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Featuring all Purdue Jazz Ensembles 7:00 PM October 1, 2026 Loeb Playhouse West Lafayette, IN

Bands

PURDUE BANDS & ORCHESTRAS PRESENTS

JAZZ

FACULT Y & STAFF Jay S. Gephart.....................................................................................................Director and AI G. Wright Chair Matthew R. Conaway............Professor, Director of the Purdue “All-American” Marching Band Dr. Pamela J. Nave................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Percussion Adam Bodony..........................................................................Associate Professor, Director of Orchestras Jarrard Harris.............................................................................................................Clinical Associate Professor Bethany Robinson...............................................Clinical Assistant Professor, Director of Jazz Bands Dr. David M. Blon.......................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor Dr. Lucas Petersen..................................................................................................Clinical Assistant Professor Douglas R. Fletcher.............................................................................................................Director of Operations Amy Brandfonbrener................................................................................................Chamber Music Instructor Esther Kirgiss........................................................................................................Director of External Relations Caitlin Cotten........................................................................Manager of Recruitment & Student Success Humza Nasir..............................................................................................................................Multimedia Designer Susan Lipscomb.............................................................................................Senior Administrative Assistant Kim Delks.........................................................................................................................................Business Assistant Adisyn Nichols..................................................................................................................Student Office Assistant Udochukwu Akorah...................................................................................................Social Media Ambassador

CONCER T ARCHIVE

DIGITAL PROGRAMS

PROGRAM JA ZZ L AB BA N D I Centerpiece....................................................................................................................................................Harry Edison & Jon Hendricks arr. Frank Mantooth Moonlight In Vermont........................................................................................................................Karl Suessdorf & John Blackburn arr. Frank Mantooth Desifanado.........................................................................................................................................................................Antonio Carlos Jobim arr. Frank Mantooth

JA ZZ L AB BA N D I I

One for Daddy-O...................................................................................................................................................................................Nat Adderly arr. Mike Tomaro El Lobo................................................................................................................................................................................................Carl Strommen Uptown Walk...........................................................................................................................................................................................Bret Zvacek

CONCER T JA Z Z BA N D East Meets West..........................................................................................................................................................................George Shutack A Darker Shade of Blue......................................................................................,.............................................................................Doug Beach Ulterior Motive......................................................................................................................................................................................Doug Beach

AM ERICA N M US I C R E P E R TO RY E N S E M B L E The Gospel According to Miles..............................................................................................................................................Dominic Spera Ground Hog........................................................................................................................................................................................Duke Pearson Danza Del Carcayu....................................................................................................................................................................................Kris Berg

T OWER O F P O W E R Kid Charlemagne......................................................................................................................................Walter Becker & Donald Fagen arr. Mike Tomaro Wrapped Around Your Finger......................................................................................................................................................................Sting arr. Mike Tomaro Peg.....................................................................................................................................................................Walter Becker & Donald Fagen arr. Mike Tomaro

P U RDUE JAZ Z BAND Blues in Hoss’ Flat..............................................................................................................................................................................Frank Foster On the Sunny Side of the Street..........................................................................................................................................Jimmy McHugh arr. Mark Taylor Taste of Honey...................................................................................................................................................................................Duke Pearson Armando’s Rhumba............................................................................................................................................................................Chick Corea arr. Mike Tomaro

JAZZ LAB BAND I Jarrard Harris, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Yi Chang Nigel McFarren Zach Wlodarczyk Kai Sustersic T E N O R SA XO PHO NE Julian Suozzo Jackson Bohall Leon Khoo BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Owen Beidelman Gabriel Goldman

TRUMP ET Skylar Weinstein Benjamin Deam Waylon Houchins-Witt Maggie Whyman Jordan Courtney

BASS Katelyn Armey Chitrangi Garg Ali Ahmed Bahei-Eldin PI AN O Brian Fernando Sunny Townsend Adeline Potsch

TROMBONE Julian Miller Connor Taylor Benjamin Stewart Isaiah Killebrew

D RUMS Emma Bergner Gavin Loria Aaron Florence

G UITA R Jack Sloan Abigail Brudvik

VOCAL S Anika Garg Adam Hoffman

JAZZ LAB BAND II Bethany Robinson, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Nathan Adamson Joey Seitz TENOR SAXOPHONE Luca Granger Hannah Thompson BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Chyim Van Meter T R U M PE T Robert Burns Hayden Emmert Andrew Warner Owen Begin

TROMBONE Chris Jalaie Michael Schwab Rishu Sharma Jenna Dopps G UITA R Gavin Weller Rayhan Israr Imthiyaz Ethan Kimoon Lee BAS S Liam Strietelmeier P IA NO Ellis Thome Pranav Krishnamoorthy

D RUMS Daniel O’Donnell Vedanth Gopinath Logan LaFree AUXILIARY PERCUSSION George Neault VI BRAPH ON E Edward Tappan

CONCER T JAZZ BAND Jarrard Harris, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Michael Anzalotti Ian Hurt Lukas Liakhovitch Gabby Keaton

TRUMP ET Ryan Robertson Gen Mallin Rehan Thiagarajah Colton Klein

T E N O R SA XO PHO NE Nathan Ngyuen Charles Crumrine

TROMBONE Finnegan Kilcoyne William Serhal Christopher Modlin Quin Dumouchelle

BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Xavier Collie Nathan Haug

G UITA R Ethan Kritsch Declan Vigil

BASS Holly Palmer Matthew Hogan Veronica Sokolovski PI AN O Melania Laubsch Adrian Grace Remy Jang D RUMS Evan Breeze Srivatsan Tirucherai Logan Haug

AMERICAN MUSIC REPER TORY ENSEMBLE Bethany Robinson, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Elijah Forbes Abraham Koransky Zachary Baker-Heil T E N O R SA XO PHO NE Nick Hockersmith Reid Schrock Gabriel Dennis BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Cam August FLUTE Adisyn Nichols

TRUMP ET Jack Graham Sean Thornton Siddarth Nagapudi Hector Hornero Jack Hoppesch Craigen Shearer TROMBONE Liam Gibson Julian Matteoni Spencer Hearn Sam Gibbons G UITA R Cadel Emmons Gavin Forrest

BASS Keatin Hertz Bain Rodarmel PI AN O Josh Saylor Michael Clarke Liam Viebach D RUMS Aadit Kumar Harry Casher Jacob Dwyer VI BRAPH ON E Rowan Walsh

TOWER OF POWER Jarrard Harris, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Spencer Jordan Sarah Bohne Zach Brown

TRUMP ET Daniel Eppler Gracie Goodwin Marc Ju-Yi Huang Teagan Spice Gabriel Kurfman

T E N O R SA XO PHO NE Jordan Conn Seth VanHoosier Ben O’Daniels BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Atlee Franklin

TROMBONE Adam Pearson Ashley Phelps Faith Tarkang Rogan Nielsen Olivia Gfell G UITA R Jacob Edwards Anthony Tomaszewski

BASS Haley Imus Lucas Krasuski PI AN O Liam O’Neill Inia Narayanan Shawn Mastandrea D RUMS Freddy VanFossen Ellie Hodgen Brooke Huddleson VOCAL S Hannah Idrissi Alami

PURDUE JAZZ BAND Bethany Robinson, director ALT O SA XO PHO NE Elliot Woo Jeramiah Arona Gabriel Sletto T E N O R SA XO PHO NE Seth DeWhitt Moses Colin BA R IT O N E SA XO PHO NE Jonny Pletcher

TRUMP ET Steven Win Samraj Delfyett Amelia Jobe Philip Zink Aaron Friedman TROMBONE Macgyver Cottrell Emma Krueger Owen Toro Griffin Fox Arman Pathan

GUI TAR TJ Kay BASS Henry Ham Colin Butler PI AN O Max Vallone Michael Wall D RUMS Carl Nielsen Asher Beckey VOCAL S Livy Helmuth Soren McLaughlin

E V E N TS CA L E N DA R

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