Saturday, April 26, 2014

Dakato Combo Jazz - Two From Southwest


 
 
Youth Showcase at the Twin Cities Jazz Festival 

 
The 2013-2014 edition of the elite high school jazz ensemble, the Dakota Combo, announces final performances of the year. The Dakota Combo is a program of the MacPhail Center for Music, in partnership with the Dakota Foundation for Jazz Education (DFJE). Initiated in fall 2006, the Combo is selected each September through open auditions, and rehearse and perform throughout the school year under the direction of Adam Linz, Jazz Coordinator for the MacPhail Center for Music.  Graduates of the program have moved on to study at the nation’s top music programs, including the Berklee College of Music, Brubeck Institute, The Juilliard School, New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music, Oberlin Conservatory, Lawrence Conservatory and New England Conservatory of Music.

This year’s Combo is a septet including Jack Courtright (trombone, Apple Valley High School), Ben Ehrlich (drums, Wayzata High School), Peter Goggin (saxophone, Mounds View High School), Will Kjeer (piano, Home School), Levi Schwartzberg (vibraphone, Southwest High School), Aiden Sponheim (trumpet, Southwest High School) and Sam Worthington (bass, Mounds View High Scho

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