Tune into Jazz Ensemble’s Virtual Performance for International Jazz Day

Visit the Mary Pappert School of Music’s YouTube channel Friday, April 30, to see the Duquesne Jazz Ensemble perform three original compositions in celebration of  International Jazz Day.

Friday’s performance will include musical jazz compositions written and arranged by alumnus Mike Tomaro, professor of jazz saxophone and director of jazz studies, and graduate student Roy Mitchell.

A Duquesne alumnus, Tomaro has more than 200 published compositions and arrangements. Mitchell, also a music school alumnus, is currently earning his master’s degree in music performance and jazz emphasis at Duquesne.

The Jazz Ensemble, a longtime principal performing group of the University, offers students the chance to perform alongside faculty who are some of the finest jazz musicians in the country. Students have performed with guest artists such as David Liebman, Slide Hampton and Dick Oatts and created music for movies, television and the Pittsburgh Pirates.