Jazzed Up

Grades: 3-12
Running-time is approximately 1 hour.

Metta Quintet is a cohesive, tight-knit unit featuring some of today’s most esteemed and creative jazz artists. Its musicians are fueled by open-minded musical curiosity, and dedicated to exploring new artistic territory while maintaining a passionate commitment to arts education, fostering new audiences, and nurturing young talent.

Prior to the Jazzed Up presentation, members of the Quintet will conduct Master Classes with the PHS Jazz Ensemble, providing an opportunity for students to perform excerpts from their repertoire for constructive critique and evaluation. The culmination of the residency/master classes will bring Metta Quintet and the PHS Jazz Ensemble together to perform on the Bardavon stage.

Made possible with funding from The Beechwood Group of Wells Fargo Advisors, Church Communities Foundation, Gannett Foundation, George A. Strba Charitable Trust, Helen I. Graham Charitable Foundation, Key Bank Foundation, Klock Foundation, Louis Greenspan Charitable Trust, Mid-Hudson Valley Federal Credit Union, Millman Harris Romano Foundation, Rhinebeck Bank, Second Hand Rose, Stewarts Shops, TD Bank Foundation, and from the Community Foundations of the Hudson Valley: Ann and Abe Effron Fund, Charlie Carroll Music Enrichment Fund, Ed & Barbara Joba Fund for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and the Robert R. Chapman Fund. Additional support from the Dyson Foundation, James J. McCann Charitable Trust, Jane W. Nuhn Charitable Trust, and Jeanette F. Schlobach Charitable Trust, and special thanks to all the donors who contributed to the Field-Trip Fund. This program is also made possible by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature.