UNC Asheville's Music Department will host a jazz concert at 4 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 17, at UNC Asheville's Lipinsky Auditorium. The lineup includes the UNC Asheville Jazz Choir, the UNC Asheville Jazz Ensemble and the Asheville Jazz Orchestra. Tickets are $5 general admission.

The UNC Asheville Jazz Choir, directed by Melodie Galloway, is an advanced vocal choir that performs a wide variety of music. They will sing arrangements of classic swing standards by Duke Ellington and Benny Goodman. Also known as Studio 18, the Jazz Choir performs in both formal and informal concerts. Last December, they traveled to Washington, D.C., to sing at the White House, Walter Reed Memorial Hospital, the Koshland Science Museum and the Annondale United Methodist Church.

The UNC Asheville Jazz Ensemble, directed by David Wilken, UNC Asheville's coordinator of jazz studies, is a 19-piece big band. The ensemble consists of both UNC Asheville student jazz performers and community members. They will perform music composed and arranged by Dave Barduhn of the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Sammy Nestico of the Count Basie Orchestra in addition to some of Wilken's personal works.

The concert will close with Asheville's only professional big band, the Asheville Jazz Orchestra. They will perform a wide selection of music ranging from classics of the Swing Era to music composed by members of the band.

For more information, call UNC Asheville's Music Department at 828/251-6432.