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Each year, the ABAC Jazz Ensemble sponsors an all-day jazz festival on the ABAC campus featuring performances by high school jazz bands from throughout Georgia. Designed to promote jazz performance and education, the festival provides an opportunity for students from across the region to meet and showcase their talents in a non-competitive atmosphere. ABAC Campus April 19 , 2018 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. This year’s festival presents Tim Green, acclaimed jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. Green has performed with a wide range of artists including Roy Hargrove, Jon Faddis, Hubert Laws, Kenny Burrell, Patrice Rushen, Queen Latifah, Joe Chambers, Sean Jones, and Wynton Marsalis. He is also a member of the 75-piece Soulful Symphony, founded by conductor Darin Atwater, which recently undertook a residency at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Green has begun to mentor a younger generation in his native city, serving as the saxophone professor at Morgan State University and teaching at his alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts. For more information, contact: Dr. Thomas Heflin at 229.391.5253 or thefl[email protected] Jazz Festival g

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Each year, the ABAC Jazz Ensemble sponsors an all-day jazz festival on the ABAC campus featuring performances by high school jazz bands from throughout Georgia. Designed to promote jazz performance and education, the festival provides an opportunity for students from across the region to meet and showcase their talents in a non-competitive atmosphere.

ABAC CampusApril 19, 2018 • 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.

This year’s festival presents Tim Green, acclaimed jazz saxophonist, composer, and arranger. Green has performed with a wide range of artists including Roy Hargrove, Jon Faddis, Hubert Laws, Kenny Burrell, Patrice Rushen, Queen Latifah, Joe Chambers, Sean Jones, and Wynton Marsalis. He is also a member of the 75-piece Soulful Symphony, founded by conductor Darin Atwater, which recently undertook a residency at Baltimore’s Meyerhoff Symphony Hall. Green has begun to mentor a younger generation in his native city, serving as the saxophone professor at Morgan State University and teaching at his alma mater, the Baltimore School for the Arts.

For more information, contact: Dr. Thomas Heflin at 229.391.5253 or [email protected]

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