San Jose High School All Stars set to play festival main stage Aug. 10.
June McMahon, a sophomore at Notre Dame High School in downtown San Jose, is in her second season with the San Jose High School All Stars, a regional, audition-based music education program under the auspices of San Jose Jazz . McMahon, seen here performing at the SJZ Summer Fest Kickoff Fundraiser last year, will play the main stage with the All Stars Aug. 10 at this year’s Summer Fest.
McMahon says her most thrilling musical experience so far was performing with the All Stars, composer/drummer John Hollenbeck and other international artists in SJZ’s 2023 Winter Fest: Counterpoint with Ukraine. The goal of the All Stars program is for students not only to master their instruments but to learn improvisation techniques, music theory, arranging, composition, performance and jazz history. For the student musicians, this means weekly rehearsals and a performance schedule that includes gigs with SJZ, the Monterey Jazz Festival and the “Season of Hope” series at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in downtown San Jose.
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