The C.W. Post Jazz Ensemble rehearses Wednesday and Friday from 12:20 to 2:20 p.m. and involves selected students in performances at local jazz clubs and high schools and with guest artists such as Billy Taylor, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D'Rivera, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson. A strong emphasis is placed on performance of classic repertory of jazz composers like Duke Ellington and Thad Jones. Often, the C.W. Post Jazz Area organizes and sponsors a Post Jazz Festival which hosts top Long Island high school Jazz Bands and includes performances by the C.W. Post Jazz Band and jazz faculty. The C.W. Post Jazz Band has been the featured college jazz group at the NYSSMA convention.
Listen to the Jazz Ensemble Recorded Live Jazz Night. April 21, 2008
"Birks Works" - Dizzy Gillespie
Department of Music
C.W. Post Campus
Long Island University
720 Northern Boulevard
Brookville, NY 11548
(516) 299-2474 (Voice)
(516) 299-2884 (Fax)
E-mail: music@cwpost.liu.edu
Dr. James W. McRoy, Chair
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
Audition Day Update: The Department Audition Day scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 6 has been rescheduled for Sunday, Feb. 14. Please call 516-299-2475 for more information and to schedule an audition
Attention Music Educator! C.W. Post offers a special performance course for you - Symphonic Music for Orchestra. Here is the course description and more information
The C.W. Post Department of Music now offers Bachelor of Music degree programs in Instrumental Performance, Vocal Performance and Music Education
Department students and faculty toured Spain and France in May 2006. Visit the Concert Tour 2006 Web site
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IMAGES OF POST The Great Lawn
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at local jazz clubs and high schools and with guest artists such as Billy Taylor, Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D'Rivera, Clark Terry and Maynard Ferguson. A strong emphasis is placed on performance of classic repertory of jazz composers like Duke Ellington and Thad Jones. Often, the C.W. Post Jazz Area organizes and sponsors a Post Jazz Festival which hosts top Long Island high school Jazz Bands and includes performances by the C.W. Post Jazz Band and jazz faculty. The C.W. Post Jazz Band has been the featured college jazz group at the NYSSMA convention.
