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  • Originally published May 13, 2008 at 10:45 a.m., updated May 13, 2008 at 10:45 a.m.

After working hard all year, the Memorial High School Jazz Orchestra is ready to show Victoria what they can do.

On Thursday, the students, under the leadership of director Adam Ardner, will give their culminating performance of the school year at the Leo J. Welder Center for the Performing Arts.

The show will feature guest artists and the premiere of a tune commissioned specially for the orchestra, Ardner said.

“It should be really cool. We’ve got one of my heroes as a guest artist, so I’ll be drooling and the kids are really excited about it,” he said. “It’s been a long time since Victoria has had a musician of that caliber in the area.”

Ardner’s hero is renowned bass player Steve Bailey. Twice a runner-up for the Bass Player of the Year Award, Bailey has played with the likes of Dizzy Gillespie, Jethro Tull, Willie Nelson and Jon Anderson, according to his Web site.

The other guest artist will be Freddie Mendoza, a trombone player and director of jazz studies at Texas State University at San Marcos.

The composition the jazz orchestra is debuting is called “Cruisin’ With Pablo” and was written by composer Rick Stitzel for the orchestra.

Other pieces in the lineup include “Magic Flea,” “Land of Make Believe” and “Movin’ In Style,” Ardner said.

The concert begins at 7 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

Aprill Brandon is a reporter for the Advocate. Contact her at 361-580-6514 or abrandon@vicad.com, or comment on this story at www.VictoriaAdvocate.com.



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    Victoria is very blessed to have great young talent like the Memorial High School Jazz and Marching Band. Come out if you have never attended one of the concerts now is the time to show your support. You will be amazed and excited about the whole show. Adam Ardner is a dedicated instructor toward all of his students and a great asset to VISD bringing out the best of each and everyone of his students. The concert is free, Call for more information or contact the Leo J Welder Center of the Performing Arts. Let's pack the house to be live on the KVRT 90.7 FM public radio station.

    May 14, 2008 at 8:33 a.m.