New York City Jazz Ensemble Workshop

JazzReach, a nationally recognized organization dedicated to presenting and teaching jazz music, will present a 90-minute workshop featuring its acclaimed resident ensemble METTA QUINTET  for a select jazz band comprised of students from every Kenton County High School.  The worship is scheduled for Thursday, April 7, 2011, 3:15 PM at Dixie Heights High School, 3010 Dixie Highway, Crescent Springs, Kentucky.

Earlier that day, METTA QUINTET will present Stolen Moments: The First 100 Years of Jazz at the Aronoff Center as part of the Cincinnati Arts Association’s SchoolTime education series. Stolen Moments is a multi-media program that highlights the interplay between the jazz movement and the evolution of American culture throughout the 20th Century. The quintet plays examples of the music of jazz icons’ as a narrator tells their stories.

At Dixie High School, the quintet will hear performances by the combined Kenton County Schools jazz band, provide criticism, and break down the band for sectional rehearsals. The band will then come back together to perform and experience the different results prompted by their coaching session.

Founded in 1994, JazzReach has provided innovative programs to more than 170,000 students across the country in partnership with performing arts centers, schools, and other organizations.

Founded in 1992, the Cincinnati Arts Association (CAA) is a not-for-profit organization that oversees the programming and management of two of the Tri-state’s finest performing arts venues – the Aronoff Center for the Arts and Music Hall – and is dedicated to supporting performing and visual arts. Its education program has reached more than 800,000 Tri-state students since its inception in 1996. 

According to Steve Finn, CAA’s Director of Education and Community Outreach, “This is a perfect example of how arts education programs should work. We are actually bringing artists into the schools to work with students to improve their artistic skills in meaningful ways. We are delighted to partner with the Kenton County Schools on this project.”