Sat Aug 23
Will Campbell is the Director of Jazz Studies and Professor of Saxophone at UNC Charlotte. He holds the DMA degree from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and the B. M. and M. M. from the University of North Texas. While attending UNT, he was a member of the One O'Clock Lab Band and directed the Three O'Clock Lab Band. From 1999 to 2019, he was a member of the University of North Texas Summer Jazz Workshop Faculty and has also been invited to direct All-State Jazz Bands in Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and North Carolina. From 1990 to 1994, he toured internationally and recorded with the Harry Connick, Jr. Orchestra. He has published articles in the Jazz Education Journal, The Saxophone Journal, Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz, and The Saxophone Symposium, and his arrangements and compositions are now available through University of Northern Colorado Jazz Press and Dorn Publications. Campbell is an Artist/Clinician for the Conn-Selmer Company and a Performing Artist for D’Addario Reeds.
Will Campbell - alto sax/composer/arranger
Dave Finucane - tenor sax
Evan Ringel - trombone
Greg Santa Crose - piano
Jason Foureman - bass
Kobie Watkins - drums