Show Last Chance for South City Jazz Lisa Young Staff Writer Salt Lake Community Colleges College's South City Jazz is made up of 13 singers and 1 2 1 01 piano bass and percus percus- sion Their concerts consist of choreography phy mixed with anything anything anything any any- thing from traditional current boy band and Latin music South City Jazz practice practice practice tice at the South City Campus of with direction from Lyle Archibald and choreographer choreographer choreographer grapher Lisa Arbon Archibald is the n tor for choral activities at as well as Conductor of Odyssey Chorale He received a bachelors from Utah State University a masters degree from from Brigham Young University and ana is currently finishing a doctoral degree in conducting conducting conducting conduct conduct- ing from Arizona State University Archibald is also a fine vocalist who has done solos with the Jerusalem Symphony Israel Chamber Orchestras Utah Chamber Artists Grand Theatre and Northern Utah Choral Society South City Jazz is a highly select vocal jazz ensemble that is devoted to performing contemporary music of exceptional quality quah- quah ty said Lyle Archibald South City Jazz was The Jazz Choir has great performers who are multi talented multi Archibald named the best of Utah for 2003 in Salt Lake City annual poll In October of 2003 the choir participated in a cultural arts tour to Shanghai and Beijing China Students had to raise all the money for the trip When the choir performed a concert with sister sister sister sis sis- sis sis- ter college Shanghai University Next stop was Beijing where they sang and made contacts with the people In China they sang Jazz Music Chinese Folk Songs and popular songs from today Members of the South City Jazz are asked to make a one year commitment to the group and must also be enrolled in the Concert Choir which Archibald also directs Auditions for the choir are the first week of Fall semester and experience in singing is required to tobe tobe tobe be in the South City Jazz The choir has great performers who arc are multitalented said Archibald South City Jazz will perform a free ye year end concert April 12 at the Salt Lake City Library E. E S. S They will be joined by Jazz Band in an evening of vocals mixed with instruments There will be Latin music like Chili Con Carne in Acapulco and the classic American song Somewhere Over the Rainbow We are going to have some fun with songs that we have done throughout the year said Archibald |