North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the North Carolina Jazz Foundation, Inc. present the first NCSSM Jazz Festival on Saturday, May 9, on NCSSM’s Durham campus. All performances are free, including concerts all day on two stages by visiting school groups and a 7 pm concert by the NC Jazz Repertory Orchestra.

Participating schools include:

Broughton High School
Cedar Ridge High School
Charles B. Aycock High School
Culbreth Middle School
Durham Jazz Workshop
Durham School of the Arts
Ligon GT Magnet Middle
North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics
Riverside High School
Triangle Youth Jazz Ensemble
West Carteret High School
West Forsyth High School

Food trucks will include Will & Pops, Bulkogi, Baguettaboutit, and Pelican’s Snowballs.

Event sponsors include Music & Arts, Jazz for All Publishing, D’Addario, D’Addario Woodwinds, Evans, and Promark.