{"id":63329,"date":"2018-02-05T20:34:48","date_gmt":"2018-02-06T01:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=63329"},"modified":"2018-02-05T20:34:48","modified_gmt":"2018-02-06T01:34:48","slug":"record-21-high-schools-compete-7th-annual-jazz-showcase-steelstacks-feb-11-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=63329","title":{"rendered":"Record 21 High Schools to Compete in 7th Annual Jazz Showcase at SteelStacks Feb. 11 & 18"},"content":{"rendered":"

Featured Image:\u00a0 2017 SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase. Photo credit – David Happel<\/em><\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014The smooth sounds of jazz will fill the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem<\/a>, as a record 21 high school jazz bands perform during the 7th<\/sup> Annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul Feb. 11 &18<\/span> starting at noon<\/span>. Tickets for the event\u2019s preliminary rounds are $7 per session and on sale now at www.steelstacks.org<\/a> and 610-332-3378<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The jazz band showcase features talented scholastic jazz groups from Pennsylvania and New Jersey performing in front of a live audience and judging panel of music educators. Following the preliminary rounds, the top six groups, as determined by the judges, will advanced to the finals March 11<\/span> at the ArtsQuest Center. Following the finals, the top three finalists will earn the chance to open for artists at the RiverJazz series at SteelStacks this summer.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re thrilled that for the first time in the history of the jazz showcase, we have more than 20 high school bands performing as part of this educational experience, \u201csays ArtsQuest Chief Programming Officer Patrick Brogan.\u00a0 \u201cLead judge Dr. Neil Wetzel of Moravian College and all the adjudicators do a tremendous job of providing good, constructive feedback to the students, and the school band directors tell us repeatedly how valuable that input is.\u00a0 Plus the students, and their families and friends, all really appreciate the opportunity to perform in a professional music venue like the Musikfest Caf\u00e9. We thank King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul for all of their support and for making this experience possible for well over 250 students.\u201d<\/p>\n

The complete list of Jazz Showcase participants is:<\/p>\n

Feb. 11, 12 p.m.<\/span><\/strong>
\nBelvidere High School
\nBernards High School
\nFreedom High School
\nPhillipsburg High School
\nWarren Hills High School
\nWilson High School<\/p>\n

Feb. 11, 4 p.m.<\/span><\/strong>
\nBrandywine Heights High School
\nFleetwood High School
\nKutztown High School
\nPocono Mountain East High School
\nNorth Penn High School Columbia Jazz Band
\nNorth Penn High School Navy Jazz Band<\/p>\n

Feb. 18, 12 p.m.<\/span><\/strong>
\nDelaware Valley High School
\nEaston High School
\nThe Hill School
\nSaucon Valley High School<\/p>\n

Feb. 18, 4 p.m.<\/span><\/strong>
\nJoe\u2019s Jazz Caf\u00e9
\nLehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts
\nQuakertown High School
\nUpper Moreland High School
\nWilliam Tennent High School
\n\u201cKingSpry is proud to support the High School Jazz Band Showcase for the seventh straight year,\u201d says John Freund, Education Law Practice Chair for KingSpry, \u201cArtsQuest and its partners do a fantastic job bringing together top talent from high schools throughout our area, and we are thrilled we get to listen as these students demonstrate their musical achievements.\u201d<\/p>\n

The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase is a music-in-education program of ArtsQuest and the Moravian College Music Department\u2019s Jazz Studies Program and is made possible thanks to King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC. For more information, please visit www.steelstacks.org<\/a> or call 610-332-3378<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Information and image provided to TVL by:
\nMark Demko, ArtsQuest
\nhttp:\/\/www.artsquest.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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