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05/11/2017 12:01 AM

GHS Jazz Ensemble Receives Top Honors at Montreal Festival


The student musicians in their rehearsal space at Guilford High School with Music Department Chair and Jazz Ensemble Director T. Thomas Boates (left). Photo courtesy of Lorri Hahn

The Guilford High School Jazz Ensemble traveled to Montreal in April to compete in the Montreal Heritage Festival against jazz bands from Ontario and New York. The students earned a gold medal rating and the first place award in their class, and were one of two groups in the entire music festival to earn a special adjudicator’s trophy for their high scores. The ensemble was then honored with the trophy for the best instrumental group of the entire festival.