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Jazz Orchestra and Cates Avenue Jazz Combo

November 22, 2025 │ 7:30 p.m.
Stewart Theatre

A student plays drums in the background while another student plays a trombone in the foreground.

The NC State Department of
Performing Arts and Technology

presents

Jazz Orchestra
and
Cates Avenue Jazz Combo

Directed by


Dr. Wes Parker


PROGRAM

Jazz Orchestra

Free Flight

Composer: Sammy Nestico

What is This Thing Called Love

Composer: Cole Porter
Arranger: Aric Schneller

Black Coffee

Composer: Webster and Burke

Arranger: Jon Harpin

Symphony in Riffs

Composer: Benny Carter

Cates Avenue Jazz Combo

Low Down

Composer: Thad Jones

Tip Toe

Composer: Thad Jones

Kids Are Pretty People

Composer: Thad Jones

Mean What You Say

Composer: Thad Jones

The Groove Merchant

Composer: Thad Jones

The More I See You

Composer: Harry Warren and Mack Gordon
Arranger: Jon Harpin


MEET THE PERFORMERS

Jazz Orchestra

SAXOPHONES
Jack Weldy, lead alto
Max Pesce, alto
Edmund Armistead, lead tenor
Sean Bailey, tenor
Ethan Newhouse, bari

TROMBONES
Ben Sheldon
Luke Tilly
Max Rattigan
Cam Haygood
Spencer Monaco, bass trombone

TRUMPETS
Aidan Dumain
Sam Grant
Steven Schein
Dalia DeJianne
Brent Clelland
Kwame Okrah

RHYTHM
Gabe Pfeif, piano/vocals
Peyton Garrett, guitar
Justin Kern, bass
Isaac Drown, drums
Harry Jefferson, drums
Allyson Wolochuk, vocals

Cates Avenue Jazz Combo


Sam Grant, trumpet
Max Pesce, saxophones
Caleb Rutledge, piano
Tom Cascone, guitar
Max Hammer, bass
Isaac Drown, drums


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