Al Ross welcomes Quentin Volk, executive director of Eau Claire Jazz Inc., to talk about the 56th Annual Eau Claire Jazz Festival which takes place Friday and Saturday, April 22 and 23. Events include the popular Jazz Crawl throughout downtown Eau Claire, student sessions, master classes, and concerts featuring the UW-Eau Claire jazz band and high school and college honor bands. Special guests at the festival are Singer Diane Schuur and Saxophonist Donny McCaslin.
Also on the show this week…
Cathy Reitz, artistic and musical director of Stand in Light Memory Choir, will highlight its Spring concert happening on April 21 at Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd in Eau Claire.
Eau Claire Male Chorus member Bob Wierman will feature the group’s upcoming “Big Sing” show taking place April 30 at the Pablo Center at the Confluence where hundreds of singers from four states will perform.
Tara Putnam, faculty advisor of the UW-Eau Claire Kinesiology Department and UW-Eau Claire Junior Baillie Ollia, who majors in Kinesiology and Rehab Science, provide details on the University’s P.R.I.D.E. dance program for young people with disabilities. The group is holding a recital on April 18 at the Pablo Center at the Confluence.