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Solon – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Session
Today’s Featured Session from the 2019 Corridor Jazz Project CD Recordings is the Solon High School Jazz Orchestra, directed by Desmond Cervantez. Mr. Cervantez didn’t have to go very far to find his guest artist. Just across the hall, in fact, and asked Solon Vocal Director Joel Foreman to join the band on vocals …
Culture Crawl 421 “Image Control”
The Cedar Rapids Museum of Art has two new exhibits. “Power and Protest” features works form the Museum’s collection depicting the behind-the-scenes work to keep people in power, and the demonstrations, marches, and rallies that speak to that power. “Power and Protest” was created as a companion to the traveling exhibit “American Visionary – John …
CR Jefferson – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Session
School may be cancelled today, but you can pass the time by watching the latest video from the Corridor Jazz Project 2019 recording sessions, featuring the Jefferson High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chad Allard. Guest soloist is Chris Jensen, drums, performing “Spirit of New Orleans” by Andy Classen for the 2019 …
City High – 2019 Corridor Jazz Recording Session
13 high school jazz bands recently went into the studio with a guest artist to record for The Corridor Jazz Project, KCCK’s annual jazz education program that matches student and adult musicians. Each day, we’ll feature a video of one of the recording sessions, held at Orchestra Iowa‘s Opus Concert Cafe. Today, it’s the Iowa …
Culture Crawl 419 “Now You Can Get to Turkey Creek”
Tammy Wright from Bur Oak Land Trust is in to remind us that winter is a great time to check out some of the Land Trust’s properties, where you can snow shoe, cross-country, and ice fish. The Land Trust’s Turkey Creek property now boasts an improved entry, making it more accessible and visible. Mark your …
Corridor Jazz Cover Art Winner
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 …
Culture Crawl 418 “Jefferson, Dickens, and Tolstoy in an Escape Room”
Three of history’s greatest thinkers find themselves in a locked room and must ransack their philosophies and work in order to escape in “The Gospel According to Thomas Jefferson, Charles Dickens, and Count Leo Tolstoy: Discord,” presented by Riverside Theatre. Director Adam Knight says that writer Scott Carter, executive producer for “Real Time with Bill …
Culture Crawl 417 “Ramble In and Jam”
KCCK and West Music present a concert and community jam February 2 at 12noon, at West Music Coralville. Community Engagement Manager Katie Senn says the Dixieland group The Brick Street Ramblers, an 8-piece band playing the music of New Orleans, will perform live for the first hour (also broadcast live on KCCK. Following the concert, …