Dec 07 2021
College Music: Jazz & Pop Combos

College Music: Jazz & Pop Combos

Presented by McAninch Arts Center at McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage

About the Ensemble: Jazz/Pop Combos provide students with the opportunity to transcribe, compose, rehearse, and perform repertoire of their choosing. Students work with the instructor to develop materials and learn effective rehearsal strategies. Any genre of music welcomed.

About the Director: Matt Shevitz is an in-demand musician in the jazz, blues, and popular music scenes of Chicago area. He has performed alongside such internationally renowned jazz musicians as Dick Hyman, Ignacio Berroa, Howard Levy, Frank Capp, and Frank Wess along with blues/roots rock guitarist Eric Lindell and Ropeadope Records artists Spare Parts. Shevitz has performed at Jazz in the Park Festival (Milwaukee), Waterfront Blues Festival (Portland), Chicago Blues Festival, Lollapalooza and House of Blues in Chicago.  Matt is a contributor to DownBeat Magazine since 2009 with articles analyzing transcriptions of great jazz solos as well as jazz theory and effective practice habits. Matt is a professor and the Director of Jazz Ensembles at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance degree from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern Univ. and a Bachelor of Science in Music from the Univ. of Oregon.

Admission Info

Playhouse Theater| Free Admission

Dates & Times

2021/12/07 - 2021/12/07

Location Info

McAninch Arts Center at College of DuPage

425 Fawell Blvd, Glen Ellyn, IL 60137