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Best of area school jazz bands perform at TRC

Saturday, February 15, 2020
DAR/Paul Davis

The 29th Annual Jazz Festival is being held this week, featuring jazz bands from schools across Southeast Missouri, hosted by the music department at Three Rivers College. Bands performed Thursday and will perform again at 7 p.m. today at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center. Admission is free. The Saturday, Feb. 15, performance features the Southeast Missouri All-District Jazz Band, which consists of the best high school jazz musicians in Missouri Music Educators Association District 10, according to a press release. People wanting more information on the 29th Annual Jazz Festival, or those interested in participating in next year’s performance, can call the Three Rivers College Music Department at 573-840-9639.

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    Poplar Bluff Junior High Jazz Band trumpet and clarinet players Logan Hale (left) and Nya Cram play during Thursday’s morning clinic session of the 29th annual Three Rivers College Jazz Festival.
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    Juliana Buckelew plays piano with the jazz band.
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    Eddie Thornton keeps the Poplar Bluff Junior High Jazz Band in tempo.
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    Junior high saxophone players Matthew Anderson (from left), Cayden Larkins and Pyeper Bradley perform Thursday morning at the Tinnin Fine Arts Center.
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    Isaiah Thomas plays piano with Poplar Bluff High School’s Jazz Band 1.
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    Braeden Johnson plays during the morning clinic session.
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    Poplar Bluff High School Jazz Band 1’s Kaleb Alcorn-Young takes part in this week’s jazz festival at Three Rivers College.
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    Poplar Bluff High School Jazz Band 1 saxophone players Dustin Ramsey (from left), Chandler Shipp, Brileigh Cates, Layton Sanders, Grace Kearby and Jonathan Moreno play together during the clinic portion of Thursday’s jazz festival.
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    Poplar Bluff High School’s Jazz Band 1 performs with Dr. Richard Kelly, director of jazz studies at Southern Illinois University, during Thursday’s 29th annual Three Rivers College Jazz Festival in the Tinnin Fine Arts Center.