The ORR High School Jazz Band is having a great 2016! On Saturday, February 6, they attended the Berklee High School Jazz Festival in Boston, where they were awarded Third Place in their division, missing second by only one point. Senior Shane Fitzgerald and Junior Maxx Wolski were given two of the three Outstanding Musician Awards for the division.
On Wednesday, March 2, the Jazz Band attended the MAJE (Massachusetts Association for Jazz Education) Cape Cod Coastal Festival, where they were awarded a Gold Medal. As Gold Medalists, they will now go to the State Finals this Saturday, March 19. Their performance will be at 10:30 am at Coakley Middle School in Norwood.
The Jazz Band will perform again, along with the High School Chorus, High School Jazz Combo, and the Junior High School Jazz Band at the annual Night of Jazz in the High School Auditorium on Thursday, April 14.