You
are all formally invited to attend the Mpls High School Jazz Festival on Friday
October 28th at 7pm at North High School.
Corey
Needleman, Southwest Instrumental music teacher, has led the charge as our entire high school band staff in
collaboration with KBEM-FM Jazz 88 has organized the event which will bring
together over 200 students from every high school in our district
to participate in workshops and clinics.
Throughout the day, students
will be shuffled to form jazz ensembles that represent a mix of students from
each school, building community across the district.
The event culminates
in a concert that is open to the public and will also feature guest artists,
the Adam Meckler Orchestra (you can check them out here: https://amorchestra.bandcamp.com/).
Adam and his band will be mentoring and teaching our kids all afternoon,
giving them a truly professional jazz perspective. One of his musicians
had to back out recently because he got a call to play the Bon Iver tour at the
Hollywood Bowl - yep, they’re THAT good.
Thank
you for supporting jazz education and I hope that you will take time to join us
on Friday evening at North High School at 7pm!
Reid Wixson
Director of Instrumental Music
Minneapolis Southwest High School
reid.wixson@mpls.k12.mn.us
http://southwest.mpls.k12.mn.us/wixson_reid
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