{"id":85613,"date":"2019-02-08T17:13:28","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:13:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85613"},"modified":"2019-02-08T17:17:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-08T22:17:15","slug":"21-high-schools-to-compete-in-8th-annual-jazz-showcase-at-steelstacks-feb-10-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=85613","title":{"rendered":"21 High Schools to Compete in 8th Annual Jazz Showcase at SteelStacks Feb. 10 & 24"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Featured Image:\u00a02016 High School Jazz Finals photographed by Craig Roberts\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014The smooth sounds of jazz will fill the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9 at SteelStacks, 101 Founders Way, Bethlehem, as 21 high school jazz bands perform during the 8th Annual SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul Feb. 10 & 24 starting at noon. Tickets for the event\u2019s preliminary rounds are $7 per session and on sale now at www.steelstacks.org<\/a>\u00a0and 610-332-3378.<\/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 17, 4 p.m. at the ArtsQuest Center.<\/p>\n

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

Feb. 10, 12 p.m.<\/strong>
\nBelvidere High School – New Jersey
\nThe Hill School – Pennsylvania
\nWilson High School – Pennsylvania
\nPhillipsburg High School – New Jersey
\nNorth Penn High School Columbia Jazz Band – Pennsylvania
\nNorth Penn High School Navy Jazz Band – Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Feb. 10, 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\nCentral Bucks High School – Pennsylvania
\nDelaware Valley High School – Pennsylvania
\nKutztown High School – Pennsylvania
\nBernards High School – New Jersey<\/p>\n

Feb. 24, 12 p.m.\u00a0<\/strong>
\nBrandywine Heights High School – Pennsylvania
\nSaucon Valley High School – Pennsylvania
\nDelaware Valley High School – New Jersey
\nWarren Hills High School – New Jersey
\nFreedom High School – Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

Feb. 24, 4 p.m.<\/strong>
\nLehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts – Pennsylvania
\nUpper Moreland High School – Pennsylvania
\nEaston High School – Pennsylvania
\nWilliam Tennent High School – Pennsylvania
\nJoe\u2019s Jazz Caf\u00e9 of Quakertown Community High School – Pennsylvania
\nQuakertown Community High School – Pennsylvania<\/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 and PSECU. For more information, please visit www.steelstacks.org<\/a>\u00a0or call 610-332-3378.<\/p>\n

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

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