Thursday, October 30, 2003
Lavender Jazz debuts at Goshen College Nov. 8
GOSHEN, Ind. -- Lavender Jazz, Goshen College's Big Band, opens its 2003-04 concert season at the Sauder Concert Hall in the Music Center on Nov. 8 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and open to the public.
With its new
director, Sonny Carreno, Lavender Jazz will embark on "A Journey
Through Time, Space and Jazz." During the concert, the band will
trace the roots of jazz by featuring works from such composers as
Duke Ellington, Horace Silver, Perez Prado, Lennon & McCartney
and Henry Mancini.
Sonny Carreno, the newly appointed director
of Lavender Jazz, earned a bachelor's degree from Texas State
University-San Marcos. He taught band for five years in the
Victoria (Texas) Independent School District. Carreno has taught
English as a New Language (ENL) for the past 11 years and currently
chairs the ENL Department at Goshen Middle School. For over 25
years, Carreno has drummed professionally in a wide variety of
styles and venues, including Latin, Rock/Pop, R&B, Country and
Western and World Beat. Goshen College,
established in 1894, is a four-year residential Christian liberal
arts college rooted in the Anabaptist-Mennonite tradition. The
college's Christ-centered core values -- passionate learning,
global citizenship, compassionate peacemaking and
servant-leadership -- prepare students as leaders for the church
and world. Recognized for its unique Study-Service Term program,
Goshen has earned citations of excellence in Barron's Best Buys
in Education, Kaplan's "Most
Interesting Colleges" guide and U.S.News & World
Report's "America's Best
Colleges" edition, which named Goshen a "least debt college." Visit
www.goshen.edu. Editors: For more information, contact Jodi
H. Beyeler at (574) 535-7572 or jodihb@goshen.edu. ###
