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Performance

PERF: INST PRO Large Ensemble

RESCHEDULED: Ted Nash Big Band

Wednesday, January 7, 2026
9:10 PM - 10:00 PM CST
Location: Inspirations/Celestin

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Performance Description: The Ted Nash Big Band will feature the Temple University Jazz Family playing the Grammy-winning Presidential Suite. Eight Variations on Freedom is a Grammy-winning jazz suite inspired by iconic 20th-century political speeches on freedom. Each movement transforms the rhythms and cadences of speeches by leaders like JFK, FDR, and Mandela into expressive big band compositions, blending history and music.