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SUMMARY:Heisey Wind Ensemble presents “Swinging with the HWE Big Band”
DESCRIPTION:The Heisey Wind Ensemble brings their 41st Anniversary Season t
 o a close on Saturday\, May 16\, 2026 at 7:30 p.m. with a concert by the H
 WE Big Band. The concert will be held at the John W. Alford Performing Art
 s Hall in the John Gilbert Reese Center on the campus of The Ohio State Un
 iversity at Newark and Central Ohio Technical College.\n\nThe HWE Big Band
  is a smaller group from within the Heisey Wind Ensemble. The HWE Big Band
  presented their first concert in 2011\, and the upcoming concert will be 
 the big bands thirty-first concert for the Licking County community. The g
 roup plays music from the Great American Song Book\, classics from the pas
 t and current arrangements written for the modern jazz ensemble.\n\nFor th
 e May 16th HWEBB concert we welcome back our HWE Music Director\, Dr. Russ
 el Mikkelson to lead the band. He has programmed great big band classics\,
  including a piece in tribute to Chuck Mangione who died last summer and a
  piece by Gordon Goodwin who died in December. Both men advanced the jazz 
 idiom during their lifetimes.\n\nJoining the HWE Big Band on May 16th will
  be vocalist Michael Shirtz. Michael Shirtz is a jazz singer\, pianist\, a
 nd composer whose performances reach out to audiences of all generations. 
 His vocal style captures the warmth and lyricism of a Mel Tormé on smooth
  ballads\, and up tunes with energy\, drive\, and a hint of blues. As a pi
 anist\, Shirtz has remained deeply influenced by the innovation of Brubeck
 ’s keyboard styles\, which are infused into Michael’s shows. Among Shi
 rtz’s greatest attributes are his diverse\, instrumental-like scat singi
 ng and his cool ease and conversation with his audiences. Shirtz currently
  serves as a lecturer of voice at Ohio State\, where he teaches applied vo
 ice and studio classes. He has served on the faculties of Capital Universi
 ty\, Heidelberg University\, and Terra State Community College where he he
 ld the positions of lead faculty and dean.\n\nThe HWE\, formed in 1985\, i
 s recognized as one of Ohio's finest adult concert bands. Membership is by
  audition only and includes outstanding musicians from Licking\, Franklin\
 , Fairfield\, Guernsey\, Delaware\, Coshocton\, and Muskingum counties. Th
 e band has been selected to perform at conventions of the Ohio Music Educa
 tion Association (OMEA) and the American School Band Directors Association
  (ASBDA). The first rehearsal for the HWE was on February 1\, 1985\, and t
 he first concert was on June 10\, 1985. The group has performed 167 concer
 ts to date.\n\nTickets for HWE concerts are available only at the door. Ad
 ults are $15\, seniors (60+) are $10 and students are $5. Additional infor
 mation can be found at the band’s web site at www.heiseywindensemble.org
CATEGORIES:Entertainment,Live Music
LOCATION:John Gilbert Reese Center\, 1209 University Dr.\, Newark\, OH\, 43
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