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Monterey Jazz Festival Names Paul Contos as Director of Education
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Monterey Jazz Festival
The Monterey Jazz Festival, a leader in jazz education since its inception in 1958, is pleased to announce that saxophonist, jazz educator, and director Paul Contos has been named as the Festival's Director of Education. A San Francisco Bay Area native, Paul Contos has been an essential part of the Monterey Jazz Festival's Jazz Education Programs since their inception in 1984, and is active as a saxophone clinician, educator, and performer at various educational festivals, clinics, concerts, and workshops in ...
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SF Jazz Appoints Paul Contos New Director of SF Jazz High School All-Stars
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Marshall Lamm Promotions & Public Relations
Cory Combs, Director of Education of SFJAZZ—the leading non-profit jazz organization on the West Coast and presenter of the 27th Annual San Francisco Jazz Festival running October 10 through November 21—today announced the appointment of Paul Contos as the new Director of the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars. Founded in 2001 by Dr. Dee Spencer, the SFJAZZ High School All-Stars are selected annually by competitive audition. The All-Stars program provides advanced-level training in small and large ensemble performance, composition, jazz theory, ...
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