Summer Arts Festival presented by Huntington Arts Council
We are honored to join with the DeRosa family in dedicating this evening to Clem De Rosa and his beloved Swing Band Jazz. DeRosa, who passed away in December, 2011 in Denton, Texas, was a veteran band leader with more than 30 performances at the Huntington Summer Arts Festival. The world of jazz education owes much to DeRosa, as do all followers of big band music. An internationally respected musician, educator, professional conductor/bandleader, composer, arranger, drummer, and author, DeRosa's career dates back to the 1950s. His greatest legacy was as one of the pioneers of jazz education. He was perhaps the first public school educator to instill a solid jazz curriculum and teaching method.
