Weekend in Edmonds at the DeMiero Jazz Festival
John Pizzarelli returns for the fourth consecutive year with his quartet to lend artistic direction to this annual Edmonds event. Festival attendees can catch Pizzarelli and quartet each night, along with Friday and Saturday headliners Freddy Cole Quartet and Karrin Allyson.
The festival also features performances by more than 50 elementary, middle, and high school jazz choirs and jazz bands and adult choirs from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The festival is made possible by a collaborative partnership with Edmonds Community College and the Friends of Frank DeMiero Foundation, honoring the vocal educator and community agent Frank DeMiero, who currently resides in Edmonds.
The festival also hosts the Tenuto Awards each year. In music, a tenuto mark signifies that a note should be sustained for its whole value. The award is given to individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to music education—enabling young people to live their lives to their fullest value. Recipients in 2010 were Sara Gazarek and Symetra Financial.
DeMiero Jazz Festival events are held at the Edmonds Center for the Arts on the weekend of March 3-5. Full details are available at www.demierojazzfest.org.
John Pizzarelli returns for the fourth consecutive year with his quartet to lend artistic direction to this annual Edmonds event. Festival attendees can catch Pizzarelli and quartet each night, along with Friday and Saturday headliners Freddy Cole Quartet and Karrin Allyson.
The festival also features performances by more than 50 elementary, middle, and high school jazz choirs and jazz bands and adult choirs from throughout the Pacific Northwest.
The festival is made possible by a collaborative partnership with Edmonds Community College and the Friends of Frank DeMiero Foundation, honoring the vocal educator and community agent Frank DeMiero, who currently resides in Edmonds.
The festival also hosts the Tenuto Awards each year. In music, a tenuto mark signifies that a note should be sustained for its whole value. The award is given to individuals and organizations who have made significant contributions to music education—enabling young people to live their lives to their fullest value. Recipients in 2010 were Sara Gazarek and Symetra Financial.
DeMiero Jazz Festival events are held at the Edmonds Center for the Arts on the weekend of March 3-5. Full details are available at www.demierojazzfest.org.
