Butch Miles Jazz Festival
School performance schedule for Evans Auditorium and Performing Arts Center
Evans Auditorium
Arrive Perform Ensemble Name Director
8:40 9:10 Miller MS Jazz Band Daniel Maldonado
9:15 9:45 Sonia Sotomayor HS Jazz Ensemble II Jeff Sofet & Ryan Townsend
9:50 10:20 San Marcos High School Jazz Band Hector Ramirez
10:25 10:55 Sonia Sotomayor HS Jazz Ensemble I Paul Jensen
11:00 11:30 Austin HS Jazz Band II Abigail West
12:05 Texas State Jazz Faculty performance
12:30 1:00 Clint Small MS Jazz Ensemble Tonia Mathews
1:05 1:35 New Braunfels HS Jazz Ensemble David Eckert
1:40 2:10 Austin HS Jazz Band I Abigail West
2:45 House closed for soundcheck
4:30 House open
5:00 Clinic with Robert Boone Jr.
6:00 Awards concert- Texas State Jazz Ensemble with Gregg Field,
Lynn Seaton, Robert Boone, Jr., Doug Lawrence, and Adam Schroeder
Performing Arts Center
Arrive Perform Ensemble Name Director
8:40 9:10 Southwest HS Jazz Band II Miguel Aguiar
9:15 9:45 O’Connor HS Jazz Ensemble I Erik Gamez
9:50 10:20 Churchill HS Jazz Ensemble I Amanda Stevenson
10:25 10:55 Southwest HS Jazz Band I Miguel Aguiar
11:00 11:30 Leander HS Jazz Band Amanda Petro
12:05- Lunch Texas State Jazz Faculty Performance in Evans
12:30 1:00 Wagner HS Jazz Band I Raul Cisneros
1:05 1:35 Taft HS Jazz Ensemble II Robert Soto
1:40 2:10 Bradley MS Jazz Ensemble Karlos Elizondo
2:15 2:45 Klein Forest HS Jazz Orchestra Jesse Espinosa
2:50 3:20 Taft HS Jazz Ensemble I Greg Mills
Gregg Field began playing with the Count Basie Orchestra at the age of 24, appearing first on the album A Warm Breeze. From 1985-86 he toured with Ella Fitzgerald, and was Frank Sinatra's last drummer, playing with him from 1991-1995. Field has won nine Grammys as a performer and producer, and has been a faculty member at the University of Southern California since 1983.
Robert Boone Jr. has been the drummer for the Count Basie Orchestra for seven years, joining soon after finishing his Master's degree at Florida State University. He has worked with jazz greats Marcus Roberts, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Veronica Swift, among others. He is currently on faculty at Georgia State University.
Lynn Seaton
After a year with Woody Herman's Thundering Herd, Lynn Seaton joined the Count Basie Orchestra in 1985. After Basie, he did an extended tour with Tony Bennett and a six-month tour with George Shearing. He has performed at festivals world wide and played with countless jazz luminaries, including over 125 album credits. He is currently a Professor of Jazz Studies at the University of North Texas