Hi jazz and world music hosts! See below for some upcoming shows by Cal Poly & Cuesta folks, with special guests. mw *From:* communic-a-c-request@calpoly.edu [mailto: communic-a-c-request@calpoly.edu] *On Behalf Of *Matt Lazier *Sent:* Wednesday, January 26, 2022 9:33 AM *To:* Matt Lazier <mlazier@calpoly.edu> *Subject:* Cal Poly Events News — Jan. 26, 2022 Cal Poly Events News for Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 All News is for Immediate Release 1. Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert on Feb. 18 to Feature Guitarist Pat Kelley and Cuesta Jazz Ensemble 2. Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and Chookasian Armenian Folk Ensemble to Perform Concert on Feb. 19 -- *Matt Lazier* Media Relations Director University Communications and Marketing Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA _____ *office* 805-756-7109 *cell* 805-235-2000 *www.calpoly.edu <http://www.calpoly.edu>* ***************************************************************************************************************************** Contact: Michele Abba 805-756-2406; mabba@calpoly.edu *Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert on Feb. 18 to Feature Guitarist Pat Kelley and Cuesta Jazz Ensemble* SAN LUIS OBISPO — World-renowned guitarist Pat Kelley will perform with the Cal Poly Jazz Ensembles and Cuesta Jazz Ensemble for the Cal Poly Winter Jazz Concert at 7:30 Friday, Feb. 18, in Miossi Hall of the Performing Arts Center <https://maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/>. Kelley, who recently relocated to the Central Coast, has enjoyed a successful career in Los Angeles as a studio and touring musician, recording artist, composer, producer, arranger, vocalist, recording engineer and educator. He taught guitar at the Thornton School of Music at the University of Southern California for 24 years. Two of his books, “Arpeggios for the Evolving Guitarist*”* and “Melodic Minor Guitar,*”* are part of the school’s instructional series. Kelley was also on the faculty of the Monterey Jazz Festival Summer Jazz Camp, Guitar College Summer Guitar and Bass Camp, the University of Tulsa Summer Jazz Camp, and Interlochen Center for the Arts. After earning his degree in music composition from the University of Tulsa, Kelley moved in the 1970s to Southern California, where he recorded and toured with George Benson, Natalie Cole, Chick Corea, Dave Brubeck, Burt Bacharach, Jose Feliciano, and many others, including numerous symphony orchestras. While recording hundreds of commercial jingles, records, films, and television shows, Kelley also worked for several years as the guitarist in house bands for the Merv Griffin, Pat Sajak, and Carol Burnett television shows. He has also written more than one 150 compositions that have been recorded for CDs, film, television and music libraries. In 2003, Kelley was inducted into the Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame. Three big band charts will have their world premiere by the Cal Poly ensembles: “The Way Home” by Cal Poly Director of Jazz Studies Arthur White, “The Bright Side” by music major Wyatt Willard, and “Cite’ Soleli” by materials engineering major Bryce Yuen. Works composed by Thad Jones, Charles Mingus, and Esperanza Spalding will also be performed. The Cuesta Jazz Ensemble, directed by Ron McCarley, will also perform a set of music. Tickets <https://pacslo.org/online/article/cpjazzwtr22> are $15 and $20 for the public, and $10 for students and Jazz Federation members. Event parking is sponsored by the PAC. Tickets are available at the Cal Poly Ticket Office <http://tickets.calpoly.edu/> between noon and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To order by phone, call 805-SLO-4TIX (805-756-4849). The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly’s Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, call the Music Department at 805-756-2406 or visit its calendar website <http://music.calpoly.edu/calendar/>. *Links* — Performing Arts Center: maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/ <https://maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/@35.2997270,-120.6577850,17.0z> — Tickets: https://pacslo.org/online/article/cpjazzwtr22 — Cal Poly Ticket Office: tickets.calpoly.edu <https://tickets.calpoly.edu/Online/default.asp> — Cal Poly Music Department Calendar: music.calpoly.edu/calendar/ # # # Contact: Michele Abba 805-756-2406; mabba@calpoly.edu *Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and Chookasian Armenian Folk Ensemble to Perform Concert on Feb. 19* SAN LUIS OBISPO — The Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble and Chookasian Armenian Folk Ensemble will perform a program of music and dance from the Eastern Mediterranean and larger region at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 19, in the Performing Arts Center <https://maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/> on campus. The Cal Poly Arab Music Ensemble, which is a combined orchestra and choir with vocal and instrumental soloists, will be joined for the second time by the internationally acclaimed Chookasian Armenian Folk Ensemble. The group consists of artistic director John Chookasian on clarinet, Barbara Chookasian on vocals and hand drum, Frank Giordano on guitar, John Martin on hand drum, Ishmael on qanun, and Paul Ohanesian on oud. Continuing a longstanding collaboration, San Luis Obispo dance director Jenna Mitchell will lead a dance troupe in original choreography to complement the ensemble of instrumentalists and singers. Cal Poly music Professor Ken Habib, a composer, performer, conductor, and ethnomusicologist, will direct the event. The first half of the show will include some of the most celebrated repertoire of Arab art and popular music. Preeminent composers, poets and artists include Fairuz, Ibrahim al-Aryan, Philemon Wehbe, Samira Tawfik, Sayyid Darwish, Ziad Rahbani, and renowned 14th century poet Ibn al-Khatib. The second half of the program will include a presentation of Armenian folk music in ensemble and solo formats and in a variety of vocal and instrumental genres. Distinguished composers and artists to be represented include Edward Bogosian, Khachatur Avetissyan, Kousan Ashod and Tatoul Altounian. The concert will feature contemporary works and traditional genres, such as the muwashshah, a genre of poetry and song that has traveled throughout Arab society from its origins in the artistic milieu of 10th-century Andalusia. The program also will feature selections from the shared traditions of the Ottoman era, including pieces having 10- and 11-beat metric modes. Improvisation, vital to music across West Asia North Africa, will also figure prominently in the program. Tickets <https://pacslo.org/online/article/AMEwtr22> are $15 and 20 for the public and $10 for students. Event parking is sponsored by the Performing Arts Center. Tickets are sold at the Cal Poly Ticket Office <https://pacslo.org/> between noon and 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. To order by phone, call 805-SLO-4TIX (805-756-4849). The concert is sponsored by Cal Poly’s Music Department, College of Liberal Arts and Instructionally Related Activities program. For more information, visit the Music Department’s calendar website <https://music.calpoly.edu/calendar/>, email music@calpoly.edu or call 805-756-2406. *Links* — Performing Arts Center: maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/ <https://maps.calpoly.edu/place/bldg-006-0/@35.2997270,-120.6577850,17.0z> — Tickets: pacslo.org/online/article/AMEwtr22 — Cal Poly Ticket Office: pacslo.org/ — Cal Poly Music Department Calendar: music.calpoly.edu/calendar/ # # #