Credit: Pennsbury’s Music Department
Pennsbury High School’s 38th Annual Jazz Festival is scheduled for Thursday at 5 p.m.
The festival will feature a number of jazz ensembles from within Pennsbury, including the Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band and the Pennsbury Jazz Ensemble, as well as other fine ensembles from the region. According to organizers, other performing ensembles include the Montgomery Stage and Jazz Bands, LaSalle Jazz and Lab Bands, Cranberry School, and the high school bands from Neshaminy, Princeton, Willingboro, Camden and Cherry Hill East. Also performing will be Pennsbury’s three middle school jazz bands from Charles Boehm, William Penn and Pennwood.
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“The Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band is considered one of the finest scholastic music ensembles in the country and has been an integral part of the Pennsbury Instrumental Music Department since its inception in 1959, consistently earning the highest rankings at the festivals in which it competes. The band has performed on the ‘Tonight Show,’ at the Montreux Jazz Festival in Switzerland, the Mellon Festival, the Montreal Jazz Festival, and was the first US high school jazz band to perform in the People’s Republic of China. PCJB is under the direction of Mr. Frank Mazzeo. The band traveled to its fifth continent – Australia – in March 2016 and performed with James Morrison,” organizers said in a statement.
The Jazz Ensemble was established in 1991 to give more kids the chance to study and perform jazz.
Tickets for the festival are $10 for adults and $5 for students and seniors. Pennsbury Concert Jazz Band CDs and T-shirts will be available for purchase, as well as concessions.
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The Jazz Festival will take place at Pennsbury High School’s East Campus at 705 Hood Blvd. in Fairless Hills.
