COCC Big Band Jazz Concert

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Central Oregon Community College’s Big Band Jazz will perform at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 17, at the Pinckney Center for the Arts on the Bend Campus.

The Big Band Jazz ensemble, led by Warren Zaiger, is a Count Basie style group that plays traditional and contemporary big band charts. This performance will feature great local jazz musicians in works by such jazz composers as Menza, Henderson and Nestico.

The general admission cost is $10. For information, call contact at 541-383-7510.

In advance of college events, persons needing accommodation or transportation because of a physical or mobility disability, contact Joe Viola: 541-383-7775. For accommodation because of other disability such as hearing impairment, contact Anne Jenkins: 541-383-7743.

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