Director Matt Shevitz Guest Artist: Ingrid Jensen, trumpet 
The DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble is excited to present an evening of big band jazz featuring guest artist Ingrid Jensen on trumpet! Performing songs written by such jazz luminaries as Christine Jensen, Eddie Harris, Thelonious Monk, and Michele Fernández, the band will also be joined by this semester's Artists-in-Residence Natalie Scharf (saxophone), Luke Malewicz (trombone), Janelle Finton (trumpet), and Thaddeus Tukes (vibraphone). About Ingrid Jensen Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ingrid Jensen is widely regarded as one of the most gifted trumpeters of her generation. A graduate of Berklee College of Music (1989), she quickly gained international recognition through acclaimed recordings and performances. After serving as the youngest professor at the Bruckner Conservatory in Austria, she moved to New York City, where she performed with leading jazz ensembles and artists, including Maria Schneider and Terri Lyne Carrington. Jensen is a founding member of the supergroup ARTEMIS and leads her own ensembles, earning a global following. A frequent collaborator with her sister, saxophonist Christine Jensen, she released the acclaimed album Infinitude. Her recent recording, Landings, was released earlier this year and has received significant critical praise. In addition to performing, she serves on the Manhattan School of Music faculty. The DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble performs programs throughout the academic year as well as numerous off‐campus performances. The ensemble has accompanied guest artists such as Melissa Aldana, Wycliffe Gordon, Ignacio Berroa, Carl Allen, Dee Alexander, Fareed Haque, Jens Lindemann, Victor Garcia, and Mark Colby, is a frequent presence at the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, has performed at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, and in 2004 was recognized by the United States House of Representatives for its work on behalf of the Armed Forces Children’s Education Fund. Its repertoire spans more than a century of large jazz ensemble compositions, including original work from members of the ensemble.
The DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble is excited to present an evening of big band jazz featuring guest artist Ingrid Jensen on trumpet! Performing songs written by such jazz luminaries as Christine Jensen, Eddie Harris, Thelonious Monk, and Michele Fernández, the band will also be joined by this semester's Artists-in-Residence Natalie Scharf (saxophone), Luke Malewicz (trombone), Janelle Finton (trumpet), and Thaddeus Tukes (vibraphone). About Ingrid Jensen Born in Vancouver and raised in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Ingrid Jensen is widely regarded as one of the most gifted trumpeters of her generation. A graduate of Berklee College of Music (1989), she quickly gained international recognition through acclaimed recordings and performances. After serving as the youngest professor at the Bruckner Conservatory in Austria, she moved to New York City, where she performed with leading jazz ensembles and artists, including Maria Schneider and Terri Lyne Carrington. Jensen is a founding member of the supergroup ARTEMIS and leads her own ensembles, earning a global following. A frequent collaborator with her sister, saxophonist Christine Jensen, she released the acclaimed album Infinitude. Her recent recording, Landings, was released earlier this year and has received significant critical praise. In addition to performing, she serves on the Manhattan School of Music faculty. The DuPage Community Jazz Ensemble performs programs throughout the academic year as well as numerous off‐campus performances. The ensemble has accompanied guest artists such as Melissa Aldana, Wycliffe Gordon, Ignacio Berroa, Carl Allen, Dee Alexander, Fareed Haque, Jens Lindemann, Victor Garcia, and Mark Colby, is a frequent presence at the Elmhurst University Jazz Festival, has performed at the Jazz Showcase in Chicago, and in 2004 was recognized by the United States House of Representatives for its work on behalf of the Armed Forces Children’s Education Fund. Its repertoire spans more than a century of large jazz ensemble compositions, including original work from members of the ensemble.About the Director: Matt Shevitz is an in-demand musician in the jazz, blues, and popular music scenes of Chicago area. He has performed alongside such internationally renowned jazz musicians as Dick Hyman, Ignacio Berroa, Howard Levy, Frank Capp, and Frank Wess along with blues/roots rock guitarist Eric Lindell and Ropeadope Records artists Spare Parts. Shevitz has performed at Jazz in the Park Festival (Milwaukee), Waterfront Blues Festival (Portland), Chicago Blues Festival, Lollapalooza and House of Blues in Chicago. Matt is a contributor to DownBeat Magazine since 2009 with articles analyzing transcriptions of great jazz solos as well as jazz theory and effective practice habits. Matt is a professor and the Director of Jazz Ensembles at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, IL. He received a Doctor of Musical Arts in Jazz Performance degree from the Univ. of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Master of Music in Jazz Pedagogy from Northwestern Univ. and a Bachelor of Science in Music from the Univ. of Oregon. Media Sponsor
