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Big Band Workshop
05.11.25 | Armstrong Concert Hall
Big Band Workshop

Craig Fraedrich, director

Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 2:30 p.m.
Armstrong Concert Hall
Shenandoah Conservatory

Program

Program to be selected from the following:

Jazz Workshop Little Big Band

Royal Garden Blues

Clarence Williams
Spencer Williams 
arr. Charlie Shavers

Moanin’

Charles Mingus
arr. Sy Johnson
ad. Craig Fraedrich

Tutti for Cootie

Duke Ellington
ad. Craig Fraedrich

I Love You

Cole Porter
arr. Mike Tomaro

Four

Miles Davis
arr. Craig Fraedrich

Brotherhood of Man

Frank Loesser
arr. Craig Fraedrich

Cherokee

Frank Noble
arr. Michael Abene
ad. Craig Fraedrich

Boogie Stop Shuffle

Charles Mingus
arr. Sy Johnson
ad. Craig Fraedrich


Jazz Workshop Big Band

Main Stem

Duke Ellington

Filthy McNasty

Horace Silver
arr. John LaBarbera

Lonely Street

Sammy Nestico

Old Devil Moon

Burton Lane
E.Y. Harburg
arr. Sammy Nestico

Makin’ Whoopee

Gus Kahn
Walter Donaldson
arr. Quincy Jones

Fly Me to the Moon

Bart Howard
arr. Quincy Jones

Nice Work If You Can Get It

George Gershwin
Ira Gershwin
arr. Billy May

Festival Time in the Ville

Graham Breedlove

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Accessibility & Reminders

Wheelchair accessible restrooms are available across the courtyard in Gregory Hall (approximately 100 feet from the Armstrong Concert Hall lobby). Please notify house management for assistance.

Patrons are requested to silence cell phones and other electronic devices during performances. The taking of photographs and the use of recording equipment are not permitted during performances.