BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Find Local//findlocal.community//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:19700308T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=3;BYDAY=2SU END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:19701101T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYMONTH=11;BYDAY=1SU END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT UID:b97ff8ec-21ac-4852-8b70-0d9c6367e0cf@findlocal.community DTSTAMP:20261011T233946Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261023T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261023T220000 SUMMARY:Sam Butler - Visions Jazz Ensemble $25 DESCRIPTION:TICKET LINK | https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-butler-visions -jazz-ensemble-tickets-2002799739936?aff=oddtdtcreator BlueStem Jazz Vis ions Jazz Ensemble Bio: Since its founding in 2023\, the Visions Jazz En semble—led by Indiana University alumni Sam Butler and Garrett Fasig—has been dedicated to delivering fresh\, modern interpretations of both ori ginal compositions and timeless jazz standards. Their debut release\, Ac ross The Field (Patois Records)\, garnered critical acclaim\, earning a feature in DownBeat Magazine and worldwide radio play for its inventive jazz arrangements of college fight songs\, and collaboration with esteem ed trombonist Wycliffe Gordon. Their sophomore album\, Of The People\, f eaturing Ella Fitzgerald Jazz Vocal Competition winner and Downbeat Risi ng Star Vocalist April Varner released in July of 2026 to critical accla im and worldwide radio play. Performances bring a vibrant and joyful ene rgy\, featuring original music from the ensemble as well as arrangements of unique songs from across the canon of jazz music. Sam\, the 2023 Int ernational Trumpet Guild Jazz Solo Competition winner\, and Garrett\, wh ose compositions have been showcased by the New York Youth Symphony and renowned vocalist Brianna Thomas\, push the envelope with every performa nce\, blending creativity\, artistry\, and positivity in their music. Sa m Butler is a professional jazz trumpet player\, composer\, arranger and educator based in Indianapolis\, IN. He has performed all around the Mi dwest with various ensembles including the Buselli-Wallarab Jazz Orchest ra\, Sean Dobbins and the Modern Jazz Messengers\, Sammy Miller and The Congregation\, and his own Visions Jazz Ensemble\, which he co-leads wit h saxophonist Garett Fasig. As the winner of the 2023 International Trum pet Guild Jazz Solo Competition and with his second album “Across The Fi eld” out in October of 2024 with positive reviews\, including a 3-star D ownBeat review\, Sam has “an abundance of jazz success coming his way.” (Debbie Burke) He is immersed in the blending of musical styles includin g rock\, classical music\, folk\, and jazz\, and is creating a unique vo ice as he enters the modern jazz scene. Sam began work as a jazz educati on curriculum developer\, transcriber\, arranger\, and composer with Pla ybook Music in July of 2023. He was also an Associate Instructor in the Jazz Department of the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University whil e completing his master’s degree in Jazz Studies. Following the release of his debut album “Folklore” in May of 2023\, Sam toured with his Folkl ore Sextet in the summer of 2023 at venues all around the Midwest\, incl uding Cliff Bell’s in Detroit\, the Jazz Kitchen in Indianapolis\, and F ulton Street Collective in Chicago. Sam quickly flourished as a performe r\, composer and arranger after beginning his academic career at the Jac obs School of Music at Indiana University in 2018. He was named a semi- finalist in the Jazz Division of the 2019 and 2020 National Trumpet Comp etition\, and performed with the Plummer Jazz Sextet\, a select group of musicians that writes original music\, plays shows around the Midwest\, and records. Sam has also recorded and performed a dozen of his own lar ge ensemble compositions and arrangements with ensembles at IU\, and dur ing his undergraduate tenure\, recorded an EP of all original compositio ns with his sextet “Spoken Thoughts\,” which was released in early 2022. Sam completed his undergraduate studies in 2022\, and accepted an Assoc iate Instructor position in the jazz department to earn his master’s deg ree. Garrett Fasig i s an emerging composer and saxophonist originally f rom Defiance\, Ohio. In his short career thus far\, Garrett has written several original jazz ensemble compositions that have been recorded by t he Brent Wallarab Jazz Ensemble\, a full program of music for jazz sexte t and string quartet and has been commissioned for both jazz ensemble an d orchestral works by the New York Youth Symphony and Brianna Thomas\, r espectively. He has also learned and performed alongside world-class mus icians Walter Smith III\, Steve Houghton Dayna Stephens\, and Greg Ward. The first eleven years of Garrett’s musical journey were devoted to his development on the saxophone. This led him to the Jacobs School of Musi c at Indiana University where he would go on to complete both his bachel or’s and master’s degrees in jazz studies. While spending most of his ti me studying saxophone. This changed in early 2020 when a neurological di sorder\, dystonia\, would prevent him from spending long amounts of time playing. Garrett turned his focus towards composition\, and by the next year was awarded the David N. Baker Jazz Composition Scholarship from B MI.\n\nTickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sam-butler-visions-jazz-ens emble-tickets-2002799739936\n\nhttps://findlocal.community/event/b97ff8e c-21ac-4852-8b70-0d9c6367e0cf LOCATION:North Street Cabaret\, Madison\, WI URL:https://findlocal.community/event/b97ff8ec-21ac-4852-8b70-0d9c6367e0c f STATUS:CONFIRMED SEQUENCE:0 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR