On Saturday, November 9th, the UVA Music Department will present the UVA Jazz Ensemble at 8:00 PM in the Old Cabell Auditorium.

The concert, titled New Beginnings, will feature the UVA Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of John D’earth.

The Jazz Ensemble concert, New Beginnings, on Saturday, November 9th, is John D’earth’s final UVA Jazz Ensemble concert after over forty years of leading the band. D’earth began his work at UVA in the early 1980’s when he moved to Charlottesville from New York and was hired by the students in what was then a student-run organization. Twenty years later, he became UVA’s first Director of Jazz Performance. The UVA Jazz Ensemble still includes undergraduates, graduate students, and community members.

The UVA Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of trumpeter/composer John D’earth, has become one of the more creative college big bands in the country. The group’s performances feature classic repertoire from across the spectrum of jazz history, jazz arrangements of music from diverse genres, and original compositions and arrangements by the students and the director.

The ensemble comprises of undergraduates, graduate students, and community members. They offer two concerts per academic year and present numerous guest artists from our area, and from the national and international jazz scene.

To find out more about Jazz events at UVA, visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-events.

For more information about this event, please visit https://music.virginia.edu/jazz-ensemble-fall-2024-concert.

Tickets are $10 General Admission / $9 UVA Faculty & Staff / $5 students / Free for UVA Students who reserve in advance. Tickets can be purchased at the UVA Arts Box Office, on-line at https://artsboxoffice.virginia.edu/, by phone (434) 924-3376 or in person at the Arts Box Office or at the door on the night of the concert. The UVA Arts Box Office is located on the John and Betsy Casteen Arts Grounds, inside the lobby of the UVA Drama Building at 109 Culbreth Road. For directions, please visit UVA Visitors Map or view directions via Google Maps.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA's historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. At UVA, parking is available in the C1 lot off McCormick Rd, and the Central Grounds Parking Garage on Emmet St. is walking distance to the hall. Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

All events are subject to change.

For more information, please call 434.924.3052 or email music@virginia.edu.