BEGIN:VCALENDAR PRODID:-//artsboston.org//NONSGML iCalcreator 2.6// VERSION:2.0 X-WR-CALNAME:Calendar of artsboston.org X-WR-CALDESC:In this calendar you will find information about events that y ou did save X-WR-TIMEZONE:US/Pacific BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20130518T221552CEST-5204USP5Ls@artsboston.org DTSTAMP:20130518T201552Z CATEGORIES:Personal CLASS:EVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Berklee's 43rd Annual High School Jazz Festival\nEv ent Url: http://www.artsboston.org/event/detail/441130595/Berklees_43rd_An nual_High_School_Jazz_Festival\nEvent Date Begin: 2011-03-05\nEvent Date E nd: 2011-03-05\n\nBerklee's 43rd High School Jazz Festival will showcase o ver 3\,000 students and 200 big bands\, combos\, and vocal ensembles from California to New England competing for $175\,000 in scholarships to Berkl ee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program. The annual event\, the largest of its kind in the U.S.\, will include clinics/concerts by the acclaimed a cappella group Pitch Slapped\, faculty drummer Kenwood Dennard (Wayne Sho rter\, George Clinton)\, Berklee's Concert Jazz Orchestra\, and Global Jaz z Institute\, City Music\, Salsa\, and P-Funk ensembles\, and more. For mo re information\, visit: http://www.berklee.edu/events/hsjazzfest\nAll conc erts and clinics are free and open to the public\, and will take place on Saturday\, March 5\, 2011\, at the Hynes Convention Center\, 900 Boylston Street\, from 9:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Scholarship and award winners will be announced at 6:00 p.m.\, followed by a winners showcase concert at 7:15 p .m. \nBerklee was recently awarded a $68\,600 Jazz.NEXT grant to develop a High School Jazz Festival website to extend the reach of this single eve nt to a year-round\, interactive\, online community for high school jazz i nstructors and students. It will offer instructional webcasts\, online acc ess to student and faculty clinics\, artist profiles\, festival and campus performances\, among other content. \nJazz.NEXT\, a national initiative l aunched in 2009\, seeks innovative and substantive approaches incorporatin g technology to support jazz. This project is funded by Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation\, through the generous support of the Doris Duke Charitable Fou ndation. For more information\, visit http://www.midatlanticarts.org.\nAt the event\, Berklee will name Radio Cremata the winner of this year's Take Note Award\, which recognizes excellence in the teaching of contemporary music education. Cremata\, a music teacher at La Salle High School (Miami\ , FL)\, will receive a cash prize and an online education package through Berkleemusic.com. Berklee will also name John Sturm the winner of the firs t Herb Pomeroy Jazz Composition/Arranging Contest. Sturm\, a student at Pr inceton High School (Princeton\, NJ)\, will receive a full scholarship for summer study at Berklee and have his piece performed by the Berklee Conce rt Jazz Orchestra at the High School Jazz Festival.\nEvent highlights:\n10 :00 a.m&ndash\;12:00 p.m. Berklee City Music Ensembles Berklee Showcase Ro om Ballroom A\, Third Level\n1:00 p.m.&ndash\;2:00 p.m. Berklee Salsa Ense mble Berklee Showcase Room\, Ballroom A\, Third Level\n2:00 p.m.&ndash\;3: 00 p.m. Berklee Global Jazz Institute Berklee Showcase Room\, Ballroom A\, Third Level\n2:00 p.m.&ndash\;3:00 p.m. Berklee Concert Jazz Orchestra Ve terans Memorial Auditorium\, Second Level\n3:00 p.m.&ndash\;4:00 p.m. Drum Clinic featuring Kenwood Dennard Jazz Workshop Room\, Ballroom C\, Third Level\n3:00 p.m.&ndash\;4:00 p.m. Vocal Clinic featuring Pitch Slapped Be rklee Showcase Room\, Ballroom A\, Third Level\n4:00 p.m.&ndash\;5:00 p.m. Berklee P-Funk Ensemble Veterans Memorial Auditorium\, Second Level\n6:00 p.m.&ndash\;7:15 p.m. Awards Presentation Veterans Memorial Auditorium\, Second Level\n7:15 p.m.&ndash\;9:15 p.m. Winners Showcase Concert Veterans Memorial Auditorium\, Second Level\n\nStart time: 10:00 a.m. - 9:15 p.m. DTSTART:20110305T000000 DTEND:20110305T000000 LOCATION: SUMMARY:Berklee's 43rd Annual High School Jazz Festival TRANSP:TRANSPARENT END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR