RE Combo garners national recognition
The RE Combo performed in the National Jazz Festival in Philadelphia on Feb. 15 and earned second place overall in the Small Ensemble Division I classification. Tenor Saxophonist Connor Munroe '21 won the Judges Choice Solo Medal and also took top honors in his division with the Superior Musicianship Award.
Munroe and Director Jon Hamm accepted their respective trophies on the stage of the Pennsylvania Convention Center Terrace Ballroom during the evening's culminating awards ceremony.
Participants in the festival included high school and middle school students from ten states and Puerto Rico, representing the top programs in the nation.
The RE Combo features:
Max Swietelsky '21, alto sax
Connor Munroe '21, Musical Director, tenor sax
Austin Charlton '20, trombone and guitar
Max Vallone '22, piano
Andres Soto '22, Leader, bass
Liam Malloy '20, drums
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Founded in 1903, Ransom Everglades School is a coeducational, college preparatory day school for grades 6 - 12 located on two campuses in Coconut Grove, Florida. Ransom Everglades School produces graduates who "believe that they are in the world not so much for what they can get out of it as for what they can put into it." The school provides rigorous college preparation that promotes the student's sense of identity, community, personal integrity and values for a productive and satisfying life, and prepares the student to lead and to contribute to society.