The University of Valencia celebrates on Monday 11 of May the debut concert of the Big Band UV, a new musical formation. The performance will take place at 19 hours in the central square of the Burjassot Science Campus and will involve the presentation of a project that was born with a vocation of continuity within university cultural life.
The UV Big Band is the result of a jazz workshop developed since January by the Musical Activities Area, under the direction of trombonist and teacher Kako Rubio, member of the Sedajazz collective. The initiative has brought together more than twenty musicians linked to the university-student community, teaching staff and administration and services staff-, together with people related to the foundations of the UV and external participants.
During several months of rehearsals, the formation has worked on a repertoire focused on different languages of modern jazz, with swing pieces, latin jazz, funk and contemporary music, that will play in the debut concert.
Beyond the concert, the proposal was born with the aim of consolidating a stable grouping around jazz within the University of Valencia, along with other training already existing in the institution, and encourage collective musical practice among different profiles of the university community.
