My original jazz ensemble composition "Palomas de Santo Domingo". This performance was done by the Campbellsville University Jazz Ensemble for the concert on 10-19-24 and was directed by myself.
The story behind the composition:
Campbellsville University's jazz ensemble was fortunate to do a tour in the Dominican Republic in the spring of 2024. While we were there, we were introduced to Merengue and were able to do multiple performances and masterclasses. We were performing in the historic district of Santo Domingo and noticed that there were pigeons everywhere you looked. As we got into doing the masterclasses, the overwhelming question I kept getting was "how do you play the blues?" Thes...