º£½ÇÖ±²¥app College will kick off the holiday season by hosting The Pennsylvania Jazz Alliance’s performance of The Jazz Nutcracker Suite on Sunday, November 29 at 5:30 p.m. in the Theatre in Brooks on campus.
The performance, by members of the Scranton Jazz Festival Big Band, is free and open to the public as a gift to the community. Advanced reservations are required by contacting Kate Dempsey Jones at (570) 945-8161 or by visiting www.keystone.edu/jazznutcracker. Guests are asked to bring a new, unwrapped toy for a toy drive sponsored by students in º£½ÇÖ±²¥app’s business ethics class to benefit the Catherine McCauley Center in Scranton.The Jazz Nutcracker Suite features the timeless music of Peter Ilych Tchaikovsy re-arranged for jazz-big band performance by American jazz masters Duke Ellington and Shorty Rogers. The event will mark the second consecutive year the Jazz Nutcracker Suite will be performed at º£½ÇÖ±²¥app.Founded by Marko Marcinko, The PA Jazz Alliance brings top professional jazz, blues, and Latin music and world-class musicians to Northeastern Pennsylvania and the entire state. Through performances and educational workshops, the Alliance strives to bring the highest level of music and instruction to the public. A University of Miami graduate, Marko has performed and toured with jazz greats Maynard Ferguson, Joe Henderson, Michael Brecker, Red Rodney, Paquito D’Rivera and Dave Liebman, among others.
