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!