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UMBC Jazz Ensemble

Location

Earl and Darielle Linehan Concert Hall

Date & Time

October 12, 2025, 3:00 pm4:30 pm

Description

The Department of Music presents the UMBC Jazz Ensemble, directed by Matthew Belzer, in a program of music by Charles Mingus, Quincy Jones, Pat Metheny, Jack DeJohnette, Kenny Wheeler, and Fred Sturm.

The program: 
  •  Canon — Charles Mingus 
  • Ascending — Fred Sturm 
  • ‘Deed I Do (as performed by Ella Fitzgerald) — Music and Words by Fred Rose and Walter Hirsch, arranged by Quincy Jones 
  • Gentle Piece — Kenny Wheeler 
  • Ahmad The Terrible — Jack DeJohnette/arranged by Matt Belzer 
  • Song For Bilbao — Pat Metheny/arranged by Alan Baylock

Admission is free, and tickets are not required.