The Jazz Ensemble will be performing compositions and arrangements by Quincy Jones, Seulah Noh, John Clayton, Ellen Rowe, current student Liam Charron, Christine Jensen, Michael Philip Mossman and Thad Jones. Guest trumpeter and Electronic Valve Instrument artist Justin Walter will join the group on several pieces.

Ellen Rowe, director
Seulah Noh, guest conductor

About the Guest Artist:
JUSTIN WALTER was born and raised in Ann Arbor, MI. He is a jazz musician, composer and life long student of the trumpet. He has also spent time exploring the strange and beautiful sounds of the Electronic Valve Instrument, a rare wind controlled analog synthesizer. After spending a few years with this instrument at home and on the road, he saw two releases for the Life Like label. First was the WALTER double cassette (2012) and then the Dark Matter 12” (2013). In 2013 he saw the release of Lullabies & Nightmares on the kranky label. His forthcoming release Unseen Forces will be out this April 17 via kranky. In addition to developing and releasing his own material, Walter has worked with many bands and artists over the last decade including Colin Stetson, Nomo, Iron & Wine, Wild Belle, Sinkane, His Name is Alive, Saturday Looks Good to Me, Skeletons, Megan Byrne, AUNTS, and Scott Gwinnell.