Our Musicians at the ABQ Jazz Festival

Both  the Jazz Performance and Jazz Essentials groups performed for adjudication at the ABQ Jazz Festival in mid February. Both groups performed admirably, received excellent ratings, and had a private clinic with two nationally active jazz educators, Tom Matta and David Glenn. Forty-eight Middle School and High School bands participated in this event, capped off with an incredible concert with trumpeter Michael Rodriguez and tenor player Joel Frahm, who also ran clinics in the afternoon for the students.