2010 Jazz Week

The UAA Department of Music will present its 25th Annual Jazz Week, March 3-5, featuring the great pianist Tom Coster. A composer and pianist, Coster has performed with many groups and musicians including Carlos Santana, Third Eye Blind, Boz Scaggs and Vital Information. He has also produced several solo contemporary and jazz fusion recordings.

Here's the line up of workshop and performance events:

Free improvisational workshops with Tom Coster

Thursday, March 4, 9:30-11 a.m.

Fine Arts, Room 122

Friday, March 5, 10 a.m.-Noon

Fine Arts, Room 122

UAA Jazz Students in concert

Wednesday, March 3, 7:30 p.m.

Fine Arts, Recital Hall

Anchorage All-Stars in concert

Thursday, March 4, 7:30 p.m.
Fine Arts, Recital Hall

Advance tickets will be on sale at the UAA Box Office, at $2 for UAA students, $5 for seniors, non-UAA students and military and $10 for general admission. On day of concert, tickets are $7 for UAA students, $10 for seniors, non-UAA students and military and $15 for general admission. Tickets are at the UAA Box Office, (907) 786-4TIX (4849). Proceeds will benefit Jazz Week 2010, March 3-5.

Tom Coster with the Greatlanders Air Force Band of the Pacific
Friday, March 5, 7 p.m.
Wendy Williamson Auditorium
Admission FREE

For more information about UAA Jazz Week, or to arrange interviews with the artists, contact Professor Karen Strid-Chadwick at (907) 786-1684 or afkss@uaa.alaska.edu. UAA Jazz Week is funded in part by the, UAA College of Arts and Sciences.