PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Local college students introduced music back to downtown Peoria this spring after a two-year hiatus.
The annual Gerald M. Brookhart Arts in Education Spring Celebration kicked off Monday on the Peoria Riverfront Museum.
Bands from three completely different space center faculties carried out for the museum’s International Jazz Day.
Students additionally bought an opportunity to be taught from the co-founder of the Jazz Education Network.
“This is one of the regional office’s signature events. So, to bring it back live, I think I got a little teary-eyed up there at the microphone introducing the bands today,” Peoria County Regional Superintendent. Beth Crider.
The occasion continues subsequent week round lunchtime on the Peoria County Courthouse Plaza, the place college students from over 9 completely different counties will play each weekday till the center of May.