{"id":40802278628,"date":"2023-12-07T15:16:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-07T20:16:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802278628"},"modified":"2023-12-14T09:40:11","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T14:40:11","slug":"prof-mcelroys-composition-to-be-presented-at-jazz-symposium","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/prof-mcelroys-composition-to-be-presented-at-jazz-symposium\/","title":{"rendered":"Prof. McElroy&#8217;s Composition to be Presented at Jazz Symposium"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>An original music composition by Jonathan McElroy, Ph.D., professor in the Music and Theatre Arts Department, has been accepted for presentation at the <a href=\"https:\/\/isjac.org\/\">International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC)<\/a> Symposium in May 2024. The symposium is being held at Vanderbilt University\u2019s Blair School of Music in Nashville, TN.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Titled \u201cBlues Bop,\u201d the piece is a big band composition which combines bebop elements along with the Kansas City swing sound of the Count Basie Orchestra. Written for professionals, the piece was also conceived as an advanced-level composition for high school jazz bands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/isjac.org\/symposium\">ISJAC International Jazz Composers\u2019 Symposium<\/a> is a bi-annual conference that brings together hundreds of jazz composers, arrangers, educators, and industry executives for three days of concerts, lectures, panel discussions, and the presentation and honoring of new jazz compositions and arrangements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Symposium is known as a robust yet intimate gathering of the world\u2019s finest jazz writers. As a central tenet of the ISJAC mission, the Symposium seeks to unite, develop, and electrify the global community of jazz arrangers and composers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An original music composition by Jonathan McElroy, Ph.D., professor in the Music and Theatre Arts Department, has been accepted for presentation at the International Society of Jazz Arrangers and Composers (ISJAC) Symposium in May 2024. The symposium is being held at Vanderbilt University\u2019s Blair School of Music in Nashville, TN. 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