Jazz Ensemble
All That Jazz
Join us for the CHS 51st Anniversary of All That Jazz on Saturday, May 11th! This event will begin at 7:00 p.m. in the CHS Auditorium.
Visitors will enter through Door 31, and enjoy an evening of music performed by Chesterton High School’s Jazz Ensemble and Maroon Jazz Band.
General Admission Tickets are available online only via the ShowTix4U link above.
FEATURING: STEVE WIEST
Multiple Grammy-Nominated Trombonist, Composer, Songwriter, Author and Cartoonist
Steve Wiest is a multiple Grammy-nominated trombonist, and composer. The former soloist and writer for Maynard Ferguson, Steve went on to perform on the road with Doc Severinsen and the Old Tonight Show Orchestra as well as many other artists. Steve has seven recordings to date out as a leader, the most recent of which is the second album (BLUE) from the critically-acclaimed all-star horn band Vinyl Hampdin.
In the world of jazz education, Steve was formerly the Director of the One O’Clock Lab Band at The University of North Texas where the band under his direction was nominated for two Grammy awards. Following UNT, Wiest was Co-Chair of Jazz Studies at The University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music. Before his tenure at UNT, Steve was Director of Jazz and Trombone at UW-Whitewater. In high demand as a clinician, composer and conductor, Steve has directed many all-state ensembles and continues to appear as a guest artist and clinician all over the world.
Steve is an artist for Edwards Instruments playing the custom “Excalibur” version of the T302 and the Griego-Steve Wiest Mouthpiece exclusively. His compositions and arrangements can be found via Excelcia Publishing as well as Ben Patterson’s Pro Jazz Charts (PJC) and on his own webdite at leadtrombone.com Steve’s new book on lead trombone playing titled “Leadology” along with his Leadology Podcast and Blog are also available at leadtrombone.com To learn more about Steve, please visit steve-wiest.com