The Fitchbyrds, Fitchburg State University’s jazz band, will present its winter concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3 in Kent Recital Hall in the Conlon Fine Arts Building, 367 North St. Admission is free and open to the public.
Associate Professor Amy McGlothlin leads the Fitchbyrds, which also includes Andreus Shultz, Jack Dancause, Brandon Rivas-Garcia, Jarrod Howard, Joshua Lancaster, Hudson Bombard, Joshua Leaffer, Ashe Miola, Grace Mita, DeMisty Bellinger-Delfeld, Sele Bridgeforth, Olly Durrett, and Autumn Hughes.
The Fitchbyrds is open to all students and faculty of Fitchburg State who play any instrument, with a focus on providing a space where students can play together without restricting instrumentation. Working collaboratively, the ensemble chooses the music it wants to play, then creates its own arrangements which accommodate the instrumentation and abilities of the students.
“Our end of semester concert features songs chosen and arranged by the ensemble,” McGlothlin said. “We have a collection of pop, jazz, and rock songs for enjoyment.”
Learn more about Fitchburg State’s choral and instrumental programs at fitchburgstate.edu/music.