{"id":86537,"date":"2019-03-12T00:08:54","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T04:08:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=86537"},"modified":"2019-03-12T00:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T04:09:24","slug":"steelstacks-high-school-jazz-band-showcase-finalists-announced-six-schools-to-compete-march-17-at-the-musikfest-cafe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=86537","title":{"rendered":"SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase Finalists Announced Six Schools to Compete March 17 at the Musikfest Caf\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

BETHLEHEM, PA\u2014After battling through the preliminary rounds, six area high school jazz bands have advanced to the finals of the 2019 SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC. The winning band will earn the opportunity to open for nationally touring jazz artists performing at SteelStacks later this year.\u00a0 The groups will perform March 17, 4 p.m., at the ArtsQuest Center\u2019s Musikfest Caf\u00e9, and the showcase and its finals will also be highlighted during a one-hour TV special airing April 13, 7 p.m., on 69-WFMZ-TV.<\/p>\n

The 2019 SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase featured 21 high school bands from Pennsylvania and New Jersey performing in the preliminary rounds Feb. 10 and 24. Following the preliminaries, the event\u2019s judging panel announced the six bands that will compete in the finals. They are:<\/p>\n

Kutztown High School Jazz Band <\/strong>– Director Dustin Shirk
\nNorth Penn High School Navy Band <\/strong>– Director David DiValentino
\nPhillipsburg High School Jazz Band<\/strong> \u2013 Director Kyle Fleming
\nQuakertown High School Jazz Band<\/strong> – Director Frank Parker
\nUpper Moreland High School Jazz Band <\/strong>– Director Glenn Cowen
\nWilliam Tennent High School Jazz Band <\/strong>\u2013 Director Charlie Dicarne<\/p>\n

During the finals, each band will perform a 20-minute set before a live audience and the judges. The event will also include a performance by the Moravian College Big Band, as well as the official awards presentation for the competition\u2019s top soloists and sections. While the judges will announce each band\u2019s rating during the finals, both students and audience will have to tune in to the WFMZ television special to discover who the overall winner is.<\/p>\n

The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase is made possible thanks to the support of King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC, in association with 69-WFMZ-TV, Greenleaf Productions, PSECU and the Moravian College Music Department. Tickets for the showcase finals are $7 and on sale now at www.steelstacks.org<\/a> and 610-332-3378.<\/p>\n

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

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