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Melissa Aldana with Wichita State University Jazz Arts 1 and the Mid-Kansas Jazz Band

  • MILLER CONCERT HALL 2102 North Hillside Street Wichita, KS, 67214 United States (map)

Day 4 of the 2024 Wichita Jazz Festival welcomes tenor saxophone player Melissa Aldana playing with the Wichita State University Jazz Arts 1 and the Mid-Kansas Jazz Band!

Use code JAZZ25 at checkout and receive $25 off tickets!

Melissa Aldana is a GRAMMY-nominated saxophonist and composer tenor player from Santiago, Chile. She is based in Brooklyn, NY and has garnered international recognition for her visionary works as a band leader, as well as her deeply meditative interpretation of language and vocabulary. Melissa is also an in-demand clinician and educator and has recently been appointed to the faculty of the New England Conservatory’s Jazz Studies Department.

Melissa will be joining the Wichita State University Jazz Arts 1 and the Mid-Kansas Jazz Band. Wichita Jazz Festival is proud of our partnership with Wichita State University’s Jazz Arts giving jazz students the opportunity to connect with some of the finest talents in the jazz world.

Wichita State University
Duerkson Fine Arts Center

Miller Concert Hall

7pm | Doors Open
7:30pm | Concert

Tickets are $50.

Use code JAZZ25 at checkout and receive $25 off tickets!

 

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