by Shawn Goretsky (7th)

On February 21 2025, the CMS Jazz band competed against other Jazz bands at Upper Moreland for their first festival. They played three songs their and got a rating of Excellent

Their songs included Zero Gravity, It is what It is and High Maintenance. Some Soloists for this festival included Noah, Sasha, Sean Wheeler, and Cooper Clark. Unlike previous years, the Jazz band this year only had two drummers, Piano players, flute players and Guitar players.

List of members:

Caitlin Timer (7th)

Aislinn Ward (7th)

Erin Walker (6th)

Lola Drayton (7th)

Joey Kelly (6th)

Sasha Maisey (8th)

Dominic renniennsen (6th)

Nathan Duran (7th)

Charlie Kelly (6th)

Matzvei Paulousky (8th)

Braydon Hong (8th)

Cooper Clark (7th)

Ian Ramos (8th)

Noah Levin (8th)

Sean Wheeler(7th)

Brian brown (6th)

Macie Monastro (6th)

Shane Amiran (7th)

Caitlyn Jacobs (7th)

John Clarke (6th)

Shawn Goretsky (7th)

Shawn Tansey (7th)

Awards: Trombone section consisting of Joey, Sasha and Dominic won the best section award. Sasha won the best soloist award for trombones due to her solo in High Maintenance. CMS overall scored an excellent which is the second best score. Considering half of the jazz band consisted of sixth graders and ninth percent of the players have never been to a festival before, this is very good.

And of course this all could have never been possible without the help and support of our wonderful band director Mr O’Neill. The CMS Jazz band will be competing again on the Twenty Eighth at Indian Crest.