It was unexpected music to the ears of weary travelers who visited the rest stop on southbound Interstate 71 near Oregonia on May 13.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was really a nice surprise to find a little jazz here at the visitor center,\u201d said David Wedeen, who was traveling from California.<\/p>\n
Students in the Wright State University Jazz Ensemble performed for about an hour outside the busy rest stop as part of Jazz Art in Unlikely Places, a program created by Stephen Wadsack, instructor of music and director of the Jazz Ensemble.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was super fun to jam out with some people from school,\u201d said Carter Moran, a junior majoring in music education<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI never thought I would play a gig at a rest stop,\u201d Omar Lattimore, a senior music education major.<\/p>\n In Jazz Art in Unlikely Places, the Jazz Ensemble performed in unexpected locations to target people who are not often exposed to jazz and allow students to perform in front of a unique audience. The students were also able to perform music they composed for the first time while making an impact on people who live outside of Raider Country.<\/p>\n \u201cWe want to spread the word about what\u2019s possible at Wright State,\u201d said Wadsack.<\/p>\n The four student musicians and Wadsack also performed at Devil Wind Brewery, International Peace Museum and the National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center.<\/p>\n The program was funded by a College of Liberal Arts<\/a> strategic grant, and each performer was compensated for their work. Although this was the last performance, Wadsack hopes to continue the program next academic year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Students in the Wright State Jazz Ensemble performed for outside the busy rest stop as part of Art in Unusual Places. Continue reading