High school performance times at Hastings College Jazz Festival announced

(Hastings, Neb.) – The Hastings College Jazz Festival and Workshop will include performances by several high school jazz ensembles on April 2 at two locations, French Memorial Chapel (800 N. Turner Ave.) and the Masonic Center Auditorium (411 N. Hastings Ave.) These performances will be free and open to the public. French Memorial Chapel
9:00 a.m. Nebraska City
9:30 a.m. Grand Island Senior High #1
10:00 a.m. Holdrege
10:30 a.m. Grand Island Senior High #2
11:00 a.m. Centennial
11:30 a.m. St. Cecilia
12:30 p.m. Hastings Middle School
1:00 p.m. Grand Island Northwest
1:30 p.m. Hastings High School
2:00 p.m. Norris
2:30 p.m. Columbus
3:00 p.m. Pierce
3:30 p.m. Omaha Skutt Catholic
Masonic Center Auditorium
9:00 a.m. Blue Hill
9:30 a.m. Centura
10:00 a.m. Gretna
10:30 a.m. Lawrence-Nelson
11:00 a.m. Yutan
11:30 a.m. Omaha North
1:00 p.m. Lincoln Northeast
1:30 p.m. Plainview
2:00 p.m. Perkins County
2:30 p.m. Shickley
Throughout the festival, the high school students will work with the Doug Talley Quartet, a Kansas City-based jazz ensemble which has garnered national airplay for its interpretations of traditional Kansas City-style jazz. The quartet will also give a free public performance on Monday, April 2 at 7:30 p.m. in French Memorial Chapel.
A spirit of excellence has long been the hallmark of the Hastings College music experience. Hastings College students and faculty have been making music from the beginning of the College in 1882. Hastings College is recognized as a National Liberal Arts College in the U.S. News and World Report annual “America’s Best Colleges” issue and a Best Midwestern College by Princeton Review. The Hastings College Department of Music is accredited by the National Association of Schools of Music and also was named an All-Steinway School, one of only 82 worldwide.
The Department of Music offers a full range of vocal and instrumental opportunities for all Hastings College students. Major ensembles and small groups travel regularly, making special appearances at music conferences, schools, and churches. Vocal ensembles at Hastings College include the renowned Hastings College Choir, Men’s Chorus, HC Singers (treble voices), Spectrum vocal chamber ensembles, along with other special smaller groups. Instrumental ensembles include the Concert Band, Jazz Band, and Marching Band; Flute, Clarinet, Saxophone, Chamber Orchestra, Brass, and Percussion Ensembles, and the Bell Choir. The department serves as the permanent residence of the South Central Nebraska Children’s Chorale; the Nebraska State High School Honor Choir, Band, and Orchestra; and the Hastings Symphony Orchestra.
Music students can earn a Bachelor of Music degree with majors in applied performance, music education, and piano pedagogy. A Bachelor of Arts degree in music with an emphasis in performance, elementary education, music history or sacred music is also available. Hastings College offers a Master of Arts in Teaching with emphasis in music. In addition, the department sponsors student chapters of Sigma Alpha Iota, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Music Educators National Conference, and Music Teachers National Association.

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