Rock favorites and jazz grooves on tap during Spring LMC music ensemble concert

BENTON HARBOR, Mich. – The senses will be sent on a musical journey when the Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department presents the Rock/Pop and Jazz Band Concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 9. The concert will be held in the LMC Mendel Center Hanson Theatre. Tickets are not required for this free general admission event.

 

Groups providing the evening’s entertainment are the LMC Rock/Pop Ensemble directed by Don Savoie and the LMC Jazz Band directed by Danny Lopez.

The LMC Rock/Pop Ensemble is a rock stage band performing music from classic rock to today’s popular rock hits. The students have been focusing on the music of Carole King this semester and will be performing her hits “I Feel the Earth Move,” “It’s Too Late,” and “So Far Away.” Other planned selections are “Walk Away” by Christina Aguilera and “Wait” by Marvin Sapp.

 

Personnel making up the Rock/Pop Band include Lauriebelle Radin on vocals; Andrew Ryan on bass; Zechariah Childs on drums; and Savoie on piano, guitar, and vocals.
 

LMC Jazz Band explores classical jazz styles, big band/swing era music, and the occasional rock arrangement. Among planned selections for this concert are “Blueberry Jam,” “The Way We Were,” “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” and “Virgen de la Macarena”

 

The LMC Jazz Band is made up of students and community members including Marcia Blake, Rodger Payne, Tammy Tallis, Glenn McFarland, and Rob Funk on saxophone; Monica Harpole, Andrew Brady, Heather Dodge, and Dan Ward on trombone; Maximillian Willfinger, Luis Sanchez, Joey Hayman, and Jonathan Orlando on trumpet; Guy Tardi on guitar; Nathan Dokter on piano; Doug Gillespie on bass; Zechariah Childs on drums; and Leo Rediess on auxiliary percussion. Guest vocalists include Ella Harris and Elisa Sypian.

 

For more information about the LMC Visual & Performing Arts department and performances, visit lakemichigancollege.edu/arts, email mmcaffrey@lakemichigancollege.edu, or call 269-927-8876.

 

About the Lake Michigan College Visual & Performing Arts Department
The Visual & Performing Arts Department allows students to reach new levels of excellence through classroom instruction and public performance. Many programs, including instrumental and vocal music, theatre, and dance, are based in the Lake Michigan College Mendel Center, the only performing arts center of its kind in southwest Michigan. Here, LMC students have opportunities to study the performing arts in a venue that attracts thousands of patrons annually. Programs including drawing, painting, and graphic design allow students to explore the possibilities in the visual arts.
 
Auditions are held for select ensembles that perform on the same stages as world-renowned touring acts. Students in any major also have opportunities to audition for Broadway musicals and plays and join two different vocal ensembles, string and wind ensembles, a rock/pop ensemble, and jazz band. One of only two colleges in Michigan to carry the prestigious All-Steinway designation, LMC has a team of highly qualified faculty that bring real-world expertise to the classroom.