Lakota Jazz Students at All-State with Dr. Hall, Mr. Carr and Mr. Hartm
The All-State Jazz Band did an amazing job this weekend and gave an incredible performance. Dr. Dana Hall was impressed with the level of playing that the students were capable of and enjoyed his work with the Ensemble!
Jazz Announcements
-Final concert of the year is May 20th in the Lakota West Theater. Mark your calendars it should be a swingin great time.
Congratulations to the Jazz Ensemble for their performance at Tri-C. They were awarded six best soloist awards for their performance!
Scholarship Money
On April 22, 2010 The Lakota West Jazz Ensemble traveled to Cleveland, OH to perform at the Tri-C Jazz Festvial. The band was very well received by the panel of judges, who had great praise for the group's performance. During this trip the students were also able to have a clinic with the jazz faculty at Akron University, and see a jazz performance at NightTown in Cleveland Heights. Throughout this year the West Jazz Ensemble has performed on television during the channel 12 news, at the Beavercreek Jazz Festival, and at the Dixie Classic Festival in Virginia as a part of a week long spring break tour that took the group to New York, Washington DC, and Virginia along with West's Symphonic Winds.
For their exemplary performance at the Tri-C Jazz Festival the following Lakota West students were selected from a weeks worth of high school bands to received scholarship money:
David Albanese- won $300 in scholarship money
Brian Ellerman- won $300 in scholarship money
Max Greenberg- won $500 in scholarship money and a 35% tuition waiver to Berklee School of Music Summer Jazz Studies.
Congratulations!!!
The West Jazz Ensemble was able to appear at the Tri-C jazz festival, spend an evening in Cleveland at a jazz club, and have a clinic with the jazz faculty at Akron University with no expense to the district or students. The expenses of this trip were covered by the recent fundraiser: "Battle of the Big Bands" a concert with East and West's jazz ensembles, a friendly and exciting night for both groups! Lakota East was able to help defray costs of their trip to the prestigious Monterey Jazz Festival in California.
Click HERE to see recording times you signed up for. Add yourself during class or send Mr. Carr an email with an available time. Be ready to go 5 minutes prior to your recording time to assure we can stay on schedule. Best of Luck!!
The 2010 Lakota Summer Jazz Clinic will take place from June 21-25 at Lakota East High School from 1:00pm-4:00pm each afternoon. Any instrumentalist who will be in grades 7-9 next year is welcome to join in the fun. Please click HERE for more information and a registration sheet.
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