On Friday, February 6, twenty members of Notre Dame Academy’s Jazz Band traveled to UW–Stevens Point for a day filled with music and mentorship.
The jazz band, an extracurricular ensemble, includes 22 students, but the group for the festival was slightly smaller due to illness and obligations. They meet twice a week, Monday afternoons and Thursday mornings to practice and prepare for performances.
According to Jazz Band director and music teacher Steve Johnson, the UW–Stevens Point Jazz Festival is not actually a competition…