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SUMMARY:Focus on Faculty: Tim Ishii- Jazz: The Perfect Cultural Exchange Model
DESCRIPTION:
 Professor Tim Ishii will perform some jazz classics 
 then describe his work with the International 
 Jazz and Youth Exchange. This youth exchange 
 utilizes jazz music to bring together 
 students from Hawaii and Germany. Ishii will 
 be assisted by Dan Cavanagh, Professor of Jazz 
 Studies. \n
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 Since Tim Ishii's arrival in 2004, 
 the UTA Jazz Orchestra has been the featured 
 guest at several regional big band festivals, 
 and Ishii has been a featured artist/clinician. 
 He is sought after as a performer and 
 clinician at the state and national level. 
 In 2011, Ishii was invited to perform at the 
 25th Anniversary of the Pink Pop Jugendkultur 
 Celebration in Ibbenburen, Germany. Ishii received 
 both his M.M. in saxophone performance 
 and his B.M. in jazz studies performance from 
 the University of North Texas. He is a Professor 
 of Saxophone, is Associate Chair of the 
 Music Department, and is the Jazz Studies Area 
 Coordinator.\n
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 Ishii maintains a busy freelance 
 schedule and has performed with the Dallas 
 Symphony Orchestra, Fort Worth Symphony 
 Orchestra, and Texas Wind Symphony. He has backed 
 artists including Natalie Cole, the Temptations, 
 Doc Severinson, Clark Terry, James Moody, 
 Slide Hampton, Bob Mintzer, and others. 
 Ishii is also a founding member of a contemporary 
 saxophone quartet called Thrascher that 
 has released two CDs and a third is planned 
 for the near future. He is an artist/clinician 
 for the Conn-Selmer Company and D'Addario/Rico 
 Reeds. \n
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 Dan Cavanaugh is a pianist and 
 is assistant director of Jazz Studies. He has 
 garnered numerous awards for his compositions. 
 Cavanaugh's music is performed internationally, 
 and he has received commissions from a 
 wide range of groups across North America. He 
 has his masters of music degree in jazz studies 
 from the University of Oregon.\n
 \n
 Focus 
 on Faculty is a Speakers' Series for UT Arlington 
 faculty, begun during 2002-2003 to provide 
 a forum for outstanding faculty to share their 
 research and achievements with students, 
 faculty and staff of this campus and with the 
 citizens of Arlington. Speakers are invited 
 who have received major awards for research, 
 teaching or service. These meetings are free 
 and open to all. A light dessert reception is 
 served.\n\n
 Price: free and open to all\n
 Sponsor: University of Arlington Library\n
 Homepage: http://www.uta.edu/library/\n
 Contact: Maggie Dwyer\n
 Phone: 817-272-5366\n
 E-Mail:: dwyer@uta.edu\n
 for more info visit the web at:\n 
 http://www.uta.edu/library/events/focus.php\n
LOCATION:Central Library sixth floor parlor
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