The Harvard-Westlake Music Program Presents
HW JAZZ CONCERT

Friday, April 26th at 7:30 p.m. in Rugby Auditorium

Middle School Jazz Director: Starr Schaftel Wayne
Upper School Jazz Director: Dr. Chris Sullivan

Middle School Jazz Band

Love Is Here to Stay ... George & Ira Gershwin, Arranged by Craig Skeffington
Pure Imagination ... Leslie Bricusse & Anthony Newley, Arranged by Craig Skeffington
Sabor de Cuba ... Victor Lopez

Jazz Ensemble

Sama Layuca ... McCoy Tyner
Time Flies* ... Ella Graber
*Winner of the 2024 Blues Composition Contest
Things Are Getting Better ... Cannonball Adderley

Studio Jazz Band

Front Burner ... Sammy Nestico
Let's Face the Music and Dance ... Irving Berlin, Arranged by Michael Mossman
Such Sweet Thunder ... Duke Ellington
Cottontail ... Duke Ellington

Jazz Band

JoJo’s Mojo ... Marcus Printup
Golden Cress ... Duke Ellington
Roy Allan ... Roy Hargrove
Someday My Prince Will Come** ... Frank Churchill, Arranged by Manos Vourgourakis
**Featuring members of the HW Jazz Singers
Chinoiserie ... Duke Ellington

MIDDLE SCHOOL JAZZ BAND

Saxophone: Evan Daneshrad, Charlotte Fowkes, Noah Ramsey, Grayden Lichtman, and Shiv Grover
Trumpet: Christian Indelicato, Mateo Cue, Talia Landres, and Maximus Lee
Trombone: Michaella Armour, Yari Milakin, Aiden Han, and Hal Craig
Piano: Michael Reola and Rares Obreja
Bass: Noah Shallman and Niko Ma
Drums: Matteo Duffy-Seidenwerg and Charlie Moonves

JAZZ BAND

Saxophone: Eric Vartany, Hugh Cheng, Dillon Ring, Allie Hunnius, and Sam Cleland

Trumpet: Owen Huang, Leo Craig, Chance Krenzer, Declan Murphy and Ella Graber

Trombone: Andre Touloumian, Jack Welsh, and Miles LaTourrette-Ghez

Guitar: William Abraham, Ryan Whiteman

Piano: Abe Effress and Tyler Park

Bass:  Manos Vourgourakis and Paul Trajanovich

Drums: Ari Meron and Mark Ma

STUDIO JAZZ BAND

Saxophone: Anthony Gerencher, Jackson Hoffman, Cyrus Zahiri, Frank Zhang, and Zachary Zhang

Trumpet: Emy Spieker, Romy Harari, Taylor Gamradt, Wyatt Kline, and Ronan Valle

Trombone: Eric Cheng, Weston Fox, and Avery Kim

Guitar: Charlotte Whang

Piano: Colton Checchi and Sam Reiner

Bass: Aven Son and Ben Simmons

Drums: Tyler Castanon-Hill and Christine Chung

JAZZ ENSEMBLE

Marcus Collins – Tenor Saxophone

Adrian Drouin – Tenor Saxophone

Matthew Meyer – Trumpet

Reina Hewes – Vibraphone

Finn Slootweg – Guitar

Moses Ma – Piano

Emma Tseng – Bass

Vinnie Rabizadeh – Drums

Gideon Marley – Drums