Trombone players in South Portland High's jazz band rehearse Tuesday, just a few days before the band's performance at the Berklee College of Music's High School Jazz Fest in Boston.
Craig Skeffington, the band director at South Portland High, leads the jazz band through a rehearsal of a song it will play at the Berklee College of Music's High School Jazz Fest.
Flugelhorn players, from left, Meghan Perry, Digby Roberts and Sam Withers play during jazz band practice at South Portland High on Tuesday.
Addie Bracken plays the bass guitar for South Portland High School's jazz band.
Craig Skeffington leads the jazz band through a rehearsal Tuesday.
South Portland High School's jazz band practices Tuesday for the Berklee College of Music's High School Jazz Fest in Boston.
Cliff Robbins-Sennewald plays the guitar for South Portland High School's jazz band.
Max Saffer-Meng plays his trombone solo during rehearsal Tuesday at South Portland High School.
Yarmouth High School band director Joey Hendricks conducts the school's jazz band Friday in its final rehearsal for the Berklee College of Music's High School Jazz Festival on Saturday in Boston. It's the largest festival of its kind in the United States.
Yarmouth High School junior Flan Sheahan, center, plays clarinet in the school's 23-student jazz band. The band will be among 275 in the Berklee College of Music's High School Jazz Festival in Boston on Saturday. Yarmouth will play three songs: "Computer" by Bob Mintzer, "How Do I Look In Blue?" by Lennie Niehaus and "Count Bubba" by Gordon Goodwin.
Yarmouth High School sophomore Audrey Sladek rehearses her bass parts during rehearsal Friday.
Yarmouth High School trumpeter Oliver Peloquin, a sophomore, takes a breather during jazz band rehearsal Friday.
Sunlight falls on Yarmouth High School senior Will Moffatt as he rehearses with the school's jazz band Friday, the day before competing in the 51st annual Berklee jazz festival.
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