December 16 & 17, 2019 - Victor Goines visits MHS Jazz Bands

On December 16 & 17, 2019, the MHS Band department welcomed acclaimed jazz artist and educator Victor Goines. Mr. Goines, director of Jazz Studies at Northwestern University and a member of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, worked with students to help them prepare for their submissions to the Essentially Ellington Festival in New York City. Through this two-day residency, Mr. Goines provided master classes, sectionals, and improvisation workshops while also leading the Seven O'Clock Jazz Band and the Middleton Jazz Orchestra in rehearsals and recordings.