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New this year! Join us for Kirkwood Community College's Jazz Weekend Extravaganza on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15-16, at Ballantyne Auditorium on Kirkwood's main campus in Cedar Rapids! One ticket gets you into both events, two for the price of one! Both shows start at 7:30 p.m. Ticketholders are welcome to attend one or both shows under the same ticket. Please make sure you have a receipt/ticket (digital or hard copy) for one or both events.
Tickets are available at the door or in advance at: https://kirkwoodarts.simpletix.com/. Tickets are free for Kirkwood students, faculty, and staff!
Friday, Nov. 15, at 7:30 p.m.: Effervescence
Kirkwood's Student Jazz Combo opens, and Kirkwood's Jazz Ensemble headlines!
Saturday, Nov. 16, at 7:30 p.m.: Groovin' and Swingin'
Kirkwood's Student Pop Combo opens, and the CR Jazz Ensemble headlines!
Both shows feature Guest Artist Kenyon Brenner on saxophone!
Saxophonist Kenyon Brenner is an acclaimed musician, composer, and educator. A native of Colorado, he was a member of the University of Northern Colorado highly-esteemed Jazz Studies faculty from 2015-2020 as an Artist Faculty in Residence. In addition to recruiting and maintaining a standing private studio of nearly 20 undergraduate, masters, and doctoral jazz saxophonists at UNC, he also taught courses in Jazz Theory, Jazz Improvisation, Advanced Jazz Improvisation, The Standard Jazz Repertoire, Jazz Methods and Materials, and The Pedagogy of Improvisation.
As an active performer, Kenyon can also be heard on many recordings, including as a featured guest artist on UNC Jazz Lab Band I’s Romeo and Juliet project, as a leader on a grant-funded album with the legendary drummer, Louis Hayes, and most notably on his debut album as a leader, The Long and Short of It. Kenyon has also performed with such artists as: Benny Green, Jeff Coffin, Donny McCaslin, Jeff Clayton, Terell Stafford, Dave Pietro, Jeff Hamilton, Clay Jenkins, Don Aliquo, Christian McBride, Chris Potter, Alex Sipiagin, Louis Hayes, Deborah Brown, Benny Golson, Ingrid Jensen, Dick Oatts, and the New York Voices. Kenyon has performed across the United States, Canada, Asia, Europe, Africa, and the Caribbean, including a year-long tour with the Glenn Miller Orchestra in 2012.
While earning his degrees in jazz performance and composition, Kenyon Brenner was a member of UNC’s prestigious groups: Jazz Lab Band I, Vanguard Combo, and Vocal Lab. All three ensembles won Downbeat Magazine Student Music Awards for Best Graduate Large Ensemble, Best Graduate Small Ensemble, and Best Graduate Vocal Jazz Ensemble while he was a member. In their 2014 Student Music Awards, Downbeat Magazine recognized his original composition titled, “Pensitivity.” He was also a semifinalist in the North American Saxophone Alliance’s 2014 jazz saxophone competition.
Mr. Kenyon teaches all levels of sax, directs CTMP's brass quintet, our music theory with an emphasis on improvisation.
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This performance will be held at Ballantyne Auditorium on Kirkwood Community College’s campus, located at 6301 Kirkwood Blvd SW, Cedar Rapids. Enter campus at the southwest entrance, at the corner of Kirkwood Blvd. SW and Tower Rd. SW. Travel east on Tower Rd. SW, and take a left to stay on Tower Rd. SW as it continues northeast into campus. You will see ample parking and a building marked “Ballantyne Auditorium.” (See map below)
From there, you will be inside Iowa Hall in an entrance area near an Information Desk and Coffee Shop. Head straight to a set of downward stairs, and take those stairs directly down to the Ballantyne Auditorium entrance on the right. Alternatively, there is an elevator near the Information Desk. Take the elevator down one floor to 1st Floor Iowa Hall and make your way through the atrium area to Ballantyne Auditorium (follow signs).
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Accessibility:
It is the policy of Kirkwood Community College not to discriminate in its programs, activities, or employment on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, creed, religion, and actual or potential family, parental or marital status. Kirkwood strives to provide all people access to the arts in a welcoming environment where each person has the accommodations they need to actively participate.
Designated accessibility parking is located outside of the west entrance to Iowa Hall. See map below and description above.
Accessible seating is available and marked on the seating chart when purchasing tickets; these are spaces without seats that can be used for wheelchairs or scooters. Companion seats are available next to these spaces and are also marked on the seating chart.
Accessible restrooms are available outside the entrance to Ballantyne Auditorium, including handicap-accessible stalls and single-stall bathrooms.
For patrons needing a break during the performance, a TV monitor is available in the lobby area outside the entrance to Ballantyne Auditorium for viewing the show in a quiet space.
For any questions, please contact arts@kirkwood.edu or 319-398-4913. Thank you!
Venue Details
Ballantyne Auditorium
6301 Kirkwood Boulevard SouthwestCedar Rapids, Iowa 52404
