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Savannah Music Festival

2019 Performing Arts Touring Grant Recipient

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Recipient Information

Location

Savannah, Georgia

Project Title

Herlin Riley

Year of Award

2019

Grant or Fellowship

Performing Arts Touring Grants

Grant Amount

$4,719

For its 2019 project, Savannah Music Festival (SMF) will present the acclaimed New Orleans jazz percussionist Herlin Riley for two ticketed festival jazz concerts and one day of teaching percussion workshops and master classes with high school musicians in SMF's Swing Central Jazz (SCJ), a workshop and competition program for 12 high school jazz ensembles, comprising 350 students and their teachers, from across the nation.