The UTC Jazz Band will be presenting a free concert on Thursday, Nov. 19, at 7:30 p.m. in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall located in the UTC Fine Arts Center. The concert brings music from many different groups and generations together.

The band will feature guest vocalist Joy Divine who will sing jazz standards made famous by Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald. Prior to arriving in Chattanooga, Ms. Divine was an active jazz vocalist in the Minneapolis area, and she sang with a band called The Gold Tones and in a jazz duo with guitarist, Scott Dercks. She has performed with many groups throughout the Twin Cities at clubs, festivals, and private events.

The rest of the concert will feature music from the famous big bands of Stan Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Gordon Goodwin, Thad Jones, Toshiko Akiyoshi, Maria Schneider, and Tommy Dorsey. The band’s director, Dr. Erika L. Schafer, is proud to present such a diverse program, which includes music by an Asian composer and several female composers, as well as music that pays homage to the African American vocalists mentioned above. Additionally, the program spans 70 years, containing music from the 1940’s all the way up to the present. There will be a variety of styles, such as swing, funk, Latin, and contemporary, as well as musical forms and components as the blues, the ballad, and compound and mixed meters.