Cambridge Jazz Festival: Schools Jazz Ensemble

Three local school jazz orchestras perform arrangements from standards to funk, ragtime and swing at the Cambridge Jazz Festival's schools showcase.

As part of the Cambridge Jazz Festival's commitment to supporting jazz in schools, three local school jazz orchestras take the stage at Storey's Field Centre. The young musicians play arrangements spanning standards, funk, ragtime and swing, kicking off a day dedicated to big band and jazz ensembles. The schools big band workshop is led by trombonist and educator Vij Prakash of The Brass Funkeys and NYJO.