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Nov. 1, 2001
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Student leads fast-paced musical life
Leah Baker
Reporter
You think you’re busy? Try returning
home at 2 a.m. after a long day of classes,
work and rehearsals. Wake up in time to get
to Model at 7 a.m. in order to practice for an
hour before heading to work in the mailroom.
Senior music major Kevin Pace not only
tries, but also succeeds at this rigorous sched
ule on less than five hours of sleep a night.
To top it off, he manages to remain calm and
friendly through it all.
An electric and upright bass player, Pace
has played at concerts, receptions, parties,
restaurants, bars, weddings, festivals, and
even a funeral. He has played in Burlington
as well as in Greensboro and Winston-Sa
lem. “Most of the time you have to create
your own gigs,” he said.
The Kevin Pace Quartet, named after him
because he found the gig, played for the first
time together Oct. 18 in the Zone. The quar
tet consisted of fellow Elon student Brad
Linde (sax), with whom Pace often plays,
and a guitar player and drummer. Pace met
the drummer for the first time that night. “It
was great,” he said. “It’s rare to have a group
that meets for the first time and plays as a
group, not a.s individuals.”
Pace says he loves jazz so much because,
“everyone knows the same set of standards.”
This enables groups to play in any style, key
or tempo, just as long as they all know the
tune. “The biggest part of jazz is using your
ear,” he said.
He frequently plays straight-ahead jazz,
which he describes as acoustic. Bebop, Bra
zilian and Blues. “No Kenny G stuff,” he
jokes.
Pace, who is from Elon, started playing
the electric bass in the jazz band at nearby
Western Alamance High School. “I basically
taught myself to play electric,” he said. He
was told the week before school began that
he would be playing the electric bass in the
jazz band. Previously, he had played the
electric guitar. He taught himself to play the
bass in a week.
Once at Elon, Pace learned to play the
upright bass in order to join the jazz en
semble. He has now taken lessons for three
years and, at some point during his Elon ca
reer, has performed with or accompanied or
chestra, jazz ensemble, jazz combo, percus
sion ensemble, wind ensemble, camarata and
chamber singers, string quintet, musicals and
Grand Night for Singing. His resume in
cludes every musical ensemble except
marching band, brass quintet and sax quar
tet.
This summer Pace worked with the Gen
eral Studies department and wrote music for
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Jennifer Guarino/Managing Editor
Senior Kevin Pace manages to keep
classes, work and his music in balance.
He is performing in “How to Succeed in
Business Without Really Trying next
week
the global studies CD. His music accompa
nied the global text, which was moved to CD
this year.
Pace can also be seen playing in the up
coming Elan concert on Nov. 17 and at “How
to Succeed in Business Without Really Try
ing” from Nov. 7-11.
Music is an important part of Pace’s life.
He plans on auditioning for graduate schools
and possibly cruise ships. “I plan on [mu
sic] being my life. I hope to make a living
doing it.”
His closing words for Elon: “Always sup
port live jazz.”
Do you know gn out
standing Elon student?
Send us an e-mail to
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