Directed by John Gunther, CU’s award winning big bands will perform Duke Ellington's amazing jazz interpretation of Tchaikovsky’s famous score for “The Nutcracker Suite” The CU Jazz Ensemble has been recognized as one of the nation’s outstanding big bands.

Saxophone:

David Saycich

Cian Krueger

Alex Loran

Jack Rueschhoff

Will Foster

Camden Johnson

Jonah Sutinen

Jonas Shofler

Raleigh Eversole

Josh Vance

Trumpet:

Pedro Lopez-Retana

Emily Hartrampf

Ian Schultz

Sean Applebee

Thomas Nance

Graeme Appel

Ian Peratt

Amruta Divekar

Trombone;

Jack Dunning

Kyle Nakaji

Carl Enger

Grayson Stewart

Ethan Van Oss

Cameron Mitchell

Rhythm Section:

Isabella Daily - Guitar

Caleb Kovar - Piano

Isaac Hermanson - Bass

Danny Kaminski – Bass

Zach Howarth - Drums

Kieran Osborn - Drums

Andy Mandabach - Drums

Josh Contreras - Drums