WILL YOUR STUDENT BE ONE OF THE FIVE?

IN THE ONLY NATIONAL HIGH SCHOOL SMALL GROUP JAZZ COMPETITION OF ITS KIND, FIVE, POSSIBLY MORE OF THE BEST HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ MUSICIANS FROM ACROSS THE U.S. WILL BE CHOSEN TO COME TO ORLANDO TO FORM A CHAMBER JAZZ GROUP THAT WILL SPEND TWO DAYS REHEARSING, THEN OPEN THE 2014 UCF ORLANDO JAZZFEST FOR THIS YEARS HEADLINER! 2014S HEADLINER WILL BE ANNOUNCED SOON, BUT 2013S FEATURED ARTISTS WERE 2013 GRAMMY NOMINEE MICHAEL MOSSMAN AND DIZZY GILLESPIE SIDEMAN SAXOPHONIST ANTONIO HART. THE UCF ALL-STAR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZTET IS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE. YOUR STUDENTS WILL MEET AND WORK WITH: JEFF RUPERT (MAYNARD FERGUSON BIG BAND) MARTY MORELL (BILL EVANS TRIO) PER DANIELSSON (THE JAZZ SURGE) RICHARD DREXLER (JEFF BERLIN TRIO) DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDAS JAZZ STUDIES PROGRAM? UCF JAZZ STUDIES IS ONE OF THE MOST PROGRESSIVE JAZZ PROGRAMS IN NORTH AMERICA. OUR RECORD LABEL, FLYING HORSE RECORDS, PRODUCES ALBUMS FOR THE JAZZ PROFESSORS, OUR FACULTYS COMBO, WHICH HIT NO. 6 ON THE JAZZWEEK TOP 50 IN 2013. OUR STUDENT BIG BAND, THE FLYING HORSE BIG BAND (FORMERLY THE UCF JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1) HAS HAD TWO RECORDS THAT CHARTED ON THE JAZZWEEK TOP 50. IN ADDITION, JAZZTET WINNERS MAY ATTEND CLINICS WITH GUEST ARTISTS PLAYING THE FESTIVAL HAVE INTERVIEWS WITH WUCF-FM AND OTHER JAZZ MEDIA WILL YOUR STUDENT BE ONE OF THE FIVE?

THE 2014 UCF ALL-STAR HIGH SCHOOL JAZZTET

REHEARSAL: 03.20.14 SHOW: 03.21.14 APPLY BY: 02.10.14

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