Move over SpringFest. ZappaFest is coming to the University of Vermont on April 19 and 20.
Highlighting the event, the UVM Jazz Ensemble will perform a program of music by Frank Zappa, the iconoclastic rocker of the 1960 and 70s, arranged for big band by the renowned New York-based arranger and alto saxophonist Ed Palermo, who will be on hand to perform with the student musicians. The program includes such Zappa classics as “Grand Wazoo,” “King Kong” and “Montana."
Palermo wrote the arrangements for his own big band, which has performed and recorded them to wide critical acclaim.
The concert will take place on April 20 from 7:30 to 9 in the Grand Maple Ballroom in the UVM Davis Center. Tickets are required and available here. Tickets are free for UVM students, faculty and staff with a UVM ID. General admission tickets are $15.00.
