INDEPENDENCE HIGH SCHOOL JAZZ ORCHESTRA

Joel Knipe, Director | Featuring *Luke Sanders, Guitar

“Two Seconds to Midnight” (Alan Baylock)

Saxophone: Will Hansen, *Dakota Grimm, Brooklyn Tudor, Presley Clendenen, Lainee Holthaus, AdaMaya Thomas

Trumpet: Connor Goldenstein, James Henderson, Jenna Schmadeke, *Aaron Tanay, Lucas Oneca Hernandez

Trombone: *Caleb Williamson, Dylan Everett-Garcia, Teagan Koth, Christian Simmons Piano: Josie Broughton

Drums: Emma Fisher | Bass: Katherine Hansen | Vibes: Antonio Moore

ABOUT THE INDEPENDENCE JAZZ ORCHESTRA

ABOUT LUKE SANDERS

Luke Sanders is Assistant Adjunct Professor of Guitar at the University of Northern Iowa. Prior to UNI, Luke taught guitar at Luther College and Wartburg College in Waverly, IA. His undergrad is from Coe College, and he earned his Masters at UNI. He’s a past band director at Waterloo West.

Luke has performed with the Des Moines Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra Iowa and been a guest artist with multiple professional concert bands around Iowa. Luke is a faculty member for KCCK Middle School Jazz Camp as well as the Cedar Falls Summer Jazz camp and UNI’s Amp Camp.