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Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival: School Tour Concert
April 10, 2018 @ 6:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Rootabaga Jazz School Tour Concert featuring Greg Ward
Knoxville High School
6:00 p.m.
Presented in conjunction with the Knoxville Community Dinner
Free and open to the public
On April 10th and 11th, the ensemble will be touring areas schools performing educational convocations for students at Nielsen Elementary, Silas Willard, Steele Elementary, Gale Elementary, King Elementary, Costa Catholic Academy, and Knoxville High School.
This year’s ensemble will feature internationally renowned alto saxophonist and composer Greg Ward. Ward is widely acknowledged as one of the most versatile and innovative young artists on the scene. A seasoned performer of jazz, free, experimental, gospel, funk, rock and hip-hop, he steps seamlessly between genres. Ward is a prolific composer for his own projects, and has been tapped to compose for the Chicago Symphony Orchestra’s Chamber Music Series, the Peoria Ballet Company, and the Jazz Institute of Chicago amongst many others. A passionate and dedicated educator committed to outreach, Ward is a performing and presenting member of JazzReach, an NYC-based jazz education organization that shares multi-media programs throughout the US.
