AARHUS JAZZ FESTIVAL
July 13 - 20 2024
The 5th European BigBand Composer Competition ((DK)) - Photo:

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The 5th European BigBand Composer Competition ((DK))

12:00

Mads Pagsberg (cond), Kirstine Dahlberg, Mette Juhl, Malene Mortensen and Johannes Rückert Becker (voc), Emil Hess, Jeppe Zacho, Anne Sejrskild, Marika Andersen and Alexander Hagel Thorn (sax), Jonas Ingemann Due Steffensen, Søren Goth, Thomas Kjærgaard and Jonas Weber (trp), Mia Engsager, Søren Siefert, Anders Jacobsen and Niels Gerhardt (trb), Johan Gustav Skov-Hansen (p), Mads Thorsen (g), Morten Østerlund (b), Johan Dynnesen (drm)

The combination of vocal group and big band

The BigBand is a complete big band with five saxes including auxiliary instruments (flute and clarinet), four trumpets, four trombones, rhythm section (piano, guitar, bass, and drums, and, as the only professional big band in Denmark, a permanent vocal group consisting of four singers. They also include strings, percussions, and more for certain projects.

The BigBand maintains a broad repertoire that covers swing, Latin, and modern big band jazz, as well as original tunes.

The band is characterised by professionalism, seriousness, skilled musicians, ambition, and a high artistic level. In other words, a well-functioning and innovative organisation in constant development.

The BigBand wishes to promote the combination of vocal group and big band. Therefore, the band pushes the limits of how a vocal group can lead the melody while remaining in line with the other instruments and function as a group of supportive accompanists. The BigBand also promotes compositions and arrangements for vocal big band music through workshops, competitions, and commissioned work.

Mads Pagsberg characterises the band in terms of art and management. He received a Master of Arts from the musicology institute at UCPH in 1998 and now works as a teaching associate professor at the institute. He is also an active musician (bass), choir conductor, composer, and arranger, having arranged music for DR Big Band, DR UnderholdningsOrkestret, and NRK's entertainment band.


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Musikhuset Aarhus
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