Song for Everyone (Ingoma Yabantu) (Level V) Scored in C major for
vocalist, trumpet, guitar, piano, bass, and drums, this piece was created
following December 2013 celebrations of the life of the late South African
President Nelson Mandela. The melody and lyrics are suited to voice and
advocate for harmony and social justice, such as: “Hate has no place under the
sun. This is my song for everyone.” Samba provides the uplifting groove, with
Gospel feel a natural, soulful choice.
The
work was commissioned as part of an exchange program between Virginia
Commonwealth University (Richmond, VA) and the University of KwaZulu-Natal
(Durban, South Africa) and was premiered by the UKZN AsiHambe Jazz Ensemble in
March 2014 in Durban.
Everyone gets solo space at some point in the
chart: most are improvised; the bass is given a written theme. “Ingoma Yabantu”
is a Zulu translation of the title’s sentiment.
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ANTONIO J. GARCIA has accepted the post of Director of Jazz Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond effective, August 2001. A trombonist, bass trombonist or pianist with such artists as Ella Fitzgerald, George Shearing, Mel Torme, Doc Severinsen, Louis Bellson and Phil Collins as well as a composer/arranger and author, Garica serves as Editor of the International Association of Jazz Educators' Jazz Educators' Journal and is past-president of IAJE-Illinois. He is co-editor and contributing author of Teaching Jazz: A course of Study (published by MENC) and a member of the board of The Midwest Clinic. After teaching the summer academic quarter at Northwestern University, Mr. Garcia will leave his current post of Associate Professor of Music at NU. At Northwestern University he directed the combo program, taught jazz and integrated arts, and for four years directed the vocal jazz ensemble. Prior to NU he served as the Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Northern Illinois University. He was selected by students and faculty at NIU as the receipient of a 1992 "Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching" Award and nominated as its candidate for the 1992 CASE "U.S. Professor of the Year (one of 434 nationwide).
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