Alumnus trombonist to do clinic and shows

Trombonist Frank Darmiento '67 will conduct a jazz workshop on Friday, Oct. 29, at 1:30 p.m. in Arts 313 and do two performances with area musicians.

He will perform with a trio of Capital District musicians, including Union professor and pianist Tim Olsen, bassist Pete Toigo, and drummer Pete Sweeney at a Jazz Happy Hour on Friday, Oct. 29, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Blue House. Darmiento will appear with Olsen, Sweeney, and bassist Ray Jung on Saturday, Oct. 30, from 8 to 11 p.m. at Yours Jazz Club on Barrett Street in Schenectady.

Darmiento, a composer, arranger and performer in both jazz and classical worlds, is a winner of the 2003 Dallas Wind Symphony brass fanfare competition, principal trombonist with the San Marcos (Ariz.) Symphony and lead trombone for the Glendale (Ariz.) College Big Band. The CD Sudden Impact, released by Summit Records in 2004, features Darmiento's quartet in six of his original jazz compositions and treatments of jazz standards by Mancini, Mercer, and Van Heusen.

A graduate of Union's mechanical engineering program, Darmiento went on to earn an M.S. in Environmental Engineering. He serves as the manager of the Transportation Research Center at the Arizona Department of Transportation.