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From ALAN HOSKINS, Kansan Contributor:

Outstanding clinicians will work with four area high schools and two jazz combos in a High School Jazz Workshop at Kansas City Kansas Community College Tuesday, Nov. 24.

Saxophonist Chris Burnett, brass specialist Stephanie Bryan and rhythm section specialists James Albright and Scott Prebys will work with the high school bands and KCKCC combos in the workshop to be held in the Performing Arts Center on the KCKCC campus at 7250 State Avenue.

The Tonganoxie High School Jazz Band will open the workshop at 8 a.m. followed by Shawnee Mission North, 9 a.m.; Turner, 10 a.m.; Lansing, 11 a.m.; and two KCKCC jazz combos at noon.

The workshop will be followed by KCKCC’s annual Fall Jazz Concert to be held Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the Performing Arts Center.

Percussion specialist Scott Prebys, the winner of the North Dakota Governor’s Award, will be featured on the Zen Drum, vibraphone and steel drum.

The concert will also feature KCKCC’s multi-award winning Jazz Band and 11 a.m. Jazz Combo along with the 3 p.m. Jazz Combo, Latin Band and Blue Devil Big Band.