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Get ready to snap your fingers and tap your toes when Frank Wosar and the Space Coast Symphony JAZZ Orchestra present Fan Favorites: Jazz Edition at 3:00 PM on Sunday, January 15 at The Emerson Center, 1590 27th Avenue in Vero Beach. Fourteen seasons and hundreds of requests have led to Fan Favorites: Jazz Edition, a concert filled with audience favorites and requested songs. Frank Wosar will lead some of Florida’s finest jazz musicians performing works by Woody Herman, Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Quincy Jones, Henry Mancini, Thelonious Monk, Glenn Miller, Tommy Dorsey, Charles Mingus, Hoagy Carmichael and other greats. Members of the orchestra have played with dozens of luminaries from Boots Randolph to Beyoncé. Professional dancers, Joanne Collins, Lindsay Milam and Ivan Ilin will perform alongside the Space Coast Symphony JAZZ Orchestra on multiple numbers, emphasizing the style variations within the jazz genre and enhancing the audience experience. The dancers are past Dancesport champions in the American smooth and rhythm divisions. Musical selections that span the decades include “In the Mood,” “Caravan,” “Jeep’s Blues,” “Night and Day,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Somewhere Over the Rainbow,” “Can’t Buy me Love,” “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday,” “Respect,” “Sitting on the Dock of the Bay” and more.

Tickets are $30 in advance for adults, available through the orchestra website at SpaceCoastSymphony.org or at Marine Bank & Trust, beachside and mainland branches. Tickets at the door are $35. Fan Favorites: Jazz Edition is free for those aged 18 and under or with a student ID. For more information, call toll free to 855-252-7276 or visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org. 

Space Coast Symphony JAZZ Orchestra Conductor, Frank Wosar has assembled some of Florida’s greatest jazz musicians for the concert of fan favorites. Nearly three quarters of the group have toured with the modern Glenn Miller Orchestra and/or the Tommy Dorsey Orchestra, for which Wosar plays lead trombone. Wosar is Director of Jazz Bands at Valencia College. The trombone professor is a four-time Down Beat Award winner for outstanding jazz solo.

“Fans of the orchestra have submitted their favorites and we have a concert of music and dance you won’t see anywhere else,” said Wosar. “If you want to experience performances by some of the best jazz musicians around, get a ticket. It’s the best way to greet the New Year!” 

Concertgoers aged 18 and under or with a college ID are admitted free to every SCSO concert. For more information about the Space Coast Symphony Orchestra and Space Coast Symphony JAZZ Orchestra 2022-23 Season, please visit SpaceCoastSymphony.org or call toll-free (855) 252-7276.