This collaborative concert aims to introduce audience members, young and old, to basic Jazz styles -- Dixieland, Blues, Latin, Swing, and Jazz Rock. This is the second time the ensembles have performed a joint concert.

The Greater Baton Rouge Children's Chorus was founded in 1997 by its director, Jennifer Ellis, and is known for its eclectic and educational programming as well as collaboration with local artists.

Comprised of 40 auditioned singers from public, private and home schools in the area, GBRCC will sing music by Ellington as well as Ella Fitzgerald's A-Tisket, A-Tasket, blues, and a swing arrangement of a well-known Bach chorale. The choir will be accompanied on several jazz standards by the full big band. Jan Dupre, pianist for BR Jazz Ensemble, will accompany, with David Ellis on acoustic and electric bass.

Baton Rouge Jazz Ensemble, a 19-member big band, was organized in 1993 and is made of up of both professional and avocational musicians. Directed by John Gerbrecht, the BR Jazz Ensemble is a nonprofit performing arts group dedicated to exposing the citizens of the Baton Rouge area to the sounds of big band jazz by performing at community events. BR Jazz Ensemble will dedicate their performance to the memory of of one of its founding members, Ricky Stockner.

The concert is free and open to the public. The Unitarian Church is located at 8470 Goodwood Boulevard.