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Katherynne Hardesty is hanging out with jazz band Pomarts on Saturday mornings in artPARK and is working on a free concert at artPARK for Saturday August 13th.
“When Anne Cornell of the Pomerene Center approached me about organizing an artPARK jazz ensemble, I said ‘sure’ because there are a lot of good things at artPARK.” said Hardesty.
Hardesty met Cornell while working at the Pomerene Center when she was a freshman in high school. She is a 2020 graduate of Coshocton High School and will begin her freshman year at Capital University in the fall majoring in Music Performance.
“It’s a way to dig deeper into the things I’ll do in the future after I graduate,” Hardesty said. “It’s really just for fun too and it’s to help promote music in my hometown. I’m a big advocate for a lot of things at artPARK and the Pomerene Center. We need at least six musicians so far because every orchestra needs at least six. We have open rehearsals. We need keyboard players, drums and four to five horns, trumpet, saxophone, trombone and clarinet.
she is meInterested in young musicians who want to pursue music more professionally. This would include performing in the August 13 concert.
The ensemble meets every Saturday at 10 a.m. So far, the group are all recent high school or college graduates. Their music is taken from the American Song Book – with String of Pearls – a big band and jazz standard, All of Me – a popular jazz tune from 1931, April in Paris and also Bosa Nova tunes.
“It’s kind of a mix,” Hardesty said. “Right now we’re waiting for the sheet music for The Real Book.”
Check for more information on the Pomerene Center for the Arts Facebook page.
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