The Friday Jazz Series hosted by UW–Madison’s Tandem Press begins this week. The series features students from the Jazz Studies program in UW–Madison’s Mead Witter School of Music, and includes three concerts each during fall and spring seasons.
Attendees will listen to jazz music, learn about the exciting field of fine art printmaking, and see the current exhibition hanging in in the Tandem Press Apex Gallery. All concerts are free and open to the public.
Performance dates and information follow:
Friday, Oct. 13, 2023, 5-7 p.m.
Jazz Standards Ensemble (directed by Peter Dominguez)
Blue Note Ensemble (directed by Johannes Wallmann)
Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, 5-7 p.m.
Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble (directed by Nick Moran)
Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (directed by Chand McCullough)
Friday, Dec. 8, 2023, 5-7 p.m.
Jazz Composers Group (directed by Les Thimmig)
Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, 5-7 p.m.
Jazz Standards Ensemble (directed by Peter Dominguez)
Contemporary Jazz Ensemble (directed by Chad McCullough)
Friday, March 15, 2024, 5-7 p.m.
Blue Note Ensemble (directed by Johannes Wallmann)
Afro-Cuban Jazz Ensemble (directed by Nick Moran)
Friday, May 3, 2024, 5-7 p.m.
Jazz Composers Group (directed by Les Thimmig)
Concerts will be held at Tandem Press at 1743 Commercial Avenue in Madison, and will also be livestreamed online.
Tandem Press is a self-funded entity housed within the School of Education’s Art Department at UW–Madison. It is one of only three professional printmaking studios and press affiliated with a university in the United States. As a gallery, Tandem Press represents, promotes, and sells the artworks created in their studio both locally and nationally throughout the year. As a nonprofit educational institution, Tandem Press partners with other departments at UW–Madison to offer artist lectures, tours, printmaking workshops, and other special events to serve both the student and public community.