Pete Ellman Big Band To Perform At Baker Community Center

ST. CHARLES, IL — The 18-piece Pete Ellman Big Band will perform in concert at the historic Baker Community Center in downtown St. Charles on Dec. 16.

The event, which will begin at 7:30 p.m., will wrap up the fall season of “Saturday Night Lights” concerts produced by the Norris Cultural Arts Center. The performance will include Big Band and jazz standards and a selection of holiday tunes arranged for Big Band.

Tickets include complimentary beverages and light snacks and tickerts can be purchased online. ww.NorrisCulturalArts.com.

Since Pete Ellman founded his Big Band in 2009, it has played regularly throughout Chicagoland at locations such as Mullen’s in Lisle, Fitzgerald’s in Oak Park, and The Venue in Aurora, according to the news release.

The band frequently invites student jazz ensembles to join them, and provides guest clinicians to work with school jazz bands, giving young musicians a taste of the real world environment playing for appreciative audiences.

Additionally, the Pete Ellman Big Band has hosted numerous fundraisers at their events to support local non-profits such as Loaves & Fishes, Toys for Tots, Kids Matter, Kidz Cabaret, Youth Symphony of DuPage, Naperville Educational Foundation, Gil Ellman Memorial Fund, and more.