Saturday, May 14, 2011

And the winners are.............



The finale concert at Avery Fisher at the Lincoln Center featured the top three high school jazz bands, followed up by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra. Next year, in addition to the music of Duke Ellington, the EE program will promote the music of Dizzy Gillespie.

The top three high school bands as selected by the judges are the Dillard School of the Arts from Florida, Roosevelt HS from Washington, and Mountlskr Terrace HS near Brier, Washington.

Numerous student musicians from all 16 bands were awarded a variety of individual and section awards. Congratulations to these Mustang musicians for being recognized by the judging panel:

Ian Williams, sophomore - piano
Andrada Pteanc, junior - bass
Julia Wood, sophomore - bass