Sherrie Maricle, founder and leader of DIVA, the world-renown all-female jazz big band, will perform at KCCK’s Corridor Jazz Project Concert, March 10 at the Solon Center for Arts.
“Sherrie is one of the leading performer and clinicians in the country,” says Dennis Green, KCCK general manager. “She will be adjudicating in Nebraska a couple days before our concert, and through Coe College’s Steve Shanley, we were able to arrange for her to do an Iowa stop before her next engagement.”
Maricle will conduct a clinic with City High in Iowa City the day of the concert, then join the band for a number that evening.
The concert is the culmination of The Corridor Jazz Project, a mentoring and performance program organized by KCCK. Thirteen high school jazz bands are matched with adult guest artists. In January, each school performs a song with their artist, which is professionally recorded and produced for the Corridor Jazz Project CD. This is the thirteenth year for the program, which the Iowa Bandmasters Association has called “the crown jewel of jazz education in Iowa.”
The Corridor Jazz Concert takes place in two sessions, 5:30pm and 7:30pm, March 10 at the Solon Center for the Arts. Sherrie Maricle and the City Jazz Ensemble perform first at 5:30pm. Admission to the concert is free.
Here is the full performance schedule:
5:30 Session
5:35 City High School Jazz Ensemble featuring Sherrie Maricle & Cole Peterson
5:50 Lisbon High School Jazz Band featuring Aaron Ottmar
6:05 Kennedy High School Jazz Band One featuring Desmond Cervantez
6:20 Marion High School Jazz Band featuring Kyle Engelhardt
6:35 Mt. Vernon High School Swingin’ STANGS, featuring Tim Crumley
6:50 Xavier High School Jazz Band One featuring Todd Munnik
7:30 Session
7:35 Solon High School Jazz Orchestra featuring Josh Duffee
7:50 Jefferson High School Jazz Ensemble featuring Al Naylor
8:05 Prairie High School Jazz One featuring Eddie Piccard
8:20 Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble featuring Mike McMann
8:35 Washington High School Revolutionists featuring Nolan Schroeder
8:50 Center Point Urbana Jazz Band featuring Rod Pierson
9:05 Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble featuring Steve Grismore