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DownBeat Magazine Student Music Awards caps a banner year for Rio Band The Rio Americano High School Band Program is receiving three major awards from DownBeat Magazine, the print authority on Jazz since the 1930’s. The awards are: Co-winners “Best High School Large Jazz Ensemble” – ‘AM Jazz Ensemble’ Co-winner “Best High School Small Group” … Read more
So much good news for Rio Band and Rio Band Alums! Rio’s AM Jazz Ensemble has been selected for the Essentially Ellington Festival! This “Super Bowl of High School Jazz” is run by Wynton Marsalis and will be held in May at NYC’s Lincoln Center. It features the top 15 Jazz bands in the US … Read more
Our 3 Jazz Ensembles and 2 of our combos participated in the Folsom Jazz Festival over the weekend, along with 140 groups from schools throughout Northern and Central California. The showing from the Rio groups was very strong, and the adjudicators awarded many individual and collective accolades to our kids. Here’s a breakdown: AM Jazz … Read more
Our annual Rio/ Arden Dinner Dance is coming up on Saturday, March 2nd. This lavish event features all of the Rio Jazz Bands, as well as the Arden Middle School Jazz Band, playing sophisticated, groovy and funky music for dancing. It is also a major fundraiser for our band programs, and the money raised benefits EVERY … Read more
Congratulations to our “Mingus” Combo! Once again Rio’s Mingus combo has been selected as one of only 3 national finalists for the 11th annual Charles Mingus Jazz Festival, to be held next month at The New School in NYC. All the details for the festival can be found here: http://mingusmingusmingus.com/jazz-education Way to go and good luck Mingus … Read more