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Draper Park students perform jazz and film music at year-end concert
Summary
Students at Draper Park Wheel School performed jazz standards, film scores and ensemble pieces at a year-end concert that included soloists, beginning ensembles and a reminder of an upcoming orchestra concert.
Mr. Whitener, a staff member at Draper Park Wheel School, opened the school—s year-end concert by thanking students and families and saying, "It's been a wonderful, wonderful 2425 school year." He led a program that mixed jazz standards, original student arrangements and music from films and television.
"That first tune is a Billy Strayhorn tune called 'Take the A Train,'" Whitener said, introducing a jazz selection that featured pianist Rachel Van Werkom and saxophonist Ryan…
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