Middleton Jazz will not rehearse Thursday, February 15, since we will be performing at Vista West that afternoon. By the way, if you want to hear us rehearse at the Middleton Senior Center, you can always click on the Event Calendar on the left-side menu to make sure we will be there that day.

Middleton Jazz is done rehearsing in 2023, although we will be performing at the Quarry Ridge Retirement Community at 4 p.m. on December 21. Have a happy holiday! We will return on Thursday, January 4, 2024. By the way, if you want to hear us rehearse at the Middleton Senior Center, you can always click on the Event Calendar on the left-side menu to make sure we will be there that day.

In the meantime, here is a video of us performing “Cotton Fields” in the Stoughton Opera House on November 6, 2023, as part of the Stoughton Senior Center’s Music Appreciation Series. It features Dick Trexel on clarinet and John Carey on alto saxophone.

We were delighted to return to the Stoughton Opera House on November 6 to participate in the Stoughton Senior Center’s Music Appreciation Series. The venue was lovely and the audience was enthusiastic. Here is a clip from the performance featuring Dick Trexel on clarinet and John Carey on tenor saxophone.

We have a gig booked in Waunakee that Thursday, so no rehearsal in the Middleton Senior Center.

Middleton Jazz will be participating in Make Music Madison again this year. You will find us in the Rennebohm Park Shelter at 2:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 21. We hope to see you there! [Note: This was moved from 1:30 to 2:30. Sorry for any confusion.]

After a long, pandemic-induced hiatus, we were grateful to return to Capitol Lakes on May 18, 2023. The Grand Hall was lively and the audience was enthusiastic!

Here is Les Hoffman belting out “Basin Street Blues” for the residents of Oak Park Place Nakoma on Friday, March 10. After getting snowed out of rehearsals for most of February, It felt good to be playing together again. Thanks to Deb Trexel for the photo.

Yes, after the holidays we’re back at it! In fact, our next performance will be on Thursday, so we will not rehearse on January 19 to save our chops for a gig at Vista West. We will be rehearsing at our usual time in the weeks between, however, and everyone is welcome to come to the Middleton Senior Center and listen.

Our winter break has come earlier than we expected due to the snowstorm. We had hoped to run our holiday program at our Thursday, December 15, rehearsal, but the Middleton Senior Center will be closed due to weather. We will perform it at two venues in the coming week. However, we will not rehearse on December 22 or 29. We hope you will enjoy the holidays with friends and family and we’ll see you next year!

As usual, the audience was terrific at the Stoughton Opera House on November 7, 2022. Here is a small sample from our performance in that beautiful venue.