Congratulations to the Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble, directed by Dr. Gregg Gelb, for their performance this week at the Midwest Clinic. Lisa Burn and Kobie Watkins support and teach the lower bands.
Composed of advanced musicians in grades 8-12 with a passion for jazz, the ensemble provides opportunities for its members to study and perform the best of big band music. Learn more about the ensemble at: https://tinyurl.com/MWCTriangleYouthJazz.
Midwest is the largest international music education conference in the world. Only the top ensembles are invited to perform there. A few North Carolina bands have performed at Midwest, the most recent ones being the Ligon Middle School Jazz Band and NC State Jazz Band.
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