RIPON, Wis. - Jazz trombonist Jiggs Whigham (accompanied by John Harmon) will grace the community with a performance at 7:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 25, in the Demmer Recital Hall of Ripon College’s C.J. Rodman Center for the Arts.
A native of Cleveland, Ohio, Whigham traveled to Germany in 1965 and joined the Kurt Edelhagen Jazz Orchestra at the West German Broadcasting Company in Cologne, Germany. He became head of the jazz department at Cologne University College of Music.
Throughout the years, Whigham’s musical talents have earned him several honors, including “Professor for Life” at the Hanns Eisler College of Music in Berlin, bandleader of the Swiss Radio Band and chief conductor of the Berlin Radio Orchestra. He is currently conductor of the BBC Big Band in Great Britain, artistic director of the Berlin Jazz Orchestra and visiting professor at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama in London.
Whigham has authored one book, Jazz Trombone, and currently has two CDs, Try a Little Tenderness and Keeping Up With the Boneses.
Whigham’s debut at Ripon will also include a Saturday workshop sponsored in part by the Barbara Baldwin DeFrees Fund for the Performing Arts. He will talk about his long career as an American expatriate in Europe.
Ticket prices are $15 for adults; $12 for senior citizens age 62 and older, Ripon College faculty and staff; and $8 for youth, age 18 and younger. Tickets are available at the Rodman Center and Ripon Drug. For ticket ordering and information, contact the Ripon College Music Department at 920-748-8791.
Now in its 36th year, the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon Series is made possible through financial contributions from numerous supporters. For general information concerning the Chamber Music and Jazz at Ripon series call 920-748-8786.
About Ripon College
Ripon College, founded in 1851, prepares students of diverse interests for lives of productive, socially responsible citizenship. Ripon’s liberal arts curriculum and residential campus create an intimate learning community in which students experience a richly personalized education. Ripon has been recognized as a “best value” and “Best 361 College” by The Princeton Review, a “Best Buy in College Education” by Barron’s, and among the 160 best schools in the nation by Colleges of Distinction. For more information about Ripon College, visit www.ripon.edu. |
