Butler University Jazz Ensemble with Erin Benedict

Come hear the award-winning Butler University Jazz Ensemble in concert, with special guest, vocalist Erin Benedict.Erin Benedict is a graduate of The Manhattan School of Music, earning a Bachelor of Music degree in Jazz Voice Performance and Commercial Music. During her years in New York, she worked as a session singer recording movie backgrounds for Disney, including the motion picture “Mission to Mars.” If you visit the Hayden Planetarium of New York’s Museum of Natural History, you will hear her singing in the featured program “Passport to the Universe,” narrated by actor Tom Hanks.

In addition to being a soloist at Second Presbyterian Church in Indianapolis, Erin is also a regular session vocalist at The Lodge Studios, Aire Born Studios, and Gaither Studios. In 2015, Erin released her first album “Steal Away,” and currently serves on the jazz faculty at Butler University.

The Butler University Jazz Ensemble is one of eight jazz-related ensembles at Butler University. Under the direction of Dr.

Matt Pivec, the band has been selected to perform at several prestigious conferences, including the 2023 Midwest Clinic International Band and Orchestra Conference in Chicago and the 2024 Western International Band Clinic in Seattle.The ensemble has been the recipient of many awards, including being honored as the winner of the Downbeat Student Music Awards Undergraduate Large Ensemble Category in both 2020 and 2024.This performance is free and open to the public, no ticket is required