Weekend jazz festival features variety of musicians

The Penn State Invitational Jazz Festival, held Saturday, April 9, in Esber Recital Hall on Penn State's University Park campus brought musicians from several schools to the campus for the day. In all, eight bands were featured during the adjudication portion of the festival, including one middle-school jazz band and performances by Penn State's Inner Dimensions and Outer Dimensions. An awards ceremony was held at 7 p.m., followed by a concert by Penn State Centre Dimensions and a post-concert gala/jam session. The festival began on Thursday with a combo concert, and continued Friday with master classes. Two master classes also were held Saturday. For pictures from the event, go to http://live.psu.edu/still_life/2005_04_09_jazzfest/index.html