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Lowville Village Jazz Ensemble to Perform August 12th
at Veterans Memorial Park for Final Wednesdays in the Park Concert of the
Summer
Published: August 09, 2026
at 02:00 p.m.
By: Press Release
from Lowville Village Jazz Ensemble
Summer Concert Series finale featuring the Lowville
Village Jazz Ensemble
On Wednesday,
August 12 at 7:00 PM, the not so historic but still amazing Lowville Jazz
Orchestra will take over the band stand at Veterans Memorial Park in
downtown Lowville, home to the Historic Lowville Village Band for the past
several weeks, with the final Wednesdays in the park concert of the season.
Food and Drink will be available before and during the concert.
Music to be
performed includes several styles and time periods of music. Pop
tunes that will be performed include a trio of songs from the classic band
Chicago. Their hits “Make Me Smile”, “Does Anyone Really Know What
Time It is?”, and “25 or 6 to 4” are a challenge but the band really enjoys
bringing them to life. Other pop songs include Bobby Darin’s 1959 hit
“Beyond the Sea”, the Kingsman classic “Louie ,
Louie” and “ Gonna Fly
Now” from the “Rocky” motion picture. Ballads to be performed include
“Traces” by Classics IV, Elvis Presley’s “Can’t Help Falling in Love” and
Louis Armstrong’s “What A Wonderful World”. Finally
songs in the style of the big band era of the 1940’s include
Duke Ellington’s “Caravan”, “When Big
Bands Ruled the Earth” and a percussion feature called “Hey Pachuco”
The Village Jazz
Orchestra includes many members from the Lowville Village Band Including
village band conductors AJ Mccall and Kelly
Kilcer. Kelly performs on alto saxophone while AJ McCall conducts
this ensemble. Other members of the ensemble include Saxophones:
Jason Gibson, Tamara Fidler, Kelly Kilcer, Carmen Miller, Karissa Widrick,
and Zoey Riches. The trumpet section includes Jeff Miller, Paul
Buell, John Hastwell IV, and Jennifer Keefer. On trombone, Mile
Muller, Matt McGrath, Graze Metzler, Hailey Babcock, and Dina
Olmstead. Rounding out the group includes Ralph Vito on Bass Guitar,
Hugo Zabielowicz on Guitar, Leon Austin on piano, and Matt McGrath and John
Dixon on Drum Set.
In case of rain,
the concert will be held in the pavilion at the Lewis County Fair Grounds.
Also, on
Thursday, August 13, the Lowville Jazz Orchestra will perform on the lawn
at the Brookside Senior Living Community on
Brookside Circle at 6:30 PM. Both Wednesday and Thursday Concerts are open
to the public. We hope to see you there!
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