(New York, NY - June 4, 2004) The 2004 JVC Jazz Festival will present a free, lunchtime concert featuring talented students from the New School University Jazz and Contemporary Music Program on Wednesday, June 23, 2004, 12:00 noon, at Bryant Park located at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue behind the New York Public Library.
The concert is presented by Down Beat magazine.
New School University students who will be performing at the concert include Logan Richardson, saxophone, Keyon Harrold, trumpet, Frank LoCrasto, piano, Solomon Dorsey, bass, and Tommy Crane, drums.
For more information on the 2004 JVC Jazz Festival, go to www.festivalproductions.net.
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New School University's Jazz and Contemporary Music Program trains students for the artistic, technical and professional demands of employment and performance in the music world. The Program grants a B.F.A. degree in Jazz Performance and in Composition/Arranging. Students in the Program study with an internationally renowned artists faculty. The program encourages and nurtures each student's unique talents, to help cultivate the future generation of jazz leaders.
Founded in 1986, New School University's Jazz Program has produced some of the leading voices in jazz today, including Brad Mehldau, Larry Goldings, Roy Hargrove, Peter Bernstein, and Susie Ibarra. Martin Mueller is Executive Director of the Jazz Program.
For further information on the Jazz Program, call (212) 229-5896 or visit the Web site at www.newschool.edu/jazz/.