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Director
Dr. Anthony DJ Branker

Department of Music
Woolworth Center
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
08544


Rehearsal and Concert Schedule

SPRING 2012

Monday, February 6

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, February 7

Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

Wednesday, February 8  Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, February 9

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, February 13

 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, February 14

Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

Wednesday, February 15  Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, February 16

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 – 9:00 pm

University Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker)
at Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center
11:00 pm

Monday, February 20

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, February 21

Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

Wednesday, February 22  4th Annual NJ High School Jazz Combo Festival featuring University Jazztet
Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall, 5:00 pm

Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, February 23

NO CJE REHEARSAL

Saturday, February 25 “Composing-in-the-Moment” Jazz Faculty Recital with Ralph Bowen (tenor saxophone), Bruce Arnold (guitar), Michael Cochrane (piano), Brian Glassman (bass), Adam Cruz (drums), Dr. Anthony Branker (musical director, composer)
8:00 pm, Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall 
Sunday, February 26 University Jazz Vespers Ensemble
at University Chapel
11:00 am Service

Monday, February 27

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, February 28

Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

Wednesday, February 29  Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

Thursday, March 1

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Friday, March 2 Jazz Studies Colloquium with Vocalist/Composer Kadri Voorand and Her Trio; Talk and Master Class sponsored by the Program in Jazz Studies
Noon - 1:30 pm, Woolworth 102  
Sunday, March 4

Vocalist/Composer Kadri Voorand and Her Trio present “Improvisations on Estonian Poetry”
3:00 pm, Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall

Monday, March 5

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, March 6 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Wednesday, March 7  Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, March 8

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

University American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen)
at Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center
11:00 pm
 

Monday, March 12

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, March 13 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Wednesday, March 14

University Jazz Vespers Ensemble
at University Chapel
8:00 pm Service


Jazz Composers Collective (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

March 15 – 22

NO REHEARSALS

March 15 – 25 University Jazz Composers Collective to Sydney Conservatorium of Music, Sydney, Australia  
Monday, March 26

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, March 27 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, March 29

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, April 2 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 3 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, April 5

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, April 9

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Tuesday, April 10

Marc Bernstein Masterclass/Rehearsal: 7:00 - 9:00 pm Bebop Ensemble* (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm

NO REHEARSAL for American Songbook Ensemble

Wednesday, April 11

University Jazz Vespers Ensemble
at University Chapel
8:00 pm Service

Thursday, April 12

Visiting Saxophonist/Composer Marc Bernstein from The Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts, Odense/Esbjerg, Denmark in concert with students in the university jazz program
8:00 pm, Taplin Auditorium in Fine Hall

NO CJE REHEARSAL

Monday, April 16 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 17 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, April 19

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

University Bebop Ensemble (Bowen)
at Cafe Vivian, Frist Campus Center
11:00 pm
 

Monday, April 23 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, April 24 Jazz Vocal Collective (Branker): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Bebop Ensemble (Bowen): 7:30 - 9:00 pm
Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm American Songbook Ensemble (Bowen): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, April 26

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, April 30 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, May 1 Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Thursday, May 3

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm

Monday, May 7 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Tuesday, May 8 Birth of the Cool Ensemble (Branker): 9:30 - 11:00 pm
Wednesday, May 9 Concert Jazz Ensemble: 9:30 - 11:30 pm
Thursday, May 10

Concert Jazz Ensemble: 7:00 - 9:00 pm
MANDATORY REHEARSAL

Saturday, May 12

University Concert Jazz Ensemble & University Birth of the Cool Ensemble present “Sounds of Revolution or Evolution? – The Music of Bebop, Cool Jazz and Hard Bop”
8:00 pm, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall


(3:30 pm CJE Rhythm Section sound check)
(4:00 pm CJE Full Ensemble sound check)
(5:30 pm Birth of the Cool Ensemble sound check)