Newark Academy hosts its annual jazz event on April 12 from 7:30 to 9:30 pm in the Rose Auditorium.
The star-studded benefit concert will feature jazz headliners including Marcus Printup, trumpeter for the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra; Steve Turre, Saturday Night Live band trombonist; Wayne Escoffery, tenor saxophonist for Tom Harrell's Quintet and the Mingus Big Band; and nationally acclaimed Newark Academy student jazz ensembles.
Tickets are $10 each. Proceeds will benefit the My Sandy Hook Family Fund and the Ana Grace Fund in Newtown, Connecticut. For more information and to purchase tickets, contact Newark Academy Jazz Director Julius Tolentino at jtolentino@newarka.edu.
