Journey of Jazz Program

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Hello and Welcome to The Journey of Jazz!

Thank you for joining us on this Journey!

We are so glad you’re here, and we hope you’re ready for a great time. This Big Band is packed with talent, joy, and a relentless energy that will keep you in awe. The concert we’re about to share with you is more than just a tour through some of the greatest jazz music or a chance to hear your favorite piece performed live. It’s a celebration of community, camaraderie, and the power of music to bring us closer together.

Jazz is an expansive, colorful, expressive, improvisational, and nearly-impossible-to-define art form. Take the earliest blues, a dash of ragtime, a healthy dose of African American spirituals, mix in some daring influences from Cuba and the Haitian-Creole sounds and culture of New Orleans – then infuse it all with some of the most explosively creative and innovative artists of the 20th century, and you get a musical genre that has changed the world. And not just one genre, technically: blues, ragtime, jazz, swing, bop, bebop, free jazz, fusion, funk… They all share the same family tree.

And that’s the enthralling journey we’re going to take today. We’ll trace the line of innovation and expression from the early blues and ragtime of W.C. Handy through the era-defining music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie to major forces that helped the music evolve – John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and more – all the way to the 1960s and 1970s where there is no question that we don’t have Stevie Wonder or Earth, Wind & Fire if we didn’t first have Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Cole Porter, or countless other jazz musicians who paved the way.

Whether this is your first experience with Central Florida Community Arts or your hundredth, we hope you leave inspired and uplifted today. If you’re curious to know more about us or to get involved, please check us out online at CFCArts.com. Grab a ticket for an upcoming show, make a gift to our scholarship drive, learn about our programs, or sign up to be a part of something big this fall.

We’re committed to building community, putting down deep roots, and making Central Florida an even more creative and vibrant place to call home – and we hope to see you again soon!

Enjoy the show!

Justin Muchoney
Music Director and Conductor, Big Band
Executive Director | Artistic Director

Hello and Welcome to The Journey of Jazz!

Thank you for joining us on this Journey!

We are so glad you’re here, and we hope you’re ready for a great time. This Big Band is packed with talent, joy, and a relentless energy that will keep you in awe. The concert we’re about to share with you is more than just a tour through some of the greatest jazz music or a chance to hear your favorite piece performed live. It’s a celebration of community, camaraderie, and the power of music to bring us closer together.

Jazz is an expansive, colorful, expressive, improvisational, and nearly-impossible-to-define art form. Take the earliest blues, a dash of ragtime, a healthy dose of African American spirituals, mix in some daring influences from Cuba and the Haitian-Creole sounds and culture of New Orleans – then infuse it all with some of the most explosively creative and innovative artists of the 20th century, and you get a musical genre that has changed the world. And not just one genre, technically: blues, ragtime, jazz, swing, bop, bebop, free jazz, fusion, funk… They all share the same family tree.

And that’s the enthralling journey we’re going to take today. We’ll trace the line of innovation and expression from the early blues and ragtime of W.C. Handy through the era-defining music of Duke Ellington and Count Basie to major forces that helped the music evolve – John Coltrane, Herbie Hancock, and more – all the way to the 1960s and 1970s where there is no question that we don’t have Stevie Wonder or Earth, Wind & Fire if we didn’t first have Duke Ellington, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Billy Strayhorn, Cole Porter, or countless other jazz musicians who paved the way.

Whether this is your first experience with Central Florida Community Arts or your hundredth, we hope you leave inspired and uplifted today. If you’re curious to know more about us or to get involved, please check us out online at CFCArts.com. Grab a ticket for an upcoming show, make a gift to our scholarship drive, learn about our programs, or sign up to be a part of something big this fall.

We’re committed to building community, putting down deep roots, and making Central Florida an even more creative and vibrant place to call home – and we hope to see you again soon!

Enjoy the show!

Justin Muchoney
Music Director and Conductor, Big Band
Executive Director | Artistic Director

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Big Band Members

Upcoming Events

The People Behind CFCArts

Sponsors & CFCArts Giving Society

The CFCArts Big Band presents

The Journey of Jazz

Justin Muchoney, Music Director and Conductor

The Early Sounds of Jazz

• arr. Kyle Young

• Creole Love Call (1927)

• Duke Ellington

• La Vie en Rose (1945)

• Louiguy, Edith Piaf

• When the Saints Go Marching In (early 1900s)

• Trad. Spiritual

Bugle Call Rag (1922)

• Jack Pettis, Billy Meyers
  trans. Jeff Hest

St. Louis Blues (1914)

• W.C. Handy
  arr. Victor Goines

Begin the Beguine (1935)

• Cole Porter
  arr. Bill Holman

Sing, Sing, Sing (1936)

• Louis Prima
  arr. Mike Lewis

In the Mood (1939)

• Wingy Manone, Glenn Miller
  arr. Joe Garland

Take the ‘A’ Train (1939)

• Billy Strayhorn
  arr. Frank Foster

Things Ain’t What They Used to Be (1942)

• Mercer Ellington
  arr. Alan Baylock

‘Round Midnight (1943)

• Thelonious Monk, Cootie Williams
  arr. Dave Wolpe

A Night in Tunisia (1944)

• Dizzy Gillespie
  arr. Sammy Nestico

Satin Doll (1953)

• Duke Ellington, Billy Strayhorn
  arr. Sammy Nestico

April in Paris (1932/1955)

• Vernon Duke, Count Basie
  trans. Jeff Hest

Intermission

Malaguena (1933/1961)

• Ernesto Lecuona
  arr. Bill Holman, Stan Kenton

Spain (1971)

• Chick Corea
  arr. Paul Jennings

The Girl from Ipanema (1962)

• Antonio Carlos Jobim
  arr. Mark Taylor

Moment’s Notice (1958)

• John Coltrane
  arr. Alan Baylock

Take Five (1959)

• Paul Desmond, Dave Brubeck
  arr. Dave Wolpe

You are the Sunshine of My Life (1973)

• Stevie Wonder
  arr. Paul Murtha

Chameleon (1973)

• Herbie Hancock
  arr. Victor Lopez

Feels So Good (1977)

• Chuck Mangione
  arr. Victor Lopez

Birdland (1977)

• Josef Zawinul, Weather Report
  arr. Michael Sweeney

In the Stone (1979)

• Maurice White, David Foster
  Earth, Wind & Fire
  arr. Paul Murtha

Production Team

Producer / Director – Justin Muchoney
Production Manager – Sara Myers
Personnel Manager – Allison Cothran
Stage Manager – Juan Torres
Assistant Stage Manager – Veronica Santana
Lighting Designer – John Murray
Box Office Manager – Rose Purdy
Front of House Manager – Tommy Mendoza

Special Thanks

Joel Caban, Nancy Alford, and the full team at Calvary Orlando
Lauren Travers, Jacob Bowers, Wendy Jornod, Steve Groves, and the entire team at Northland
Micah Knight for joining us on violin
Trisha Houlihan (SnapsbyTrish) for event photography

Big Band

Alto Sax
Stephen Bacallao
Gregory Boger
Meghan Brand
Josh Davidson
Eduard Hoffmann
Laura Ingemi
Aaron Lasbury
Laney Myers
John Ortiz
Robert Radovich
David Theisen

Tenor Sax
Adrienne Bell
Allison Cothran
Nathanial Dobbs
Glen Garnett
Heather Horton
Jordan Ruhl
Amanda Russell
Rich Starcher
Ian Vanness

Bari Sax
David Andrade
Mercedes Da Silva
David Fox

Trombone
Quinten Costa
Joseph DiMaio
Brad Hewitt
Leslie Kupetz
Hugh Manning
Brandon Mason
Eric Myers
Bryan Olivera
Jerry Rodriguez
Brandon Soto
Keith Walls
Greg Zanmiller

Trumpet
Christian Adkins
Marlana Antifit
Tameem Bakkar
Sam Bentjen
Ishmael Brown
Julia Clements
Tom Clements
Jacob Cope
Rob Cothran
Nicholas Feivou
Robert Kennedy
Lukas Kreusch
Christian Murray
Sara Myers
Kenneth Tyndall
Rob Viehweger
Brent Weber
Nicole Wik
Kyle Young

Piano
Glenn Dym
Edward Nichar
Christopher “Kits” Paul
Jihye Song

Guitar
Danilo Hernandez
Bill Maki

Bass
Jake Coke
Matthew Frederick
Andrew Tannus

Drumset
Kobe Conomon
Stella Patton

Up Next With CFCArts

CFCArts Board of Directors

Chad Faulkenberry, Chair, Journey Strategic Wealth
Dr. Meghan Brand, Vice Chair, Community Leader
Sara Osborne, Secretary, Orlando Health
Tom Clements, Treasurer, Katmai Government Services and Ouzinkie Native Corporation

Dr. Glenn Dym, Florida Cardiology, P.A.
Rep. Anna Eskamani, Florida House of Representatives
Jack Feivou, High Angle Productions
Kris Gault, Samba Safety
Jessica Guthrie, Immediate Past Chair, One Compass Consulting
Dr. Briyanna Jenkins, Seminole State College
Jason Locker, Orange County Public Schools
Rob A. Lott, Blue Trumpet Creative
Esu Ma’at, Orlando Magic
Jeffrey Moore, University of Central Florida
Mark Morales, Attorney, State of Florida, Dept of Children & Family Services
Gary Moss, Retired / Simon Malls
Jed Prest, BakerBarrios Architects
Dr. Jeffery Redding, University of Central Florida

CFCArts Inaugural Member Ambassadors

Lina Al-Wali, Symphony Orchestra
Edwin Alvarado, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Dr. Aleta Ashford, Community Choir
Kerri Byrd, Symphony Orchestra
Sharon Dentler, Arts in Action, Narrators, and Musical Minds
Hannah-Kate Garrett, Youth Theatre
Dustin Heil, Symphony Orchestra
Katrina Johnson, Community Choir
Travis Lefke, Symphony Orchestra
Danny Seigler, Community Choir
Daisy Spann, Youth Theatre
Haylee Van Dalen, Big Band
Beckie Ward, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Katy Reinsel Willis, Community Choir

CFCArts 2025-2026 Member Ambassadors

Marlana Antifit, Big Band
Lauren Blake, Community Choir
Courtney Verna Burns, Community Choir
Courtney Coil, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Stephanie A. Daugherty, Community Choir
Chantel Eubanks, Symphony Orchestra
Elaine Evans, Symphony Orchestra
Chris Gillespie, Youth Theatre
Diane Giordano, Community Choir
Leo Holzenthal, Narrators
Ken Ingraham, Symphony Orchestra
Chase Kensington, Youth Theatre
Evelyn Ortiz-Tatarka, Youth Theatre
Rachel Reinhardt, Symphony Orchestra
Jamaal K. Solomon, Community Choir
Jessica Stein, Symphony Orchestra
Jenny Summers, Narrators
David Theisen, Big Band
Judy Thomas, Community Choir
Amanda Vidal, Symphony Orchestra
Keith Walls, Symphony Orchestra
Mackenzie Wood, UpBeat! Theatre Troupe
Kyle Young, Big Band

CFCArts Staff

Sara Breitfelder, Community Choir, Narrators, UpBeat! Program Manager
Allison Cothran, Instrumental Programs Personnel Manager
Caroline Del Rey, MM, MT-BC, NICU-MT, NMT, UpBeat! Jr. Associate Artistic Director
Brandon Fender, Community Choir Artistic Director
Christine Hicks, Narrators Associate Artistic Director
Olivia Knight, Manager of Marketing & Communications
Justin Muchoney, Executive Director, Artistic Director
Sara Myers, Managing Director
Hayden Patterson, Youth Theatre Program Manager
Leah Porrata, Youth Theatre Artistic Director
Rose Purdy, Manager of Donor & Patron Services
Ashley Samuels, CFRE, Grants Administrator
Stefany Sosa, Operations Administrator
William Tayek, UpBeat! Associate Artistic Director
Juan Torres, Production Director

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

Thank You to Our Sponsors!

Central Florida Community Arts is funded in part by United Arts of Central Florida, your local agency for the arts, and by Orange County Government through the Arts & Cultural Affairs Program.

CFCArts Giving Society Members

This list includes all individual donations from 3/1/24 through 6/12/25. We value your gifts, but sometimes mistakes happen – if your name is not listed the way you’d like to see it or you notice any other errors, please let us know so we can update it!

$10,000 +

Jim and Barbara Caldwell
Tom Clements
Dr. Glenn Dym
David Greene
Frank and Winn Merritt Fund within the GiveWell Community Foundation
Jeff and Mindy Moore
John and Ann Pucci
Bill and Cora Sterling

$5,000 – $9,999

Russ and Cindy Airington in honor of Stephanie Daugherty
Carlos and Cathy Barrios
David and Carol Cowan
Vance and Jessica Guthrie
Arne Haak
Elizabeth Hurckes
Rob Josey
Lynne McCoy
Clark and Carol Morris
Carol Ann Pohl
Frank Santos

$2,500 – $4,999

Tessa and Roland Anodide
Jane Berg
Trevor Brewer
Chad, Amy, and Caitlin Faulkenberry
Heather Gibson
Paul Harmon
Laverne Herzog
Eduard Hoffman
Alyssa Noll and Jesse Kreger
Steve, Arum, and Serena Lansel
Katie Leatherman
Donna Nickel
Nichole and James Oxley
Diane Sandquist
Christopher Scocco
Nancy Shutts
Prof. Stephen Summers
Hardy Vaughn
Doug Whitehead

$1,000 – $2,499

Gary and Dana Baumgarten
David and Lynn Berelsman
Caridad Bergnes
Neal Blather
Steve and Nikki Botwinik
Sara Brady
Stephen Brannon
Don Chancy
Dr. Gene Chen
Angela Divjak
Eric, Mary, and Andie Eliason
Marcia Enos
Brandon Fender
Dr. Matt Gay
Marcia Hope Goodwin
Ian Gottschalk
Chris and Carolyn Grant
Priscilla Greenough
Barbara and Edmund Greenwell
David Gurney
Jay and Kimberly Hood
Darrell and Lynda Jobman
Rebekah Kinard
Micah and Olivia Knight
Eva Krzewinski
Denise and Joylon Lamwatt
Olivia Lee
Rita Lowndes
Teresa Lucchese
Deb McCrary
Deborah Mead
Julie Muchoney
Lettie Myers
Jessica Needham
Ted Nelson
Renee and Jim Pancoast
Shirley Piercy
Diane Rinkes
Maria Rubin
Jordan Ruhl
Catherine Scott
Eric Johnson and Jennifer Smith-Johnson
Richard Stevenson
Karen Van Cauli
Haylee van Dalen
Larry Watchorn
Katy Reinsel Willis
Bickley Wilson
Jen and Matt Zadell

$500 – $999

Peggy Albu
Marouane and Marlana Antifit
Andrew Ayoob
Ken Bays
Christina Bianchi
Tom Bissell
Meghan Brand
Robert Brown
Karen Buchan
David and Marie Chivers
Inge and Jay Clay
Marlene Conley
Lee and Louise Cooper
Sandra Daum
Josh Davidson
Nancy Deskins
Melissa Deschamps
Joseph and Carla DiMaio
Joan Dougan
Alissa Forde
Andrea Ellis
Emily and Martin Glickstein
Warren Gordon
Grant Gribble
Erica Huffstodt
Mimi Hull
Briyanna Jenkins
Gerald Keane
Kathryn Keane
Bethany Kelly
Shelly Lanham
Travis Lefke
Toniann and Tim Lentine
Esu Ma’at
Sergio and Andrea Menendez-Aponte
Justin Muchoney
Aurelia Nugent
Mary Padilla
DW Perkins
Jed Prest
Cindy Price
Mary Recchia Brown
Meredith Sauls
Jeana Smith
Marty Sullivan
Frances Speight
Peggy Vives-Austin
Stacia Wake
Keith Walls
Micheal and Paula Wilson
Larry Winchowky

$250 – $499

Brad and Tracy Ainslie
David Andrade
Carlos Aquino
Natisha Asbell
Judith Bahr
Susan Barack
Ann Black
Frances and J. Joseph Brann
Erika Britton
Sarah Brooks
Marcia Buie
Elisabeth Butler
Kerri and Michael Byrd
Elizabeth Conklin
Catherine Davey
Carlos Del Pino
Sharon Dentler
Sandra and Gerald Dooley
Christine Dudding
Mary Edwards
Tom and Vickie Emling
Laura Firtel
Martin Folk
Susan Forster
Scott Galbraith
Kris Gault
Anna Guidubaldi
David and Joanne Halloran
Brittony Happ
Zac Alfson and Bryan Henley
Steve and Suzanne Herin
Danielle Holstein
Patricia Houlihan
Fraser Howe
Bob Huffer
Robert and Theresa Hunt
Timothy Hurley
Kathleen and Ken Ingraham
Etta Jean Juge
Bethany Kelly
John Kennedy
Martha Kirby
Robert and Angela Kirby
Sylvia Kirkendoll
Bob Kodzis
Myles Laffey
Vicki and Micheal Landon
Blanche Marie Lewis
Carolyn and Alexander Litwin
Jason Locker
Steve Fessler and Randy Lord
Nancy Matherly
Geoffrey Moehl
Gary and Carol Moss
Karalyn Moss
Sherry Mulvaney
Kenneth Ng
Dana O’Neil
Danielle Pagenkopf
Brian Paster
Richard Sandler
Robert and Janet Scott
Christi Searls
Pamela Spears
Rich and Marcia Starcher
Mark Thomason
Brooke Van de Houten
Margie Vicente
Jennifer Whitman
Jean Witherington
Julie Wolf
Pamela Yarrington
Ashley Zirkle
William Zoon

$100 – $249

Keith Albright
Nancy Alfieri
Ray Alger
Judith Alper
David Alter
Mateo Alvarez
Tom and Donna Anderson
Jennifer Anderson
Aleta Ashford
Kathy Ashton
Stephen Bacallao
Candice Bailey
Tameem Bakkar
Blake Barisich
Paula Barnett
Joel Baumgarten
Johan and Janet Bergh
Kyle Bergman
Leo Holzenthal and Kathleen Bishop
Hayley Black
Nancy Blastic
Gregory and Lisa Boger
Joanne Bolemon
Anette and Randall Boughner
Scott Boyce
Melissa and Patrick Braillard
David and Leigh Brennan
Kellie Brinker
John and Colleen Brost
Randall Brown
Chip Bryant
Dale Burket
Candice Calhoon
Orsola and Sandra Carbone
Joyce and Joseph Casalese
Karen and Stephen Catron
Barbara Chambers
Susie and Mike Cheatham
Carolyn Christena
Rebecca Clancy
Rosemary Copple
Allison and Rob Cothran
Evan Couch
Arielle Courtney
Angela and Dylan Cox
Kelli Creech
Diane Culler
Paul Daugherty
Alan and Susie Davis
Candy Dawson
Maxine Derington
Megan and Corey Derryberry
Vicky Diaz
Lisa Doolittle
Laura Dray
Whitney Egbert
Anna Eskamani
Jennifer Evins
Lindsay Fraser
Jack Feivou
Robert Galano
Victoria Garcia Retterath
Rick Gibbs
Diane Giordano
Tracy and Mike Gore
Scott Greenwood
Steffen Guenzel
Lois Harkins
Roseann Harrington
Travis Haugh
Irene Haufman
Ralph Hewitt
Bonnie Hubbard
Lydia Hubbell
Rachel Hunter
Sara Hurst
Lynette Jackson
Craig and Nancy Janisz
Barbara Jarvis
Carlton Johnson
Sylvia Johnson
Erica Kahn
Claudia Kasen
Vicki Katsarakes
Denise Kay
RK Kelley
John Kennedy
Michelle Klein
Vadim and Alyona Klochko
Deborah Labonge
Paul Lartonoix
Sherri Lava
Laurie Lesher-Lockcuff
Mark and Kathleen Londergan
Rachel Luckenbill
Heather Mahoney
Wendy Mammino
Marilyn Markowitz
Melyssa Marshall
Mary Dell Mattingly
Cory and Carole Mayback
Timothy McCann
Pamela McCoy
Pamela McLaughlin
Tommy Mendoza
Celia Mikels
Sandra Miller
Pamela Miller
Carolyn Minear
Mark and Jaime Morales
Deborah Mork
Heather Mount
James Munoz
Donna and Bruce Mylrea
Jonathan Nadreau
Megan Nuttall
Therese Osborne
Frederick Otterbein
Kelly Pacheco
Mary Palmer
Karen Payton
Emily Peterson
Carrie Pierce
Dr. Jeffery Redding
Rachel Reinhardt
Jayne Reynolds
Christine Rieck
Wideline Rislin
Bradley Roberts
Nikki Robinett
Arnetta Rodgers
Jane Rodriguez
Aaron and Melanie Rowe
Patricia Russell
Mark and Laura Sajeski
Daniel and Ashley Samuels
Cheryl Belfay and Eric Schwab
Daniel Seigler
Anita Seufert
Edmund Short
Peter Sieviec
Adam Sliger
Diana Smith
Kevin Smith
Luis Sousa Lazaballet
Alice Southworth
Karen St. Charles
Kim Spradlin
Becki Stauber
David and Dawn Staymates
Amber Steckel
Eloise Stiglitz
PJ Storm
Travis Storm
Jenny Summers
Nicholas Summers
Marguerite Summers
Thomas and Nancy Swalby
Charyl Tabscott
Craig and Mary Tench
Marion and David Theisen
John and Nancy-Lee Thompson
Richard and Mary Thurston
Lindsey Tice
Francisco Torregrosa
Shelia Trapp
Amy Trewin
Elizabeth and Clive Tricker
Kim Tricker
Jennifer Tyndall
Linda Van Der Heyden
Jen Weaver
Blake Weber
Madison Weinberg
Elizabeth Welker
Charna Wiese
Paula Wingo
Allyson Wise-Bird
Linda Wolf
Cliff and Julie Wright
Todd Zimmerman

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