Ewan Benjamin to perform with Bridgewater College's Jazz Ensemble

Bridgewater College's Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Dr. Christine Carrillo, will perform at 3 p.m. on Sunday, March 20, in Cole Hall on the College's campus.

The concert will open with "April in Paris" by Vernon Duke and arranged by Jeff Hest. Featured soloists on the song are junior music majors Conrad Krytusa and Wyatt Smith on trombone and trumpet, respectively.

"Us" by Thad Jones will follow with Kevin Epps, a senior music major, as the soprano sax soloist. Epps and Smith will then join senior applied physics major Hannah McPherson on clarinet for "Sandu" by Clifford Brown and arranged by Chris Sharp. Junior music major Luke Cronin on flugelhorn and senior biology major Heather Knott on alto sax will then perform "Beauty and the Beast" with lyrics by Howard Ashman, music by Alan Menken and arranged by Sammy Nestico.

The program will continue with "I Wan'na Be Like You" by Richard and Robert Sherman and arranged by John Wasson. Junior health and exercise science major Annika Benson will play piano for the song, first-year music major Nathan Sullivan will play the trumpet, Krytusa will play trombone, and Knott will play the alto sax. Seven Bridgewater College students will then perform "The Woogie" by Wycliffe Gordon.

Sunday's performance will conclude with "Soul Vaccination" by Emilio Castillo and Stephen Kupka and arranged by Paul Lavender, with Epps as the tenor sax soloist.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Members of the Jazz Ensemble include:

Woodwinds

Heather Knott (alto sax/tenor sax/clarinet), a senior biology major from Dayton, Va.

Hannah McPherson (alto sax/clarinet), a senior applied physics major from Callaway, Va.

Chloe Rehm (alto sax), a first-year biology major from Whitehall, N.Y.

Kevin Epps (tenor sax/soprano sax), a senior music major from Chesterfield, Va.

Daniel Hancock (tenor sax), a senior physics major from Ferrum, Va.

Hailey Chaney (bari sax), a sophomore biology major from Hagerstown, Md.

Trumpet

Wyatt Smith, a junior music major from Bridgewater, Va.

Nathan Sullivan, a first-year music major from Elkton, Va.

Luke Cronin, a junior music major from Lovettsville, Va.

Katie Johnson, a sophomore music major from Lynch Station, Va.

Trombone

Conrad Krytusa, a junior music major from Aldie, Va.

Ewan Benjamin, a first-year history and political science major from Boones Mill, Va.

Ortez Marshman, a sophomore communication, technology and culture major from Washington, D.C.

Rhythm

Jimmy Rosend (guitar), a first-year computer science major from Herndon, Va.

Jacob Bentley (guitar), a senior environmental science major from Elkton, Va.

Aaron Nau (bass), a junior music major from Yorktown, Va.

Owen Angell (bass), a first-year music major from Rocky Mount, Va.

Grace Garner (piano), a sophomore music major from Smithfield, Va.

Annika Benson (piano), a junior health and exercise science major from Stafford, Va.

Andrew Nau (drumset/aux), a junior family and consumer sciences major from Yorktown, Va.

Zachary Rogers (drumset/aux), a junior communication, technology and culture major from Springfield, Va.