{"id":12273,"date":"2026-04-15T11:02:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/?p=12273"},"modified":"2026-04-15T11:02:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T16:02:32","slug":"mowest-spring-jazz-concert-april-16","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/2026\/04\/15\/mowest-spring-jazz-concert-april-16\/","title":{"rendered":"MoWest Spring Jazz Concert April 16"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img class=\"alignright wp-image-12274 size-fusion-200\" src=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"saxophone solo\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-207x310.jpg 207w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-600x900.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-800x1200.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-1200x1800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2026\/04\/MWSU0678-scaled.jpg 1707w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>April 15, 2026\u2013April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and the Jazz Program at Missouri Western State University is doing its part to promote this great American art form by hosting its Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m.Thursday, April 16 in the Potter Hall Theater.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Jazz Ensemble, directed by Bob Long, will perform a variety of literature, showcasing works by more contemporary composers\/arrangers such as Michael Philip Mossman, Gordon Goodwin, and Mo West friend, David Sharp. You will also hear from the Mo West sax section as they perform a couple of Super-Sax style works by Tom Kubis and the great Benny Carter.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concert is free and open to the public. For more information please call Bob Long, Director of Jazz Studies (816) 244-5840.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Missouri Western State University is a student-centered learning community preparing individuals for lives of excellence through applied learning. MoWest is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/span><\/i><a href=\"http:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">missouriwestern.edu<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 15, 2026\u2013April is Jazz Appreciation Month, and the Jazz Program at Missouri Western State University is doing its part to promote this great American art form by hosting its Spring Jazz Concert at 7:30 p.m.Thursday, April 16 in the Potter Hall Theater. 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