Students named national music ambassadors
A record number of seven Douglas Anderson School of the Arts band students, received national recognition with the National Youth Ensembles, which is organized through Carnegie Hall. The highly competitive ensembles are comprised of the best young instrumentalists in the country.
Maurice Chakour, jazz guitar; Nelson Keakopa, trumpet; Luke Malobay, percussion; Beckett Miles, percussion; Sophia Para, flute; TJ Shistle, trombone; and Dru Verge, saxophone, were selected from a pool of thousands.
Miles was named as one of the two drummers to the National Youth Orchestra Jazz Ensemble, and will be touring a variety of Europe’s top summer jazz festivals with the ensemble. Malobay, Keakopa and Shistle were chosen to play select ensemble shows, including one at Carnegie Hall. Para, Verge and Chakour received recognition as alternates.
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