BHS JAZZ – Ensemble Combos Sweep at Delta Jazz Festival
Congratulations to the Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble!
The Berkeley High Jazz Ensemble Combo I (Lev Facher, Nick Lamb, Grant Milliken, Elena Pinderhughes, and Brian Timar) took 1st place;
BHS Combo II (Marcelo Borque-Perez, Liam Collins, Sam Klein-Markman, Michael Orenstein, Hugo Shiboski, and Brian Timar) took 2nd place and
BHS Combo III ( Fred Calloway, Max Hirtz-Wolf, Harry Myerson and Jonah Udall) placed 3rd out of 16 combos competing at the Delta Jazz Festival on Saturday! All of the students in these three BHS combos were awarded musicianship awards for their combo performance at the Festival.
The BHS Jazz Ensemble, in its first year under the direction of Sarah Cline, took third place in the “heavy” division. Six students from the BHS Jazz Ensemble were awarded musicianship awards for their performance in the ensemble. Those students were Marcelo Borque-Perez, Nick Lamb, Grant Milliken, Sam Klein-Markman, Michael Orenstein, and Harrison Reinisch.
See the BHS Jazz Ensemble Fall Concert videos on the BUSD website home page.