Rielly Gillaspie, a senior at Washington High School in Cedar Rapids, has been chosen as the winner of the Corridor Jazz Project CD Cover design. Gillaspie will receive a $100 cash prize from KCCK-FM and the design will adorn the cover of the “The Corridor Jazz Project IX”, 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; City and West High Schools in Iowa City, Solon High School and Lisbon High School.
Receiving Honorable Mention in the contest were nine other students:
- Mitchell Baily, Marion
- Hunter Bartlett, Washington
- Damion Cornwell, Marion (2 runner-up entries)
- Robert Jacobus, Kennedy
- Ryann Jensen, Kennedy
- Skyler Johnson, Marion
- Taliah McGirf, Kennedy
- Stacie Treptow, Kennedy
- Paige Zebuhr, Kennedy
Gillaspie’s original piece, and those receiving Honorable Mention will all be exhibited during Corridor Jazz Project concerts, March 28-29, at the Scottish Rite Temple in Cedar Rapids.
The Corridor Jazz Project is a jazz education and mentoring program for jazz band students at the public 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, Rockwell Collins, and West Music.