Event: The Illinois Wesleyan University School of Music presents: jazz saxophonist Chip McNeill with the Sean Parsons Trio
Date: March 26, 2003 (Wednesday)
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Admission: Free and open to the public
Location: Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall, 1210 Park St., Bloomington
Background: McNeill is associate professor of jazz at the University of Illinois at Urbana, Champaign (UIUC). In addition to his duties at UIUC he is the musical director and jazz tenor saxophonist for Grammy Award winning recording artist Arturo Sandoval and previously served in the same position with bandleader Maynard Ferguson.
McNeill enjoys an active performance schedule as a solo saxophonist, clinician, writer and pianist. He has performed with many of the world’s top jazz artists and entertainers including Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dizzy Gillespie and Wynton Marsalis.
The Sean Parsons Trio consists of jazz pianist Sean Parsons, a 2001 Illinois Wesleyan graduate, Toby Curtright on bass and Andrew Lashock on drums.
Contact: For additional information, contact the Illinois Wesleyan School of Music office at 309/556-3061
