Celebrating 10 Years with 10 Musicians in 10 Schools in ONE DAY!

by Mesa Arts Center | September 24, 2015

When you’re a kid, everyone tells you, “You can be anything you want when you grow up.” And we believe it, right? Everyone wants to be a “princess” or a “pirate-ninja,” and all things seem possible. While those early dreams don’t always come true, for the musicians of Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, their dreams of being a professional musician did. These musicians, at the top of their game, are headed out to schools throughout the Valley today to restore hope for holding on to dreams when you leave the nest. They’ll spend the day sharing their passion for music through workshops and clinics in school classrooms.

This is all part of Mesa Arts Center’s celebration of 10 years at One East Main – where we’re all for doing what you love and following your dreams. Mesa Arts Center’s deep partnership with Jazz at Lincoln Center continues to grow, building on a foundation laid over the last eight years through the Jazz from A to Z program. This multi-layered engagement enlivens the study of American History through jazz history and music, and is bringing jazz experiences to classrooms, broadening perspectives, inspiring, and engaging youth!

This motivating program is just the icing on the cake for Mesa Arts Center’s 10^th year celebration. You’ll also be able to see these musicians perform this Friday and Saturday. Join us September 25^thwith Jazz at Lincoln Center with Wynton Marsalis, and then the Arizona Premiere of “Swing Symphony” with special guest, The Phoenix Symphony on September 26^th.

Here’s where those amazing musicians will be headed today:

· Rhodes Jr. High

· Mesa High School

· Desert Mountain High School

· Liberty High School

· Brophy College Preparatory

· Heritage Academy

· Chandler High School

· Arizona State University

· Mesquite Jr. High

· Taylor Jr. High