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STRING INTO SPRING
Tuesday, March 20, 2007 at 7:30 p.m.
featuring Helen Kim, violin
Tania Maxwell Clements, viola
and Brent Runnels, piano
Music by William Bolcom, Samuel Barber, Manuel De Falla and George Gershwin [see the program in PDF]
Tickets $15
Students $10

From left to right: The Temple, Helen Kim, Tania Maxwell Clements, Brent Runnels

SWINGIN' IN THE HOLIDAYS
featuring "The Jazz Nutcracker" Duke Ellington's " Nutcracker Suite
and vocalist and trumpeter Joe Gransden performing holiday favorites
Joe Muccioli conducts Jazz Orchestra Atlanta
Saturday, December 2, 2006 at 8 p.m. at Northview High School
Tuesday, December 5, 2006 at 8 p.m. at The Variety Playhouse

Photos from the concerts:

Joe Gransden with Jazz Orchestra Atlanta

H. Johnson introduces Jazz Orchestra Atlanta

Joe Gransden Nicole Chillemi

Jazz Orchestra Atlanta conducted by Joe Muccioli, with Joe Gransden

Randy Brecker performs with Jazz Orchestra Atlanta"

Concert - Friday, March 17, 2006 7:30 p.m.

The concert featured The Inman Piano Trio:
Beth Newdome, violin
David Bjella, cello
Brent Runnels, piano

Download complete March 17th program.

"Concert in Memory of the Six Million"

Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 7:30 p.m.

Artists:
Helen Kim, violin
Ted Gurch, clarinet
Brent Runnels, piano
Wanda Yang Temko, soprano

Download the complete program here.


Helen Kim, violin	Ted Gurch, clarinet	Brent Runnels, piano	Wanda Yang Temko, soprano

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"Concerts in the Park : 100 Years of Jazz"

June 4 - Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band
June 11 - Tempest Little Big Band
June 18 - Vecinos del Mundo

Three concerts at Atlanta's Piedmont Park surveying the blues, swing, bebop, Latin, and modern jazz.

Hotlanta Dixieland Jazz Band

Vecinos del Mundo

Tempest Little Big Band

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“The Elegance of Ellington and Evans”

Saturday, May 8, 2004

Featured trumpeter Randy Brecker in Miles Ahead and
Birth of The Cool with the Orchestra Atlanta Big Band.

Randy Brecker rehearses with Jazz Orchestra Atlanta

Conductor Joe Muccioli leads a happy birthday for guest vocalist Tanya Moore

Randy Brecker blowin' a hot lick

Orchestra Atlanta Big Band trumpet section hangin' with Randy Brecker" (from left Greg Coile, Mike Barry, Randy Brecker, Gordon Vernick, Charlie Bertini)

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“Paris and Prague: Two Masters”
- Friday, March 12, 2004

Featured the Debussy String Quartet and pianist Valentina Lisitsa, the internationally acclaimed string quartet from France performed their namesake work.

To celebrate the centenary of the death of Antonin Dvorak, acclaimed Russian pianist Valentina Lisitsa joined them in Dvorak’s Piano Quintet.

Valentina Lisitsa

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“Irresistibly Irish: Music Inspired by the Lord of the Rings”
- Saturday, January 31, 2004

Featuring The Border Collies with special guest artist Zac Leger.
This exciting Celtic music ensemble from Atlanta performed original vocal and instrumental works from their upcoming CD release.

The Border Collies