Rincon/University Band One of Few Selected to Play at Jazz Festival in Texas

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Contact: Estella Zavala or Jennea Moore, 225-6437 
Posted on: April 6, 2005

The Rincon/University High School Ranger Jazz Band, 421 N. Arcadia Blvd., were one of 15 high school groups selected to perform at the fifth annual University of North Texas Jazz Festival on April 3 in Addison, Texas. 

The annual festival educates participants through workshops and spotlights talented college and high school musicians from across the country.

The Ranger Jazz Band was chosen as a result of an audition tape they submitted last fall. In addition to performing, band members attended concerts performed by the top university and professional touring jazz combos, viewed presentations about the history of jazz, and worked one-on-one with a jazz clinician. 

The 19-member band regularly performs for live audiences throughout Tucson and Southern Arizona. The band has won previous competitions including the Big Bad Voodoo Daddy high-school jazz band competition in 2003.

The University of North Texas began offering a degree in jazz in 1947 and was the only university to do so for 20 years. It has earned an international reputation for excellence in both the music education field and the professional jazz industry.

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