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April 22, 2021 University of Wyoming Department of Music faculty members Ben Markley and Andy Wheelock will team up with bassist Bob Bowman and trumpeter Dan Jonas for a virtual performance Wednesday, April 28. The performance will be livestreamed at 7:30 p.m. from the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. The group will play a collection of jazz standards and originals. To view the performance, visit www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMXx6nWGL68. Markley, a UW associate professor, is director of jazz studies and a jazz pianist. He has performed with well-known jazz musicians Brian Lync...

By Gerald Carpenter, Noozhawk Contributing Writer | @noozhawknews December 22, 2020 | 9:00 a.m. Santa Barbara has always had a fine way with Christmas and adjacent festivals — never “white,” of course, but brilliant, colorful, yet thoroughly laid-back. All we had to do the get in the spirit was take an evening stroll up State Street or Coast Village Road, pausing to peer into shop windows, or stopping for an espresso or hot chocolate. As we walked, we were likely to pass through several music zones, each softly broadcasting some seasonal favorites that blended in a tapestry of no...