Rebecca Warfield, a first-year student at Kennedy High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the 2019 Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Rebecca will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM.
Her design will serve as the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project XII”, a compilation of recordings from the top jazz bands from Jefferson, Kennedy, Prairie, Xavier and Washington High Schools in Cedar Rapids, Linn-Mar and Marion in Marion; Iowa City High, Iowa City West High, Liberty High, Solon, Mt. Vernon, and Lisbon.
Receiving Honorable Mention in the contest were eleven other students:
- Madison Bartlett, Washington
- Zavier Burris, Marion
- Ashley Gordon, Marion
- Hannah Dighton, Lisbon
- Emily Durscher, Kennedy
- Adam Klees, Kennedy
- Gabe Nickels, Kennedy
- Sara Rosenthal, Kennedy
- Aaron Stockwell, Kennedy
- Grayson Taylor, Kennedy
- Samantha Witcher, Marion
Rebecca’s original piece, and those receiving Honorable Mention will all be exhibited during the Corridor Jazz Project concert, March 5 at the Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids.
The Corridor Jazz Project is a jazz education and mentoring program for jazz band students at the high schools in the Creative Corridor. The program, developed as a part of the education outreach of Jazz 88.3 KCCK, matches each school’s top jazz band with a professional jazz player, who performed as a guest soloist with the band. The subsequent recordings have been collected and will be released on a compilation CD. CDs will be made available to each school to sell and keep the proceeds. CDs will be available at local retail outlets as well.
Support for the Corridor Jazz Project comes from MidWestOne Bank, the Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association, Orchestra Iowa, and West Music.