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Professional Development
Jazz Opportunity
All high school jazz ensembles/big bands
are invited to participate in the first ever locally produced and
televised show featuring high school jazz bands and student jazz
musicians.
This spring 2012, ArtsQuest, Moravian College, and WFMZ-TV are
partnering to present a televised jazz band competitionŠpossibly
featuring YOUR STUDENTS.
Preliminary competitions (not televised) will be held on January 29,
February 12, & February 26, 2012 in the Musikfest Café in the
ArtsQuest Center at Steel Stacks inBethlehem, PA. You need only be
available to perform at one of the primaries, as groups chosen for the
finals telecast will be selected from across the three primaries. Each
primary event begins at 4:00pm.
The finals will be held Sunday March 11, 2012 and will be recorded to be featured on WFMZ!
This exciting new program will feature:
- Comments and scores from qualified jazz educators with adjudication experience.
- Awards
for outstanding soloists (ALL students will be eligible for soloist
awards even those students playing in bands that do not make the
finals).
- Scholarships awarded for Moravian College¹s summer jazz camp, July 2012.
Your
students will have the opportunity to be selected to play in an
all-star big band that will be featured on the finals telecast (even if
they belong to a band that does not make the finals).
Email or call to reserve your spot in a preliminaries round event on
either Jan 29, Feb 12, & Feb 26, 2012. Please contact Helen Smith at
hsmith@artsquest.org or 610-297-7168. Reservations are taken on a
first-come-first served basis. Don't delay! You don¹t want to be left
out of this great opportunity!
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