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Columbus Symphony Announces 2021 Music Educator Award Winners
Four nominees have been selected in the categories of elementary educator, secondary educator, private/community educator, and lifetime achievement.by BWW News Desk
The Columbus Symphony today announced the winners of the 2021 Music Educator Awards, honoring individuals who make a difference in the community through a dedication to music education and promotion of a greater understanding of and appreciation for the art form.
Four nominees have been selected in the categories of elementary educator, secondary educator, private/community educator, and lifetime achievement. Each winner will receive a $2,500 grant to spend at their discretion on music education endeavors. Past winners have used these funds to host guest instructors, repair instruments, take professional development classes, or purchase new instruments, computer software, and music.
Saxophonist Alexa Tarantino, Jazz Arts Orchestra to pay tribute to Charlie Parker
Peter Tonguette
Like ham and eggs or wine and cheese, the saxophone and strings just go together.
“For me, it feels like you’re kind of floating,” said New York-based saxophonist Alexa Tarantino of playing with string musicians. “It’s a bit of an out-of-body experience. You have this amazing orchestra behind you, and you’re just able to sing and soar on top of that.”
On Friday, Tarantino will be in town for a concert showcasing the tuneful combination: As part of the Jazz Arts Group’s “Bird Lives! A Celebration of Charlie Parker at 100,” the saxophonist will perform with select musicians of the Columbus Jazz Orchestra and string players from the McConnell Arts Center Chamber Orchestra, conducted by McConnell Music Director Antoine T. Clark.
For Wynton Marsalis, jazz music isn’t just something you compose, perform or listen to. It helps provide a path forward during tough times.
Like many Americans, the acclaimed trumpeter, composer and bandleader has had his share of them during the past 12 months.
After the coronavirus pandemic hit, the 15-member big band Marsalis leads, the New York-based Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, had to cancel, postpone or virtually reimagine numerous concerts.
And, most devastatingly, Marsalis’ father, 85-year-old pianist Ellis Marsalis Jr., died from complications of COVID-19 in April.
Yet, in reflecting on the past year in a recent interview ahead of a rare concert appearance in central Ohio, Marsalis pointed to the blues as a musical genre one that fed into jazz that balances hopefulness with honesty.
New York trumpet player Tony Glausi remembers when he first became conscious of the coronavirus pandemic.
Last March, Glausi traveled to Columbus to perform a concert with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra. Although the pandemic was in the back of most people’s minds, no shutdowns or other significant public-health measures had yet been initiated in central Ohio.
“I rode on the plane without a mask,” said Glausi, 26. “There was no talk of the virus, other than people murmuring it was in the news: ‘Oh, yeah, there’s this thing some people have it, wash your hands.’”
That all changed on March 12, when Gov. Mike DeWine announced a ban on gatherings of 100 people or more. It was also the day the concert was set to make its debut.