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Performance Schedule
5/25/24- Bigfun Funk and Soul Jazz at The Sound Conservatory
Moline, IA 7pm
5/17/24-Max Wellman Big Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
5/11/24-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
4/30-5/5/24- "MJ" The Musical: National Tour
Des Moines, IA
4/26 & 4/27/24-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Gallagher Bluedorn PAC, Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
4/13/24-The Four Tops at the Meskwaki Casino
Tama, IA 8pm
4/6/24-Iowa Composers Jazz Orchestra at the redstone Room
Davenport, IA 7pm
4/6/24-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at Mission Creek Festival at Reunion Brewery
Iowa City, IA 3pm
4/5/24-Chis Merz's "Shorter Stories" at Opus Concert Cafe
Cedar Rapids, IA, 5pm
4/2/24-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at Iowa Jazz Championships
Ames, IA .4:15pm
3/30/24-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch./ Rimsly-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture john Luther Adams: Become River and Tchaikovsky: Sym No. 6. Gallagher Bluedorn PAC, Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
3/22/24-Hard Bop Grandpop: Tribute to Horace Silver at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
3/12-17/24- "Funny Girl" Musical National Tour
Des Moines, IA
3/4/24- Guest Soloist with Clear Creek Amana High School Jazz Band
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids, IA
Past Performances
2/9-3/3-24: "Something's Rotten"
Theatre Cedar Rapids
2/10/24-Nate Sparks Big Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
2/2/24-Chis Merz's "Shorter Stories" at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA, 7pm
1/27/24-Max Wellman Big Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
1/21/24-Iowa Composers Jazz Orchestra at Coralville Performing Arts Center
Coralville, IA 2pm
1/20/24-Paul Lichty Jazz Orchestra t Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
1/13/24-Max Wellman Big Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
12/31/23-Max Wellman Big Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm and 10pm
12/28/23-NOLA Jazz Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
11/17/23-12-/9/23-Wizard of Oz with Theatre Cedar Rapids
11/4/23-Chis Merz's "Shorter Stories" at The Octopus
Cedar Falls, IA 7pm
11/3/2023- Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra, Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
10/21/23-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch./ Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4 and Bartok Concerto for Orchestra. Gallagher Bluedorn PAC, Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
10/14/23-Des Moines Symphony: A Salute to the Eagles. Civic Center
Des Moines, IA 7:30pm
10/13/23-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
10/7/2023- Rod Pierson Big Band Amana Performing Arts Center
Amana, IA 7pm
9/22/2023- Nate Sparks Big Band Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
9/19/23- Orquestra Alto Maiz at Cedar Rapids Country Club 3pm
9/7/23-Fall Faculty Recital, Bengtson Auditorium 7:30pm
9/2/23-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch./ Ellington, Dvorak, Mahler
River Place Plaza, Cedar Falls, Iowa 8pm
8/27/23- Bigfun Funk and Soul Jazz at The Olympic South Side Theatre 2pm
8/26/23-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at CSPS Hall
Cedar Rapids, IA 7pm
8/19/23-Orquestra Alto Maiz at Iowa City Diversity Market 8pm
8/4/23-Max Wellman Big Band Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 8pm
8/3/23-Iowa Jazz Composer's Orchestra at Jazz Under The Stars
Noelridge Park, Cedar Rapids, IA 7pm
7/29/23-Max Wellman Big Band Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 8pm
7/29/23-NOLA Jazz Band at Nordic Fest
Decorah, IA 12:30pm
7/27/23-Bigfun Funk and Soul Jazz at Bettendorf Public Library 6pm
7/22/23-Bigfun Funk and Soul Jazz at Bread Garden Market
Iowa City, IA 6:30pm
7/18/23-Iowa Jazz Composer's Orchestra at Hoyt Sherman Place
Des Moines, IA 8pm
7/16/23-NOLA Jazz Band at Music Under the Stars
Des Moines, IA 6pm
7/13/23-NOLA Jazz Band at Des Moines Botanical Garden 6:30pm
7/11/23-Bryan Schumacher Septet at Hoyt Sherman Place
Des Moines, IA 5:30pm
7/9/23-NOLA Jazz Band at Ankeny Summer Fest
7/5/23-Blake Shaw BIGgish Band at Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
7/2/23-Orquestra Alto Maiz at Iowa City Jazz Festival Main Stage 3pm
7/1/23-Chis Merz's "Shorter Stories" at Iowa City Jazz Festival Main Stage 2pm
6/30/23-NOLA Jazz Band/First Friday Jazz Party/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 7pm
6/24/23-Blake Shaw BIGish Band at Iowa City Pedestrian Mall 5pm
6/24/23-Simon Harding Octet at Cedar Basin Jazz Festival
Cedar Falls, IA 12pm
6/18-23/23-Trombone Instructor at UNI Jazz Combo Camp
6/17/23-NOLA Jazz band at Des Moines Cajun Fest 12pm
6/7/23-Bigfun Funk and Soul Jazz at Music on the Green
Ottumwa, IA 6:30pm
6/5-6/23- Recording Session: Chris Merz's "Shorter Stories"
6/2 and 6/3/2023- Nate Sparks Big Band Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, IA 7pm
5/16-21/23- "Tina" The Tina Turner Musical National Tour
Des Moines, IA
5/4-28/23- The Spongebob Musical at Theater Cedar Rapids
Cedar Rapids, IA
5/12/23-Iowa Jazz Composer's Orchestra at Iowa Bandmaster's Conference
Des Moines, IA 9:15pm
1/15/23-Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra/Rivermount Collegiate, Davenport, Iowa
Polyrhythms Third Sunday Jazz Series/5 pm
12/31/22-NOLA Jazz Band/New Year's Eve Party/Surety Hotel
Des Moines, Iowa 8pm
12/30/22-Horace Silver's Hard Bop Grand Pop Tribute/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 7pm
12/10/22-Blake Shaw Bigish Band/CSPS Performance Hall
Cedar Rapids, Iowa 7pm
12/4/22-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch./Tchaikovsky/Ellington Nutcracker Suite
Antioch Baptist Church, Waterloo, Iowa 3pm
12/2/22-Max Wellman Big Band/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 8pm
12/2/22-NOLA Jazz Band/First Friday Jazz Party/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 5pm
11/27/22- Recording Session: Heath Alan Band: "Blue Hiawatha"
Des Moines, Iowa
11/12/22-Charles Mingus 100th Birthday Celebration Tribute/Octopus Bar
Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
11/4/22-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Symphony Orchestra/Harry Potter in Concert
Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
10/12/22-Chris Merz's Shorter Stories: A Tribute to Wayne Shorter
Bengtson Auditorium, UNI Campus 6pm
10/8/22-Chris Merz's Shorter Stories: A tribute to Wayne Shorter
Noce Jazz Cabaret, Des Moines, Iowa 7pm
10/7/22-Max Wellman Big Band/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 8pm
10/7/22-NOLA Jazz Band/First Friday Jazz Party/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 5pm
10/2/22-Iowa Jazz Composers Orchestra/The James Theatre
10/1/22-Waterloo-Cedar Falls Sym Orch./LaMer and Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto II
Cedar Falls, Iowa 7pm
9/24/22-NOLA Jazz Band/West Des Moines "Illumifest" 7 pm
9/23/22-Andrew Walesch Band "Tribute to Cole Porter"/Noce Jazz Cabaret
Des Moines, Iowa 7pm
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New Recording with Chris Merz's Shorter Stories: New JuJu is out on all platforms!
Fall Faculty Recital!!!
Concert Piece by Daniel Gledhill
Sonata by Donald White
Mission Red by Michael Davis
Three for Two by Antonio Garcia
Stereogram No. 20 by David W. Brubeck
September 7, 2023
Bengtson Auditorium Russell Hall, UNI Campus