Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra Performs for Christmas In July Toy Drive

To help support the summer toy drive Christmas in July the Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra is performing alongside the Keller Jazz Orchestra at the Northwood Church, 1870 Rufe Snow Drive in Keller, Texas on July 28th at 6pm for a free concert.

Keller, United States - July 5, 2019 /PressCable/ —

To help support the summer toy drive Christmas in July the Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra is performing alongside the Keller Jazz Orchestra at the Northwood Church, 1870 Rufe Snow Drive in Keller, Texas on July 28th at 6pm for a free concert. This toy drive benefits Keller’s Community Storehouse and admission is free although they are asking you to bring an unwrapped toy.

The Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra (or KAYJO) has become known as an all star group. They are made up of players mostly All Region band qualifiers and about a third are All Staters. Many graduates of KAYJO have gone on to play with top Jazz orchestras in the country. They formed in 2010. They have rehearsed and performed with guest artists from Disney, the USMC All Star Jazz Band, Buddy Rich, Stan Kenton and Maynard Ferguson. The Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra is supported largely by businesses of the Greater Keller Chamber of Commerce. KAYJO has been named the 2017 Nonprofit Organization of the Year by the Greater Keller Chamber of Commerce.

Their performance will be followed by the Keller Jazz Orchestra with special guest Gunnery Sergeant Ken Ebo. A decorated combat veteran he has a Masters Degree in Jazz and leads the USMC Jazz Orchestra. He has spent eight years as chief jazz instructor at the US Naval School of Music and has worked with several KAYJO alumni. Since becoming a Texan in 2018 he freelances with the Keller Jazz Orchestra and the Tuxedo Junction Big Band.

The Keller Jazz Orchestra is made up of twenty professional musicians who make their homes in the Keller, Texas area. Several are music educators and had students who wanted to play and so they started a Youth Orchestra to accommodate that need.

The Toy Drive benefits the the charitable Christmas programs of Keller’s Community Storehouse. To see more about the Christmas In July event, their website is www.KellerJazz.org

Contact Info:
Name: Gary Phillips
Email: Send Email
Organization: Keller Area Youth Jazz Orchestra
Address: 223 Lakeway Drive, Keller, TX 76248, United States
Phone: +1-817-691-1205
Website: http://www.KellerJazz.org

Source: PressCable

Release ID: 522338