Jazz at The Pub

The concert featuring Northwest’s Studio Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Ensemble begins at 7 p.m., at The Pub, an entertainment center and bar located at 414 N. Main St. in Maryville. The concert is free, and The Pub admits adults 21 and over.

The ensembles will perform a variety of pieces, including “I Ain’t Gonna Ask No More” by composer Toshiko Akiyoshi, featuring Northwest Assistant Professor of Music Dr. William Sutton on tuba. The program also will feature numerous student soloists within each ensemble.

Under the direction of Dr. William Richardson, the jazz ensembles perform multiple concerts on the Northwest campus annually, and the Jazz Ensemble regularly tours Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The Jazz Ensemble also has performed at the Missouri Music Educators Association and Nebraska Music Educators Association conventions.

In 2020, the Jazz Ensemble was named the “Outstanding University Jazz Ensemble” at the University of Kansas Jazz Festival in Lawrence, Kansas. The ensemble also has been invited to perform in June at the 2024 Glenn Miller Festival in Clarinda, Iowa, marking the third consecutive year the Northwest Jazz Ensemble will be featured at the event.