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2009/2010 ITINERARY

   

 

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Aug 29
“Giants of Jazz” concert featuring Clark Terry and the Statesmen of Jazz for the Don and Heidi Wolff Jazz Institute/Harris Stowe State
University/St. Louis, MO
Sept 20

Concert with Steve Lippia/7:00 p.m./Florissant Civic Center/Florissant, MO 

Oct 16 Jim Widner Big Band  concert w/special guest Bobby Watson/Missouri Theater/Columbia, MO/8:15 p.m./Scholarship benefit concert with all proceeds to provide jazz scholarships for students of Mizzou, UMSL and UMKC.  Concert is part of the “We Always Swing” jazz series and is sponsored by Socket 
Oct 17 Jim Widner Big Band concert/Cottey College/Nevada, MO/ 8:00 p.m.
Oct 18 TBA 
Oct 19 -21 Clinic and concert/Hawaii Pacific University and Castle High School/Honolulu, HI/Times TBA 
Oct 24-25 Jazz Workshop for VanderCook College/Chicago, IL 
Nov 7 Jim Widner Trio/St. Louis Country Club/St. Louis, MO/private party
Nov 10 University of Missouri – St. Louis Jazz Ensemble concert with Fort Zumwalt North HS Jazz Band featuring guest artist TBA.  Anheuser Busch Performance Hall/Touhill Performing Arts Center/University of Missouri – St. Louis/ 7:30 p.m. 
Nov 17 University of Missouri – St. Louis jazz combos concert/Lee Theater/Touhill PAC/7:30 p.m. 
Nov 26 Jim Widner Trio – St. Louis Country Club/St. Louis, MO/private party
Nov 30 UMSL Jazz Ensemble/Vocal Point Holiday concert/7:30 p.m./Anheuser Busch Performance Hall/Touhill PAC 
Dec. 17-19 Midwest Band and Orchestra Clinic/Chicago, IL
Dec. 24 Jim Widner Trio/St. Louis Country Club/St. Louis, MO/private party 
Jan 11 Des Lee Big Band Jazz Festival/Touhill PAC/guest conductor 
Jan 14 – 16 NAMM show for Jazz Education Network/Anaheim, CA 
Jan 27-20 Jim Widner Big Band performance Jan 29/ Missouri Music Educators Association Conference/Lake of the Ozarks, MO
Feb 18-20 Jim Widner Big Band concert (Feb 19) University of Nebraska – Omaha Jazz Festival/Omaha NE 
March 9 - 10

Cinic Indian Trail Junior High School
        Addison, IL

March 18 UMSL Jazz Ensemble concert/Anheuser Busch performance hall/Touhill PAC/7:30 p.m.
March 25 UMSL Jazz Combos concert/Lee Theater/Touhill PAC/7:30 p.m. 
April 15 -17 UMSL Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival/Touhill PAC/special guests, Gordon Goodwin and the Big Phat Band, Conrad Herwig and the Latin Side All Stars, Jamey Abersold, and others TBA 
May 6 – 7 Clinic concert/LaPorte HS Jazz Fest/LaPorte, IN
May 15 Concert with the Springfield Symphony/Springfield, MO
May 20-22 Jazz Education Network (JEN) International Conference, Touhill  Performing Arts Center,  University of Missouri - St. Louis, St. Louis, MO.  For detailed information refer to the jazzednet.org website. 
June 13-18 University of Missouri – St. Louis Jazz Combo/Improv Camp/St. Louis, MO (tentative date)
June 20 – 25 Omaha Jazz Workshop/University of Nebraska – Omaha with the Jim Widner Big Band/Omaha, NE 
June 26 Jim Widner Sextet, St. Louis Country Club, Private Party
June 27-July 2 University of Missouri – Kansas City Jazz Combo/Improv Camp/Kansas City, MO (tentative date)
July 11-16 California State University – Sacramento Big Band Jazz Camp with the Jim Widner Big Band/Sacramento, CA
*Other dates are pending and will be added when confirmed