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COMMISSION WORKSHOP By Professor Bobby Watson

June 8 @ 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Subject: RENOWNED BMI COMPOSER, BOBBY WATSON COMMISSIONED TO WRITE A SPECIAL MUSICAL WORK FOR YOUTH JAZZ PROGRAM

Date: January 14, 2025

Kansas City USA – International saxophone artist, BMI composer, and jazz educator, Professor Bobby Watson, has been commissioned to compose a special piece for performance and recording by the Watson Ensemble of the Kansas City Area Youth Jazz program this season.

Professor Watson will personally workshop the special musical work on June 8, 2025 during the Watson Ensemble programmed weekly rehearsal.

Appointed as the William D. and Mary Grant/Missouri Distinguished Professorship in Jazz Studies at UMKC in 2000, Bobby Watson led that program over the next two decades. He also maintains a connection to the jazz education sphere through affiliations with the progressive spring-and-summer-only program, Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, now in its 7th successful season; AND the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz.

Professor Watson’s Master Classes and Clinics always include direct performance interaction with students and teachers; handouts of clinic materials; and impromptu question/answer sessions.

This composition commission was co-sponsored by gifts to Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, Inc. from the families of Dr. Doris Wright Carroll and Mr. Gregory Carroll; and, Mrs. Terri Anderson Burnett and Mr. Christopher Burnett.

More information about the program can be found at our official website https://YouthJazz.us
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Date:
June 8
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3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
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Website:
https://YouthJazz.us

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Kansas City Area Youth Jazz

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BRC Audio Productions
1933 N 10th Street
Kansas City, KS 66104 United States
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