Pennsbury Concert Band Frank Mazzeo, Director

Yardley Community Centre March 8, 2014 7:30pm

Pennsbury High School the Mellon Jazz Festival, the currently Emmy and is located in Fairless Hills, Montreal Jazz Festival and Grammy award winning in the heart of the Monterey Jazz Festival composer Patrick Williams. beautiful Bucks County. The in which they were one of 12 The Pennsbury School Pennsbury Concert Jazz bands to qualify out of over District is listed as one of Band has long been 200 bands from the United the “100 Best Communities considered one of the finest States, Japan and Australia. for music education in the musical ensembles in the Guest soloists through the ” for the past country. Year after year it years have included Stan five consecutive years. The consistently earns the Kenton, Maynard Ferguson, Pennsbury Concert Jazz highest rankings at festivals , Terell Band has performed on 4 in which it competes. Since Stafford, Carl Allen, Phil continents throughout the its beginnings in 1959, the Woods, Joe Alessi, Dick world which included Hong musicians in this group Oatts, and . Kong, China; London have performed jazz music The Pennsbury Concert Jazz England and in 2012 it at a level not typical of high Band has the distinct honor toured Buenos Aires, school age students. of being the first American Argentina. The assistant High School Jazz Band to Director of the band is Mr. The Pennsbury Concert Jazz perform throughout the Patrick Bailey and the Band has been an integral People’s Republic of China. director is Mr. Frank part of the Pennsbury Many compositions have Mazzeo. instrumental music been composed for PCJB by program. The band has such jazz great grammy performed on the “Tonight award-winning composers Show,” at the Montreaux as Sammy Nestico, Frank Jazz Festival in Switzerland, Mantooth, Bob Mintzer and

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