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High School Musicians Give Their Own Lesson in Jazz
High school music students hung with the best in jazz for a joint Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (HHIJ) and U.S. Department of Education performance on April 19. Hosted by U.S. Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel Cardona, the peer-to-peer jazz…
Secretary Cardona to Host Jazz Great Herbie Hancock and Local Student Quintet for “Peer-to-Peer Informance”
On Tuesday, U.S. Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona, in conjunction with The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz (Institute), will host 14-time Grammy Award-winning musician and Institute Chairman Herbie Hancock, acclaimed jazz trumpet recording artist Sean Jones, and the Institute’s “Peer-to-Peer…
At ‘Hope in the Night,’ PostClassical Ensemble gives a Black composer an overdue spotlight
The ensemble teamed up with the Duke Ellington School of the Arts to celebrate neglected 20th-century composer William Levi Dawson On Friday night, we got taken to school. This was in a very real sense, as Duke Ellington School of…
