Jazz students performed at Vibrato Grill Jazz for four hours Sunday night. Vibrato Grill Jazz was founded by seven time Grammy winner Herb Alpert and hosts daily jazz performances during its dinner service. “We like Vibrato because of the beautiful location and amazing venue,” upper school performing arts teacher Shawn Costantino, who organizes the performance […]
The Advanced Jazz Combo and the Jazz Explorers will perform at Vibrato Grill Jazz from 6:30 to 10 p.m. on Oct. 14. “This is the most important gig,” bassist Robert Lee ’14 said. “Every year we get a good amount of people going to the show, and it’s people who we want to come to […]
By Billy Goulston Lasting upwards of three hours, the upper school winter jazz concert featured new-age jazz-rooted hip-hop, like Herbie Hancockâs âRockit,â and jazz standards such as Duke Ellingtonâs âRhapsody in Blue.â The concert consisted of both the three big bands, Jazz Ensemble, Studio Jazz Band and Jazz Band, and the two top combos, the […]
By Alexia Boyarsky  The orchestra office is newly organized with arranged shelves of folders lining the walls. In a corner a piano stands with sheet music opened on top, ready to be played. âThis room looks very nice now,â new performing arts teacher William McClain said. âIt did not look like this before school.â McClain […]
 By Alexia Boyarsky The Jazz Explorers, the schoolâs top jazz combo, played last Sunday at Vitelloâs Restaurant, followed by a professional combo led by Jazz Director Shawn Costantino. The Explorers, currently consisting of Jay Dockendorf â07 on the piano, Leland Farmer â07 on the bass, Lucas Berman â07 on the drums, Ian Sprague â08 on […]