Southern Tier All Star Jazz Band at the courthouse

PENN YAN – The third free Wednesday night concert in the Yates Law Courts Lawn Concert Series is scheduled for July 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the intersection of Court and Main streets in the village of Penn Yan.

The featured artists are the Southern Tier All Star Jazz Band; a jazz orchestra of 16 musicians specializing in big band successes from the 1930s to the present day. Travel back in time and expect to remember the sounds of Benny Goodman, Jimmy Dorsey, Glen Miller, Stan Kenton, Count Basie, and Duke Ellington. Continue your journey with modern day jazz classics.

Penn Yan’s favorite musician, Jeff Stempien, is a leading trumpeter. Stempien has taught middle and high school in Penn Yan, and has a fairly accomplished curriculum vitae, including adjunct teaching positions at Hobart and William Smith and Keuka colleges, as well as a former choir and instrumental director at the Methodist Church. local. He continues to play in various other groups as well as judge in many competitions. He is credited with forming the Penn Yan Community Band, a regional group of local artists who will be a featured group at a later date for the concert series. It’s no wonder that this band’s Facebook page boasts that the band lives up to its name – “All Stars”.

This concert is free; however, those yellow buckets will be there for free will gifts. Bring your own garden chair. In case of bad weather, the concert will be canceled before 1 p.m. and announced on local radio stations. Unvaccinated people should wear masks and social distancing, while vaccinated people do not have to follow these protocols.

The refreshment providers for this concert will be the Yates History Center.

The star artist of the next concert on July 14 will be the Finger Lakes Chamber Orchestra.