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GLADES MIDDLE SCHOOL CONCERT JAZZ BAND NAMED A NATIONAL WINNER IN THE MARK OF EXCELLENCE/NATIONAL JAZZ HONORS PROJECT The Foundation for Music Education has recently announced that Glades Middle School Concert Jazz Band, under the direction of Erich S. Rivero, has been named a National Winner of the National Mark of Excellence/ National Jazz Honors project. The Mark of Excellence consists of the National Wind Band Honors, National Choral Honors, National Orchestra Honors, National Jazz Honors, and National Percussion Ensemble Honors. It is a competition, entered by performance recordings, in which the top quarter are selected as National Winners and the Second quarter receive Commanded Honors. This year, 224 of the finest musical ensembles in the nation entered the competition. The project has now received entries from thirty five states. All of the groups participating will receive recorded and written comments from the adjudicators, and also a compilation recording of the performances of the National Winners. # # # 14-DGD/064/TC
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