UND relaunches ‘Jazz Club Nite’ series with concert Tuesday, Oct. 20, at Cloud 9

GRAND FORKS — The UND Music Department will kick off a four-part concert series with Jazz Club Nite on Tuesday, Oct. 20, at the Cloud 9 Events Center in the Olive Ann Hotel, 322 DeMers Ave. The event, Jazz Club Nite: From Stage to Screen, is free. Everyone is welcome. It will begin with a cocktail hour, with a cash bar, at 6:30 p.m., followed by the concert at 7:30 p.m. Performing during the cocktail hour will be a saxophone quartet, The Forks Four, with Scott Sandberg and Josh Gillen, UND music faculty members; Bria Smithberg, a local band director; and Roger Abbe, retired educator and school administrator. The concert will feature UND s premier big bands: the UND 12 O clock Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Corey Driscoll, UND music faculty member, and the UND 1 O clock Jazz Ensemble, under Gillen s direction. The bands will showcase the versatility and creativity of student musicians through a diverse program highlighting jazz s enduring connectio