![]() New Orlean's Trumpeter Leroy Jones was in town for a two night residency in Madison at the North Street Cabaret. Before of each of his nights members of the jazz combo played an opening set. The 2024.25 school year is official off the ground. This week 60 students participated in our Jazz Kick-off. This year featured breakout sessions led by students on jazz style, active listening, and instrument based master classes.
Members of the US Navy Greatlakes Jazz and Rock Combo visited Sun Prairie. They worked with all three jazz ensembles in short clinics as we round-robin performed for each other. The night was capped off with a set of video-game tunes re-imagines for jazz. There support for our students was fantastic, and they provided a ton of inspiration through their performance!
Friday was our middle school jazz festival. Students from Central Heights, Patrick Marsh, and Prairie View all met during the day to work on jazz with clinicians Bruce Hering, Jim Huwe, and Steve Sveum. The event ended with all three bands featuring the clinicians, and they were joined by Sun Prairie Jazz I for the evening concert.
The 31st Annual Jazz Festival was held on Saturday, February 17. 16 High School bands joined clinicians for a day of jazz. We partnered with Jazz at Lincoln Center as a Regional Essentially Ellington Festival. Bands came from Brookfield, Columbus, Concord IN, Fond du Lac, Grafton, Mt Horeb, Menomonee Falls, Oak Creek, Sun Prairie, Waunakee, and West DePere. Jim Piela - saxophone, Erica von Kleist - saxophone, Dan Wallach - saxophone, Bennett Wood - saxophone, Derrick Gardner - trumpet, Darren Sterud - trombone, Rick Haydon - guitar, Reggie Thomas - piano, Chris Rottmayer - piano, Chris Behrens - piano, Ethan Phillion - bass, and Jim Huwe- drums.
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