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Thu, Feb 13
|Sam First
Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Ensemble
Six extraordinary young jazz musicians from around the world were selected for the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA, Class of 2025. The group recently began their intensive, full-scholarship program and will attain a Master of Music in Jazz Performance degree UCLA.
Feb 13, 2025, 7:30 PM – 10:30 PM
Sam First, 6171 W Century Blvd #180, Los Angeles, CA 90045, USA
Yakiv Tsvietinskyi (trumpet), Alden Hellmuth (alto saxophone), Sasha Ripley (tenor saxophone), Miles Lennox(piano), Destiny Diggs-Pinto (bass), Ebunoluwa Daramola (drums)
Six extraordinary young jazz musicians from around the world were selected for the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA, Class of 2025. The group recently began their intensive, full-scholarship program in September 2023 and will attain a Master of Music in Jazz Performance degree from The UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music – one of the nation’s top music schools – in spring 2025.
One of the Institute’s earliest goals was to create a unique college-level jazz program where the masters of jazz could pass on their expertise to the next generation of jazz musicians. In September 1995, the Institute of Jazz Performance was launched and the first class of seven students began their intensive training with some of the world’s greatest musicians.
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz…