Palos Verdes Peninsula High School Competes in 43rd Annual Reno Jazz Festival
-5/2/05

Palos Verdes Peninsula High School was one of more than 330 middle, high school and college groups participating in the 43rd annual University of Nevada, Reno Jazz Festival April 21-23.

Directed by Fred Steiner, Palos Verdes Peninsula High School placed third in the competition, which is one of the oldest and largest educational festivals in the west. This is the fourth appearance for Palos Verdes Peninsula High School at the annual festival.

World-class jazz artists, music educators and thousands of jazz students from throughout the west spend three days immersed in live-jazz performance, competitions and clinics. This year's evening concerts featured jazz superstars including pianist Fred Hersch and saxophonist Kenny Garrett with his quartet. The festival closed Saturday evening with the Festival Showcase and Awards Ceremony in the university's Lawlor Events Center, which included encore performances by some of the best groups and soloists at the festival.