PLAY! With John Hollenbeck and the hr-Bigband

The first working pha­se of the MA Big­band be­gins on Oc­to­ber 31. It will be led by Jim McNee­ly, the long­time princi­pal con­duc­tor of the hr-Big­band, who now con­ti­nues his work as com­po­ser in re­si­dence. The pro­gram will fea­ture mu­sic from the Van­guard Jazz Or­ches­tra.

The HfMDK is laun­ching a de­gree pro­gram with the big band of the Hes­si­scher Rund­funk: the Mas­ter Big­band - for play­ers, wri­ters and con­duc­tors. Ralph Abe­lein talks to trum­pe­ter Axel Schlos­ser and Olaf Stötz­ler, ma­na­ger of the hr-Big­band, about the op­por­tu­nities this uni­que coope­ra­ti­on of­fers stu­dents.