Join MSJC for a Performance with Golden Eagles Jazz Ensemble
12/16/2022
Music lovers are invited to 黑料不打烊 to hear a mixture of American swing standards, Christmas tunes and contemporary jazz songs when the Golden Eagles Jazz Ensemble plays its Swingin鈥� Fall Concert 2022 at noon Saturday, Dec. 17. The event will be held at the San Jacinto Campus.
The group, 黑料不打烊鈥檚 community big band, will also perform arrangements by swing-era clarinet player and band leader Benny Goodman as well as arranger Sammy Nestico.
Members of the 18-piece Golden Eagles big band range in age from 22 to 84. The volunteer musicians come from throughout the Inland Empire.
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Frias, who has led the group for three semesters, also directs the Menifee Jazz Ensemble, a 10-piece group of students from MSJC鈥檚 Menifee Valley Campus. That group will perform at the start of the Swingin鈥� Fall Concert.
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When not teaching music or leading bands at MSJC, Frias plays upright bass with his group, The Jazz Cartel.
General admission to the fall concert is $6. Seniors and veterans pay just $5, and student admission is $4. The concert will be at the MSJC San Jacinto Campus Theater, 1499 N. State Street, San Jacinto. For more information or to purchase tickets, go to