By Haylee Richards
Communication ’23
The Trine University Jazz Band is wrapping up their 2022-2023 year with their final
performance Saturday, April 22, at 3 p.m. in the T. Furth Center for the Performing
Arts.
The Jazz Band is directed by professor Brian Derek.
This concert is free and open to the public and will include two sections: Trine Combo
and Big Band.
The Trine Combo will perform “Four,” by Miles Davis; “Forest Flower,” by Charles Lloyd;
“My Way,” by Jacques Revaux, Claude Francois, Paul Anka and Gilles Thibaut; “When
You Wish Upon a Star,” by Leigh Harline and Ned Washington; “Afternoon in Paris,”
by John Lewis; and “Don’t Get Around Much Anymore,” by Duke Ellington.
Combo members are: Garrett Howell, a biomedical engineering major from Angola, Indiana,
on tenor saxophone; Frank Monnig, an electrical engineering major from Lawrenceburg,
Indiana, on trombone; Nathan Goossen, a mechatronics and robotics engineering major
from Indianapolis, on piano; Kyle Smith, a design engineering technology major from
Dundee, Michigan, on drums; and Derek, jazz band director, on bass.
The Trine Big Band will perform “St. Louis Blues,” by W.C. Handy, arranged by John
Denton; “What is Hip?” by Stephen Kupka, Emilio Cacstillo and David Garibaldi, arranged
by Paul Murtha; “Skylark,” by Johnny Mercer and Hoagy Carmichael, arranged by Dave
Wolpe; “500 Miles High,” by Chick Corea, arranged by Mark Taylor; “Moondance,” by
Van Morrison, arranged by John Berry; and “Red Clay,” by Freddie Hubbard, arranged
by Mark Taylor.
Big Band members are: Ben Roudebush, a computer and information technology major from
La Fontaine, Indiana, alto saxophone; Matthew Seitzinger, a mechanical engineering
major from Niles, Illinois, tenor saxophone; Emily Stetka, a science education-chemistry
major from Fort Wayne, Indiana, first trombone; Treyton Sederstrom, an actuarial science
major from Cedar Lake, Indiana, second trombone; Evan Zielke, an electrical engineering
major from Auburn, Indiana, first trumpet; Clay Wilson, a computer engineering major
from Kokomo, Indiana, second trumpet; Brett Schwartz, a biomedical engineering major
from Berne, Indiana, trumpet and flugelhorn; Colin Edwards, a design engineering technology
major from Richmond, Indiana, guitar; Ryan Hoak, a civil engineering major from Warsaw,
Indiana, piano; Smith on drums and Derek on bass guitar.
For additional information contact Mark Kays, music department chair, at kaysm@trine.edu.
