The Free Bridge Quintet, in partnership with the Virginia Film Festival, will perform an original score composed by John D’earth to accompany the 1926 silent film classic Faust, directed by F.W. Murnau. One of the best horror films of all time will screen on Saturday, November 7th at 8pm in Old Cabell Hall and will feature the Free Bridge Quintet with special guest, principal percussionist of the Charlottesville Symphony, I-Jen Fang. The score, composed by Free Bridge trumpeter and UVA Director of Jazz Performance John D’earth, was originally commissioned by the UVA Film Society in 2003 for a presentation of the restored print.

Roger Ebert exclaims that  F.W. Murnau was “The greatest master of horror in the silent era”  and Faust was voted one of the best horror films of all time on the Internet Movie Database.

The Free Bridge Quintet is the official faculty jazz quintet of the University of Virginia McIntire Department of Music. Founded in 1997, it features Jeff Decker on saxophones, Robert Jospé on the drums, Peter Spaar on bass, John D’earth on trumpet and flugelhorn, and Butch Taylor on piano. The quintet has been a staple of not only the UVA and Charlottesville jazz scene, but also the greater Central Virginia jazz scene for more than 10 years.

Old Cabell Hall is located on the south end of UVA’s historic lawn, directly opposite the Rotunda. (map) Parking is available in the central grounds parking garage on Emmet Street, in the C1 parking lot off McCormick Rd, and in the parking lots at the UVA Corner.  Handicap parking is available in the small parking lot adjacent to Bryan Hall.

Tickets are $15 for the general public, $5 for students and free for UVA Students who reserve in advance.  Tickets can be purchased by calling the Arts Box Office at 434.924.3376 or by visiting artsboxoffice.virginia.edu.

All programs are subject to change. For more information please call the McIntire Department of Music at 434.924.3052.

– Marcella M. Day
Director of Promotions
McIntire Department of Music