Anamosa High School Jazz I Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band City High School Jazz Ensemble
Clear Creek-Amana Jazz Ensemble
Independence Jazz Orchestra
lowa City West High Jazz Ensemble
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School Band of Blues
Cedar Rapids Kennedy High School Jazz One
Liberty High School Jazz Ensemble
Linn-Mar High School Colton Center Jazz Ensemble
Lisbon High School Jazz Band
Mid-Prairie High School Jazz Band
Marion High School Jazz Band One
Mount Vernon Swingin’ Stangs
Prairie High School Jazz Band One
Solon High School Jazz Orchestra
Cedar Rapids Washington High School Revolutionists
West Branch High School Jazz Ensemble
West Liberty Varsity Jazz
Williamsburg High School Jazz Outlet
Xavier High School Jazz Band One
March 10, 6:30 p.m. Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
In Association with The Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association
March 11, 6:30 p.m. Voxman Hall of Music, Iowa City
In Association with the University of Iowa School of Music
Recording Sponsored by:
Engineered and Mixed by Ed Karr, Karrleton Recording Photography by Jeff Schmatt, Rubicon Photography Layout and Design by Kirkwood Marketing Executive Producer: Dennis Green
Special Thanks to: Eric Marshall and Orchestra Iowa
For KCCK: Ron Adkins, Laura Carson, Michelle Collier, Amira Kellison
Original Artwork by Evelyn Klima, Mt. Vernon High School
The Corridor Jazz Project turns 18 in 2025, the same age as many of our musicians! The program has changed and grown a lot since we began in 2008 with just eight schools. One thing that hasn’t changed is that every year, I am simply knocked out by the quality of each band and the songs they bring to our recording session. Big school or small, everyone brings their “A” game to the studio, and you can certainly tell as you listen to each song.
As KCCK celebrates our 50th year in 2025, it’s such a pleasure to also showcase a record twenty-one bands in the Corridor Jazz Project! Welcome to our twenty-first school, joining the program for the first time, West Liberty Varsity Jazz directed by Ashley Smith.
Dennis Green
General Manager
Jazz 88.3 KCCK
Concert Etiquette
We understand this may be just about the longest concert you’ve ever attended. In fact, tonight we’ll present more groups than some music festivals do in an entire weekend!
If you’ve seen all you want to see, don’t feel bad for taking off before the end of the night. If the bands you want to see happen to be at opposite ends of the schedule, feel free to leave and return.
All we ask is that you wait for the current performance to end before moving around, and to be polite to those other patrons near your seat.
Performance Schedule
March 10, 6:30 p.m.
Paramount Theatre, Cedar Rapids
In Association with The Cedar Rapids Community Concert Association
Center Point-Urbana Jazz Band featuring Rich Wagor, bass
Cedar Rapids Jefferson High School Band of Blues featuring Michael D’Angelo, drums
Marion Jazz Band One featuring Anthony Williams, trombone
Cedar Rapids Washington Revolutionists featuring Chris Navarette, trumpet
Cedar Rapids Kennedy Jazz One featuring Laci McHenry, vocal
Linn-Mar Colton Center Jazz Ensemble featuring Rich Medd, trombone
Williamsburg Jazz Outlet featuring Elly Hofmaier, vocal
Xavier Jazz Band One featuring Toni LeFebvre, trumpet
Anamosa Jazz I featuring Blake Shaw, bass
Independence Jazz Orchestra featuring Luke Sanders, guitar
Prairie Jazz Band One featuring Mike Conrad, piano
West Branch Jazz Ensemble featuring Farren Johnson, drums
March 11, 6:30 p.m.
Voxman Hall of Music, Iowa City
In Association with the University of Iowa School of Music
Mid-Prairie Jazz Band featuring Saul Lubaroff, sax
Clear Creek-Amana Jazz Ensemble featuring Joey Schnoebelen, trumpet
West Liberty Varsity Jazz featuring Cory Schmitt, trumpet
City High Jazz Ensemble featuring Kolbe Schnoebelen, trombone
Mount Vernon Swingin’ Stangs featuring Jen Tiede, sax
Liberty High Jazz Ensemble featuring Brian Zeglis, drums
Solon Jazz Orchestra featuring Elizabeth Hand, vibes
Lisbon Jazz Band featuring Joel Nagel, trombone
West High Jazz Ensemble featuring Damani Phillips, sax
Upcoming Jazz Events*
April 4
First Friday Jazz Confluence
5 – 7 p.m.
Opus Concert Café
First set broadcast live on KCCK www.artsiowa.com
April 25
KCCK’s Taste of Jazz Food, Beer & Wine Tasting
Special Guest: Five-Time Grammy Nominee Karrin Allyson
6:30 p.m.
The Hotel at Kirkwood Center Reservations: 319-398-5446 or www.kcck.org/taste
May 2
First Friday Jazz Road Scholars (Spyro Gyra Tribute)
5 – 7 p.m.
Opus Concert Café
First set broadcast live on KCCK www.artsiowa.com
June 6
First Friday Jazz
Kevin BF Burt
5 – 7 p.m.
Opus Concert Café
First set broadcast live on KCCK www.artsiowa.com
July 4 – 6
The Iowa City Jazz Festival Featuring Stefon Harris, Joel Frahm, SRT, Jocelyn Gould, Ryan Middagh, and more Downtown Iowa City Free
www.summerofthearts.org
July 14 – 18
KCCK’s Middle School Jazz Band Camp
For band students entering grades 6-9 www.kcck.org/jazzbandcamp
KCCK’s Jazz Under The Stars In Noelridge Park
Celebrating 50 years of KCCK with All-Star Reunions!
August 7
Daugherty, Davis & McPartland
August 14
Al Naylor’s I-380 Express
August 21
Kevin BF Burt
August 28
Funk 101 and the Eastern Iowa Funk All-Stars
Plus, KCCK’s Young Artist Series
All concerts start at 6:30 p.m.
Broadcast live on KCCK www.kcck.org/juts
*All dates and times subject to change
CLASSROOM CASH
$1,515,076 earned by schools since 2004
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CENTER POINT-URBANA JAZZ BAND
Dan Jacobi, Director | Featuring *Rich Wagor, Bass Guitar
“Crunchy Frog” (Gordon Goodwin)
Saxophone: Avanti Dunn, Martavia Hunt, Christina Donley, Kolbie Kriegel, Cameron Hines, Abby Miller
Piano: Sean Kearney | Bass: Solomon Shaffer | Drums: Oliver Miller, Derick Doresca | Vibes: Tiff Lieberman
Jazz 88.3 KCCK
Enriching the Community
Jazz 88.3 KCCK is a noncommercial, educational FM radio station operated by Kirkwood Community College. KCCK enriches the cultural environment of the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City communities through a variety of on-air programs and community outreach activities. Many of these programs center on the promotion and preservation of jazz, America’s only indigenous musical art form.
KCCK programs a rich on-air schedule of jazz, blues, and related music every day, and produces programs designed to enhance the listener’s appreciation of this unique art music.
In addition to high-quality on-air programs, KCCK brings jazz to the Corridor community in a variety of venues:
• For nearly 30 years, KCCK has sponsored and organized Jazz Under the Stars, a free concert series designed to bring exposure to both professional and student jazz performers in our region, all in a free, family-friendly atmosphere.
• KCCK produces several concerts and programs each year. These include an annual broadcast of the main stage performances at the Iowa City Jazz Festival, along with other concert broadcasts, including student bands from the U of I, Kirkwood, and others.
The Corridor Jazz Project is just one of several education programs KCCK has designed to bring jazz to young people. Others include:
• Schoolhouse Jazz, which encompasses narration, performance, and student participation to help elementary students understand jazz as a musical form, and also its enormous impact on American culture and history.
• Middle School Jazz Band Camp, a weeklong campus experience for students entering grades 7 – 9, which brings young band students into contact with peers from other schools and directors from area high schools and colleges to enrich their middle school instrumental experience and help prepare them for high school band.
STUDENT DJ SCHEDULE
Jazz 88.3 reaches an audience of about 17,000 people each week. Over 15,000 more attend events or are served by our jazz education programs. KCCK receives operating support from Kirkwood as well as a number of community and government entities, but individual listener contributions make up nearly a third of the station’s cash operating budget. All contributions to KCCK are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
to KCCK during April Jazz Appreciation Month as students from each Corridor jazz band
Thank you featured artists.
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