Mike Waddell, Clarinet, And Bob Russell, Guitar

Beckwith Recital Hall is located in the Cultural Arts building located on Randall Drive, UNCW campus. Parking is free.
$5 general admission free to UNCW students with valid ID.
Tickets are available at the Cultural Arts building box office 1 hour prior to the performance.
For more information, call the Department of Music at 910962-3415.
Mike Waddell, a member of the UCNW Department of Music faculty, plays sax, clarinet, and flute, and teaches clarinet and woodwinds. He is a North Carolina native with degrees from the University of Michigan and East Carolina University. His teachers include David Shifrin, Robert Listokin, Fred Ormand, Leon Russianoff, Buddy DeFranco (jazz), and Donald Sinta (saxophone). Prior to coming to Uncw in 2003, he taught at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. He has appeared as a guest soloist and clinician with several university and high school concert and jazz bands. As clarinetist with the world famous Dukes of Dixieland in New Orleans, Waddell performed nightly on Bourbon Street and to sold-out crowds in the Hollywood Bowl and Kennedy Center. He is also featured on solo clarinet in Déjà Vu (1997), an independent film by Henry Jaglom. Waddell is the recipient of two Jazz Composer Fellowships from the North Carolina Arts Council, as well as two Regional Project Artist Grants from the United Arts Council. He has released two jazz CDs: Defining Moments and Not From Concentrate. JazzTimes reviewer Owen Cordle writes, "Defining Moments defines Mike Waddell as a complete artist, a triple threat as clarinetist, saxophonist, and composer."
BOB Russell is a graduate of Uncw and lecturer in jazz guitar for the Uncw Department of Music. He teaches jazz guitar and class guitar, directs the Uncw Jazz Guitar Ensemble and coaches one of the three Uncw Jazz Combos. Russell performs frequently in a variety of settings: with his own jazz groups, as a sideman with other area jazz and rock musicians, and as an orchestra member in many area theatrical productions. A firm believer in the benefits of a balanced musical diet, Russell is also a member of the Uncw Renaissance Consort, playing recorders; he has also performed with the Atlanta Pops Orchestra, the Atlanta Ballet, the Wilmington Symphony Orchestra and Chamber Music Wilmington. Russell has two CDs currently in release, ...if you never... and Watch This! Both CDs are available through CD Baby (http:www.cdbaby.comallbobrussell). Russell's website, www.bobrussellguitar.com, is a widely-known source of online jazz instruction.
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