{"id":609,"date":"2004-03-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2004-03-12T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=609"},"modified":"2004-03-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2004-03-12T05:00:00","slug":"music-and-all-that-jazz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2004\/music-and-all-that-jazz\/","title":{"rendered":"Music . . . And All That Jazz!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"width:375px;padding:5px;margin:0px auto;border:solid 0px #fff;font-size:10px;color:#666\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/news\/images\/EMUJazz3.jpg\" width=\"375\" height=\"253\" border=\"1\" alt=\"EMU Jazz Band group photo\"\/><\/div>\n<p>   <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;EMU Jazz &amp; Swing Sisters,&#8221; a big                        band and vocal ensemble at Eastern Mennonite University,                        will present its 22nd annual spring concert 7:30 p.m. Friday,                        Apr. 2, in Lehman Auditorium.                        <\/p>\n<p>The 23-member group, directed by Dr. Steve Sachs, professor                          of music at EMU, specializes in jazz arrangements of hymns                          and spirituals as well as ballad and swing tunes. The                          Swing Sisters &#8211; Katie King, Martha Sachs, Amanda Mazey                          and Michell Nafziger &#8211; provide close-harmony vocal accompaniment                          on some selections.<\/p>\n<p>Unique to the repertoire in recent years is the inclusion                          of more sacred hymn and spiritual arrangements as performed                          by the Chris McDonald Orchestra, the Ralph Carmichael                          Big Band and others, along with standards like Benny Goodman<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;EMU Jazz &amp; Swing Sisters,&#8221; a big band and vocal ensemble at Eastern Mennonite University, will present its 22nd annual spring concert 7:30 p.m. Friday, Apr. 2, in Lehman Auditorium. <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2004\/music-and-all-that-jazz\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about Music . . . 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