Date: Friday, September 27

Time: 8:00 p.m.

Venue: Conference Center

Ticket Prices:
$15 General Public
$10 Non-UTD Students
$10 UTD Alumni
$5 UTD Faculty/Staff
$5 Children under 18
Free to UTD Students with valid UTD Photo ID

UNT's Renowned One O'Clock Lab Band Will Return to U. T. Dallas on Sept. 27

RICHARDSON, Texas (Aug. 9, 2002). The University of North Texas' internationally renowned One O'Clock Lab Band performed in the Conference Center on The University of Texas at Dallas campus at 8 p.m. on Friday, Sept.27.

Now in its 54th year, the One O'Clock Lab Band is the premiere performing ensemble of UNT's world-famous jazz program. In addition to four Grammy nominations, the band has received awards from National Public Radio, VISA International, The International Association of Jazz Educators and the Dallas Observer Reader's Poll. It has performed at the White House and with such artists as Tony Bennett and Ella Fitzgerald.

Directed by Neil Slater, who received his own Grammy nomination for best arrangement on Lab 91, the ensemble is regarded as unsurpassed among university jazz bands. The ensemble has toured Europe, Mexico, Australia, Japan and Russia, and past members have gone on to play in bands led by Branford Marsalis, Doc Severinsen, Harry Connick, Jr., Count Basie, David Lee Roth, Woody Herman and Bill Evans.