Dundee is home to a full-time repertory ensemble, originated in 1939.

A Repertory Ensemble Conceived as a theatrical repertory ensemble with training programs on various levels, the American Conservatory was established in 1965 in Pittsburgh, with William Ball as its artistic director.

Ms. Robinson and her 12-member repertory ensemble have been a cultural fixture in Denver for more than 20 years.

(Chinen) DIZZY GILLESPIE ALL-STAR BIG BAND (Through Sunday) Bebop's goateed ambassador did some of his best work with big bands, a fact that this repertory ensemble, led by his former trombonist and arranger Slide Hampton, happily exploits.

To get even more old-fashioned, recent years have seen a flowering of reconvened big bands - among them bands led by the saxophonists Illinois Jacquet and Gerry Mulligan - which will appear this fall at the Blue Note -and the creation of an ambitious repertory ensemble, the American Jazz Orchestra, associated with Cooper Union.

He was actually proposing an eclectic dance equivalent of a great acting repertory ensemble.

(Chinen) CREOLE JAZZ SERENADERS (Tomorrow) The New Orleans jazz banjoist Don Vappie has been leading this repertory ensemble for the past dozen years, with typically high-spirited results.