Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra

There’s a BIG Dot Jazz show this Saturday, folks!  The 21 piece Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra will present a program of new, adventurous compositions by resident composers David Harris, Darrell Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Rabson. The JCA Orchestra’s resident composers have a wide variety of stylistic influences, and unique approaches to composition and ways to integrate improvisation as a compositional device. Since its founding in 1985, the JCA Orchestra has released 12 critically acclaimed CDs and has had appearances with many illustrious guest composer/performers including Henry Threadgill, Julius Hemphill, Dave Holland and Maria Schneider.

JCAO personnel for this concert:

Conductor: Tino D’Agostino; Voice: Rebecca Shrimpton; Woodwinds: Hiro Honshuku, Diane Wernick, James Merenda, Phil Scarff, Melanie Howell-Brooks; Brass: Dan Rosenthal, Jerry Sabatini, Forbes Graham, Bob Pilkington, David Harris, Lowrider James, Jim Mosher;

Strings: Helen Sherrah-Davies, Mimi Rabson, Alef Ben; Rhythm: Norm Zocher, Vanessa Morris, Henry Wilson, Jesse Williams, Gen Yoshimura

$15 in advance here, $20 at the door. Students $10, kids under 18 free. Doors at 7.

Special offer for this concert: show your advance ticket for half off your post show dessert at Tavolo, a wonderful food & drink spot  just a couple blocks from the venue. 

Peabody Hall is a fully accessible space in the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester. The church is a short walk from Ashmont State on the Red Line and offers free parking.

The Dot Jazz Series is co-produced by Mandorla Music & Greater Ashmont Main Street.