WSU scores big at 2019 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival

By Communications staff, Washington State University
Jazz band performing on stage.
WSU Jazz Big Band I performing at festival.

WSU music student soloists and ensembles won several first place awards at the 2019 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival this past weekend in Moscow, Idaho.

Ensemble winners include WSU Jazz Big Band I, and WSU combos: Jazz Wires and God’s Harmony. Student solo winners include Raul Blanco, piano; Brandt Fisher, tenor saxophone; Joel Roeber, guitar and Outstanding Soloist, Adam Hureau, clarinet.

God's Harmony ensemble combo.
God’s Harmony

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