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Quakertown Community High School Wins SteelStacks Jazz Band Showcase presented by KingSpry



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BETHLEHEM—Quakertown Community High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Frank Parker, has been named the winner of the 2018 SteelStacks High School Band Jazz Showcase presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC. The school took top honors during the finals of the seventh-annual event March 11 at the ArtsQuest Center, earning the opportunity to open for RiverJazz headliner Bria Skonberg June 6, 7:30 p.m., at SteelStacks.

Upper Moreland High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Glenn Cowen, was named the showcase runner-up, and William Tennent High School Jazz Band, under the direction of Charlie DiCarne, took home third place.

The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase featured 21 high school jazz bands from Pennsylvania and New Jersey performing during three preliminary rounds at SteelStacks in February. The top seven bands then advanced to the finals March 11. In addition to the band honors, the competition’s judges also recognized several schools and individuals with ‘best soloist’ and ‘best section’ awards. The complete list of winners is as follows:

Section Awards
Best Reed Section:                             Upper Moreland High School
Best Trumpet Section:                        Quakertown Community High School
Best Trombone Section:                     William Tennent High School
Best Rhythm Section:                         Kutztown High School

Solo Awards
Best Jazz Saxophone/Woodwind:      Alex Mercer of North Penn High School
Best Jazz Trumpet:                             Alexa Lebron of North Penn High School
Best Jazz Trombone:                          Isaac Detweiler of Quakertown Community High School
Best Jazz Rhythm Soloist:                  Maria Marmarou of Kutztown High School
Best Overall Jazz Soloist:                   Andrew Sedlacsik of William Tennent High School

The SteelStacks High School Jazz Band Showcase was presented by King, Spry, Herman, Freund & Faul, LLC, in association with 69-WFMZ-TV, Green Leaf Productions and the Moravian College Music Department.

For more information on the showcase, please visit www.steelstacks.org.

Information and image provided to TVL by:
Mark Demko, ArtsQuest
http://www.artsquest.org/