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The Malone University College of Theology, Arts, and Sciences – Department of Music will present a Jazz Ensemble concert Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 p.m. in the Memorial Chapel of the Johnson Center for Worship and the Fine Arts, located on the campus at 2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W. in Canton. The concert – under the direction of Tom Pylinski – is free and open to the public. A program follows.

Thomas Edward Pylinski earned a bachelor of music degree in trombone performance from the Cleveland Institute of Music and a master of music degree in trombone performance from the University of Akron. He has studied with Edward Zadrozny, Steven Witser, Richard Stout, Harold Reynolds and John Marcellus. Today, Tom maintains an active career as a freelance trombonist and private music teacher in Northeast Ohio. He is a member of the Akron Symphony, the Canton Symphony, the Youngstown Symphony, and the Starkweather Brass. In addition, he is a substitute player with the Erie Philharmonic and the Roanoke Symphony, and has performed with the Wheeling Symphony, Red {an orchestra}, the Chagrin Valley Studio Orchestra, Porthouse Theatre, the Paragon Brass Quintet, the Summit Choral Society, and the Master Singers Chorale. Tom has spent summers at Tanglewood, the Chautauqua Institution, in Colorado as a fellow of the National Repertory Orchestra, and in Ohio where he is currently principal trombonist of the Lancaster Festival Orchestra. He has performed with such notable acts as the Beach Boys, Kenny Rogers, Lee Ann Womack, and the Temptations. He has also performed in Canada and Europe as well as with Randy Newman and Marvin Hamlisch while at the University of Akron.

Tom is adjunct instructor of low brass and Jazz Ensemble director at Malone University. He is also faculty at the Avon School of Music and the Strongsville Academy of Music, and has taught in the Ohio public school system as well as the Ohio Music Education Association Convention in Columbus. In addition to his performance and teaching posts, Tom serves on the literature review staff of the International Trombone Association Journal, where he has recently had published several reviews of works for trombone ensemble.

Program:

Moondance...............................................Van Morrison

Arr. Roy Phillippe

In The Mood.................................................Glenn Miller

One O'clock Jump........................................Count Basie
Arr. Bob Mintzer

Satin Doll....................................................Duke Ellington

Arr. Mark Taylor

'Round Midnight.............Cootie Williams/Thelonious Monk
Arr. Victor Lopez

Yesterday..............................John Lennon/Paul McCartney

Arr. John Berry

Moon River...........................Johnny Mercer/Henry Mancini

Arr. Frank Mantooth

Birdland..........................................................Josef Zawinul

Arr. Larry Kerchner

 

Malone University, a Christian university for the arts, sciences, and professions in the liberal arts tradition, affiliated with the Evangelical Friends Church, awards both undergraduate and graduate degrees in more than 100 academic programs. Malone is recognized by the prestigious Templeton Foundation as a leader in character development, named an NAIA Champions of Character Five Star Award winner, and is ranked among the top colleges and universities in the Midwest under the category Regional Universities according to U.S.News & World Report's America's Best Colleges 2012.

Contact:

Suzanne Thomas, APR
Director of University Relations
Malone University
2600 Cleveland Avenue N.W., Canton, OH, 44709
Phone: 330.471.8239
Cell: 330.324.2424