People walk out of our concerts just feeling better. The band will play a musical feast of popular and traditional numbers as well as arrangements by group members. He said the concert doesn't have a set music program. He said the mixing and matching gives the players a diversity that allows them to be creative while performing. Renditions of favorites by jazz legends such as Count Basie, Duke Ellington, Harry Connick Jr., Glenn Miller and Louis Armstrong are staples of every program.
Performers are students pursuing degrees in a variety of areas.
Synthesis has performed at prestigious jazz festivals throughout the world including the North Sea Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival and the Antibes Jazz Festival in France. The BYU performance will be the last concert before the jazz ensemble's summer European tour and appearance at the 2000 World Expo in Hannover, Germany. The group will perform three days at the World Expo. The music will include classical pieces by Glen Miller, Tommy Dorsey and Benny Goodman. The World Expo is famous for its 153 days and nights of art, cinema, theater and music.