Paul Dietrich's 5+4
UW Memorial Union-Play Circle 800 Langdon St., Madison, Wisconsin 53706
Trout Museum of Art
Paul Dietrich (at right).
press release: The Madison Music Collective, Arts + Literature Laboratory, and The Wisconsin Union Theater present DIG JAZZ Fall 2021, a series featuring new, original works by local jazz artists. Concerts will be held in-person at The Wisconsin Union Theater Play Circle or you can view the livestream of each performance on Facebook and YouTube. These concerts are free thanks to the generous support of the John and Carolyn Peterson Charitable Foundation, Dane Arts, Wisconsin Arts Board, Madison Arts Commission, Janus Galleries, and WORT-FM.
Composer, trumpet player, and bandleader Paul Dietrich debuts a new project written after being the recipient of Arts + Literature Laboratory's Artistic Development Grant in 2020. Synthesis: A Jazz Chamber Music Project was written as a collaboration between Dietrich's modern jazz quintet and the Willy Street Chamber Players. Designed to synthesize the sounds of modern jazz with those of the "classical" string quartet, this project has presented new challenges and new rewards for its composer.