Music Events in Frederick

Julius Hemphill's landmark saxophone quartets will be performed by his colleague Marty Ehrlich and three of Maryland's finest saxophonists. The Penguin Guide to Jazz Steppin’ The Music of Julius Hemphill Long Tongues: A Saxophone Opera FEMA has also enlisted the considerable talents of three Maryland resident saxophonists to create Maryland Saxtet. Although Howard Burns has performed with a long list of jazz luminaries, beginning with Clark Terry, Jimmy Heath, and NEA Jazz Master Gary Bartz, he is best known in Frederick for his 30+ years as the Jazz Band Director at Frederick Community College. Currently a Professor of Jazz Arranging and Jazz Theory at Shenandoah University, Frederick resident Darryl Brenzel has led performances at Kennedy Center, Blues Alley and the East Coast Jazz Festival, and has performed with everyone from The Nelson Riddle Orchestra to The Beach Boys. Gregory Thompkins is a longtime stalwart of the Baltimore jazz scene, leading his own groups, directing the Baltimore Jazz Education Project, and teaching jazz history at the Renaissance Institute Notre Dame of Maryland University.