….………………………………Bart Howard Orange Colored Sky - vocal………..........................................arr. Roger Holmes I Can't Get Started……………………………….Trumpet Solo by Larry McWilliams Summer Samba……………………….………………………………arr. Bob Florence Corner Pocket.................................................Count Basie /trans. David Berger Johnson Rag..................................................................................Glenn Miller Don't Get Around Much Anymore...........................Duke Ellington/ arr. Al Cobine Tuxedo Junction............................................................................Glenn Miller Pennsylvania 6-5000…………………………………............................Glenn Miller But Not For Me......................................................................arr. Bob Mintzer Lets Dance.............................................................................Benny Goodman Sing-Sing-Sing………..………………………….….....B. Goodman/Arr. Dave Wolpe The Savior Is Waiting.............................................................Ralph Carmichael Unforgettable – vocal duo………………….………….…………………Nat King Cole Amber Waves of Grain - A Tribute to America………….…………arr. Larry Norred In The Mood..................................................................................Glenn Miller Star Spangled Banner..............................................................Sousa / Damrosch   |
July 9th
BIG BAND NIGHT