Reminder: JazzFest 2017 on Front Campus

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Spring is in bloom, and just like every spring in Milledgeville, that means it is time to swing. The 28th Annual JazzFest – sponsored by the Georgia College Department of Music, Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street – is just around the corner. This year’s festival will feature internationally-renowned saxophonist Jeff Coffin performing with the Georgia College Jazz Band.This year's JazzFest begins at 3 p.m., Saturday, April 29. The location has been changed to Front Campus at Georgia College. Jazz bands from local area schools will participate, along with a sunset concert featuring the Georgia College Jazz Band with Coffin.
The JazzFest has been a spring tradition since 1990, first organized by Jim Willoughby, former chair of the Music Department. Dr. Cliff Towner, the GC Director of Band Activities, says this year’s JazzFest “is going to be on a whole new level from recent years.  Partnering with Allied Arts and Milledgeville Main Street has enabled us to bring even more great jazz to Milledgeville.  The seven performing ensembles, along with an artist of the caliber of Jeff Coffin, are sure to please jazz enthusiasts and the community at large.”
This year’s festival begins with the Jones County High School Jazz Band at 3 p.m., followed by jazz bands from Oak Hill Middle School, Houston County High School, Baldwin High School and Riverwood International Charter School. 
The Georgia College Jazz Combo and Alumni Band will follow soon after. Finally, the Georgia College Jazz Band will kick off its concert around 7 p.m. and welcome Coffin to the stage.
Coffin is a three-time Grammy award-winning saxophonist, member of the Dave Matthews Band and a 14-year former player with Bela Fleck & the Flecktones. Coffin received a music education degree from the University of North Texas, where he played with the famous One O’Clock Lab Band. He is a sponsored Yamaha and D’ ...

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