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Jazz Arts Group recently announced the results of the 2019 Hank Marr High School Jazz Award competition, and for the first time in the award’s history, there are TWO recipients: Devin Coons and Miles Smith! As award panelist Bob Breithaupt said, “The winners of this year’s Hank Marr Competition were so talented and closely matched that we could not pick a single winner.” The pair both win a cash prize of $500 and a featured appearance with the Columbus Jazz Orchestra on the August 2^nd JazZoo concert at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium. Coons is a saxophonist graduating from Worthington Kilbourne High School and Smith is a trumpeter graduating from Hilliard Davidson High School. Both plan to attend The Ohio State University, and both were impressive in this winter’s Songs & Sounds of the Harlem Renaissance concert. Keep reading for full details from JAG. Congrats Devin and Miles! Read More →