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The Young Sounds of Arizona

The Young Sounds of Arizona was founded in 1971, and remains the first and oldest continuous program of its kind in the nation.

It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, sponsored since its inception by the Professional Musicians of Arizona, AFM Local 586. For more information, go to youngsounds.org or Facebook.com/youngsoundsofarizona or MusicSceneAZ.com, or call 602-235-2309.

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Live Review

The Young Sounds of Arizona at Phoenix Center for the Arts

Read "The Young Sounds of Arizona at Phoenix Center for the Arts" reviewed by Patricia Myers


The Young Sounds of Arizona at Phoenix Center for the Arts Spring Concert Phoenix, Arizona March 5, 2015 The two youth jazz bands of Young Sounds of Arizona performed a satisfying concert of cohesive section work and talented soloists before a near-capacity audience that came to hear teenage musicians who attend Phoenix-area high schools. Young Sounds director Vince Wedge introduced the 5'Oclock Band, a septet that opened the concert with a sparkling rendition ...

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Album Review

The Young Sounds of Arizona: Ringers

Read "Ringers" reviewed by Jack Bowers


The Young Sounds of Arizona (forty high–school students ages 14–19, not all of whom perform on this album) aren’t in fact Ringers, as the album’s name insinuates — they only play that way! For those few who are unfamiliar with the term, a “ringer,” according to Webster, is “a substitute or addition, as a professional musician hired to strengthen a school orchestra.” While one might swear that is precisely what has happened here, it most emphatically has not. A ringer ...

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Keeping jazz music alive with the Young Sounds of Arizona

Keeping jazz music alive with the Young Sounds of Arizona

Source: Michael Ricci

PHOENIX—Over the years, studies have shown that kids involved in music programs overwhelmingly do better in school overall. Eric Rasmussen, Music Director of the Young Sounds of Arizona says with music education programs being cut statewide, Young Sounds give talented students an outlet to pursue their musical goals, even if their high school music program is struggling.

Young Sounds is all-city jazz ensemble comprised of the best young jazz talent in the Valley, started in 1971. ...

"... an impressive aggregation of skilled student musicians." www.MusicSceneAZ.com

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