The Jazzy Petrels, Oglethorpe’s jazz ensemble,\u00a0recently performed at St. James Methodist Church in Brookhaven, offering a line-up of jazz standards from Coltrane, Ellington and Gershwin, plus several Lennon\/McCartney songs.<\/p>\n
Directed by Dr. Brent Runnels<\/strong>, the group has seen a significant increase in instrumentalists this semester, and with that, instrumental variety.<\/p>\n The ensemble’s growth is due in part to the migration of some instrumentalists from Oglethorpe Winds. With the Winds on a hiatus during fall semester, the music department wanted to ensure those students still had the chance to participate in an ensemble.<\/p>\n During the hiatus, the Winds program will be revamped, based in part on feedback from an upcoming student survey.<\/p>\n “We’d like to relaunch the Winds program in a way that encourages and maximizes student participation,” said\u00a0Dr. Runnels<\/strong>, Oglethorpe’s director of music. “Eventually we’d like to have multiple ensembles–both classical and jazz–that will give students the opportunity to explore different musical genres.”<\/p>\n The Jazzy Petrels\u00a0include:<\/p>\n Alexander Oakley<\/strong>, alto saxophone
\nRachel Bacchus<\/strong>, trumpet
\nMiles Davidson<\/strong>, drum set
\nKinsey Degroat<\/strong>, vocals
\nSean Handy<\/strong>, bongos
\nRyan Holtzen<\/strong>, guitar
\nElizabeth Kontyko<\/strong>, violin
\nNathasya\u00a0<\/strong>Tadjudin<\/strong>, alto saxophone
\nAlan Payne<\/strong>, tuba
\nTre Rice<\/strong>, piano
\nTyrell Snagg<\/strong>, alto saxophone
\nJustin Speer<\/strong>, soprano saxophone
\nMax Wagner<\/strong>, electric bass<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":68279,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4558,4552],"tags":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-68278","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arts-culture","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n