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News Release
EVENT NEWS / October 16, 2007
Gene Harris Jazz Festival Endowment Night Kicks Off New
Format, Raises Money for Boise State Scholarships
Endowment Night, one of a series of concerts put on by the Boise State
University Gene Harris Jazz Festival, will be at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 at the
Egyptian Theatre. Tickets are $25 general and $10 students through
Select-a-Seat or at the door.
Endowment Night will feature Barbara Morrison, a vocalist with more than 20
albums to her credit. Morrison’s work encompasses traditional jazz, blues,
gospel and pop, and she has toured around the world. She was featured on the
soundtrack to the movie “Hurricane,” as well as “Goin’ Home: A Tribute to
Duke Ellington,” and the Johnny Otis CD “Ooo Shoo Be Doo.” She has performed
at the Montreaux, Nice, Pori, Carnegie Hall, North Sea, Monterey and Long
Beach jazz festivals.
Morrison will be joined by baritone saxophonist Bill Ramsay, saxophonist
Bill Anschell, bassist Jeff Rew and drummer Scott Reuser.
Endowment Night is a benefit for the Gene Harris Endowment, founded in 1996
to raise scholarship money for students to study jazz at Boise State
University. The endowment has provided scholarships to dozens of students
since its creation.
Endowment Night is the first concert of the reformatted Gene Harris Jazz
Festival, which will now feature concerts throughout the year. Upcoming
events include the Gene Harris Spring Fling, April 3-4, 2008, and Jazz in
June, June 19-21, 2008. For more information, visit
http://geneharris.org.
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Media Contact: Julie Hahn, University Communications, (208) 426-5540,
juliehahn@boisestate.edu
For the 10th time in the last 11 years, Boise State University has set an
all-time record for Idaho higher education institutions with an enrollment
of 19,540 – an overall increase of 3.5 percent. A record freshman class of
2,280 students is also the most academically talented group ever to enter
Boise State, including 12 National Merit finalists.
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Wednesday, November 07, 2007
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