melody Harding’s jazz band spices things up Harding students traveled all over sharing their talents and inspiring younger students to pursue their dreams into their college years. The Harding University Jazz Band was no exception as they journeyed to aid their younger counterparts by encouraging them through their music. The Jazz Band traveled to Birmingham,Alabama,fromNovember 29 –December 2 to give Discovery Middle School band students the chance to work with college musicians.The band played for and helped students, allowing the middle schoolers to form relationships with the Harding students by spending time with them while enjoying their passion. “We played one show the night we got there,” sophomore saxophone player Daniel Lee said. “It was one of the best shows we played that semester. I didn’t expect it because we had been in a car all day.” Not only did the middle school students get a chance to hear what a university jazz band sounded like, but they were also able to learn from the members about playing jazz pieces and how they could further their music careers, whether as a hobby or as a major once they came into the university level.The Jazz Band played in a clinic style, offering help to the aspiring young musicians. “We stayed at school all day Friday, played with and gave tips to the hundreds of band students that came through,” senior saxophone player Ryan Locke said. “We even stayed until after school doing clinics until dinner time.” The time spent in practice with the Jazz Band was greatly appreciated by the middle schoolers, who also opened their houses for the college visitors to spend the night while on the trip. “We stayed at the houses of the band students and got to hang out a little bit with them,” Locke said. “It was really fun, and the people were really hospitable.” The band also received some insight into the world of a middle school band director when they engaged in a question and answer session that dove deep into the world of teaching music. “It was a really interesting insight that showed the good, bad and ugly to what we could be doing in the future,” Locke said. The Jazz Band helped to show the middle school students of Birmingham, Alabama, that their love of music could easily translate into exciting times in the years to come. Not only did the Jazz Band give inspiration, but they received it in the form of the eager learning of the younger band members. [Jennifer Harris] [music-instrumental] 221 Row 1: J. Robertson Row 2: A. Koay, S. Rampey, A. Royse, W. Hammes. Row1:V.Mowrer, V.Chittam, J.Clem, A. Denton, H. Pruitt, A.Calcote,M. Lockewood,M.Delafave,H.Payne.Row2:J.Leath,A.Withrow,N.Smelser, C. Growns, J. Ward, K. Lillis, C. McLean, A. Lawson. Row 3: L. Kirkham, R. Bartlett, J. Tapang, J. Carbonneau, S. Yarnell. Row4: G.Manley, D. Hunt, R. Locke, J. Tesch, N. Dean, B. Stafford. Row 5: C. Lewis, C. Hancock, K. Perkins, S. Vantine, G. Cox, J. Ruhl, E. Bradley, B. Jones, H. Long. Row6: B. Braswell,W. Hammes, A. Mowrer, A. Gresham, J. Dean. Row7: J.Wilhite, J. Tubb, H. Iizumi. [string quartet] [thundering herd]
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