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Jazz & Beyond Carson City Music Festival
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Performance summaries for 2022, 2023, and 2024 are in progress. -DCB 1/29/2026
Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - I lead and play keyboard with the Mile High Jazz Band performing "Cool Jazz in January," at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge, 507 N. Carson Street in the Carson Nugget. The event features the 17-member band playing old favorites and new swinging, big-band selections, including "Moonlight in Vermont," "Evergreen," "Skylark," and more. Jakki Ford sings "It was a Very Good Year," "Cheek to Cheek," and other great tunes accompanied by the band.
Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - I lead and play keyboard with the Mile High Jazz Band performing its annual "Jazz Sampler for Sweethearts" program at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge in the Carson Nugget. The music is free, and donations are welcome. Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 - 4:00 p.m. - I conduct the Carson City Symphony in its "America 250" Concert at 4:00 p.m. at the Carson City Community Center. The Symphony celebrates the 250th anniversary (a little early) of the United States Declaration of Independence. Our featured soloist is Brittney May. Music includes a performance of Gwenyth Walker's new composition, "America 250!" Also on the program are Bruce Roter's "A Birthday Celebration," William H. Santelmann's "Thomas Jefferson March," Dwight Gustafson's "Camp Meeting," Robert Washburn's "New England Holiday," Leroy Anderson's "Bugler's Holiday," Carlisle Floyd's "Ain't It a Pretty Night" from the American opera Susannah, Rodgers and Hammerstein's "You'll Never Walk Alone" from the musical Carousel, and Robert Russell Bennett's "Suite of Old American Dances." Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026 - Mile High Jazz Band presents the 2026 Jazz Extravaganza at the Carson City Community Center - It's "big-band jazz times four" when the Mile High Jazz Band and three youth jazz bands present the 22nd annual Jazz Extravaganza concert, on Tuesday, February 24, 2026, at 7:00 p.m., in the Bob Boldrick Theater at the Carson City Community Center, 851 E. William Street, Carson City. The Extravaganza is sponsored by the Mile High Jazz Band Association as a benefit for youth jazz programs. Performing with Mile High Jazz Band this year are the Carson High School Jazz Band directed by Nick Jacques, the Carson Middle School Jazz Band directed by Stephanie Van Orman, and the Reno Youth Jazz Orchestra directed by Nichole Heglund.
Tues., March 10, 2026 - 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. - I lead and play keyboard with the Mile High Jazz Band performing a Jazz-and-Poetry event at Gina's Good Life Music & Lounge in the Carson Nugget. "Playing Favorites" features the 17-member band playing swinging songs on the theme of the evening, several featuring vocalist Jakki Ford. Poets will present original poems, each expressing an aspect of the theme, followed by a tune that relates to the poem. Poets are Rita Geil, Teresa Breeden, Wayne Carlson, Ursula Carlson, Elizabeth Jones, Melanie Perish, Susan Sara Priest, and Timothy Rhodes. |
