Student Jazz Concert Observation

I attended the Student Jazz Concert at the Bruce Owen Theatre located on the campus of OCCC on October 17, 2017. The group that was performing consisted of students from the Southeast High School and OCCC. I decided to attend this concert from the recommendation of my teacher, Professor Boyle. He had mentioned to the class that it would be a wonderful jazz concert and would be worth our wild to attend. He also offered extra credit points to attend, so this helped in many students decision to attend. When I walked into the theatre I saw several stations on the stage where the musicians would be located. I had brought my mom to the show with me and we talked about the different instruments that were going to be played in the show. The instruments played consisted of Matt Nguyen and Frank Keyser on keyboards, Miguel Rojas and Tommy Orquiz on Drums & Percussions (with the assistance from Professor Giammario on Drums), Jacob King on bass, Brian Perez and Davon Tart on Saxophone, Daniel Mellerson on Trumpet and Ryan Caster on vocals. We cannot forget the very energetic Professor Boyle as the conductor. There was a full audience in attendance when the show was ready to begin. I noticed how there were many different groups of people in attendance. It was not catered to young, old or to one cultural

The show began with “Caravan” by Juan Tizol and Duke Ellington. That immediately got the audience engaged into the show. The third song “Brown Skin Girl” by Sonny Rollins gave me the feel as if I was on a beach or tropical paradise. The tempo reminded me of being on a beach and listening to that type of music along with the sound of waves crashing. Song six brought in a new element of vocals to the instruments. Ryan Caster entered on stage and sang for the next three songs. He had a strong voice and harmonized well with the instruments in the