Dianne Reeves Vocal Jazz Residency at MSU 2008
February 7-9, 2008
Michigan State University is proud to host Blue Note recording artist Dianne Reeves as a 2008 artist-in-residence. Expanding on MSU’s commitment to advance arts and culture on campus and in the community, residencies provide unique opportunities to integrate teaching artists into the academic experience. The Dianne Reeves Vocal Jazz Residency will feature three days of clinics, concerts and master classes, primarily for students, but will also provide opportunities for public participation. The program is part of MSU’s Year of Arts and Culture, and a cross-collegiate collaboration by Wharton Center for Performing Arts, the MSU College of Music, and the new Residential College in the Arts and Humanities.
Thursday, February 7
- V.I.P. reception with featured guest Dianne Reeves (invitation only)
Friday, February 8
- 9:30 – 11:30 a.m. | Session on Lyrics with Dianne Reeves
Rehearsal Studio, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
(Participation limited to MSU students enrolled in the Vocal Jazz program, and invited guests.)
- 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Master class with Dianne
Reeves
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
(Participation limited to MSU students enrolled in the Vocal Jazz program,
Residential College in the Arts and Humanities, and invited guests.)
- 8:00 p.m. | Special concert featuring Vocal Jazz students and MSU Jazz Combo
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
Free admission; public welcome
- 10:00 p.m. - 1:00 a.m. | Jam Session (immediately following concert)
Green River Café, East Lansing
Free admission; limited seating; public welcome
Saturday, February 9
- 1:00 – 3:00 p.m. | Vocal Workshop, Q & A with
Dianne Reeves*
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
- 3:30 – 4:00 p.m. | Special concert* featuring
the MSU Vocal Jazz Ensemble
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
- 4:00 – 4:30 p.m. | Mini-Clinic* with Sunny
Wilkinson, Assistant Professor of Vocal Jazz
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
- 4:30 – 5:15 p.m. | Conversations with MSU*
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
• Rodney Whitaker, Director of Jazz Studies
• Steve Esquith, Dean of the Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
• John Martin, Director of Admissions, College of Music
• Glen Brough, Assistant Director of Admissions, MSU
- 5:15 – 5:30 p.m. | Musical interlude featuring MSU
Professors of Jazz*
Theatre, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
- 6:00 p.m. | Dinner at The Gallery* (included with registration package)
Snyder-Phillips, Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
- 8:00 p.m. | Dianne Reeves with special guest Rodney Whitaker
Cobb Great Hall, Wharton Center for Performing Arts
This performance is part of MSU Federal Credit Union Jazz
at Wharton Center and is generously sponsored by Ken & Sandy Beall; Michigan Council for Arts
and Cultural Affairs and National Endowment for the Arts; Smith Haughey Rice
& Roegge; and Wolverine Development Corporation.
Tickets for residency participants are included with registration.
For additional tickets, call 1-800-WHARTON or whartoncenter.com
* Daytime events require advance registration.
The Accident Fund Insurance Company of America Dianne Reeves Vocal Jazz Residency is sponsored in part by: Office of the Provost , Visiting Minority Faculty Fund, Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, National Endowment for the Arts
