He recorded the group for several days. Then, he compiled the best of the rehearsals on a disc and submitted it to the Jazz Educators Network Conference. Aiello said he thought he would just get some feedback on how the group could improve, not a congratulatory letter inviting them to the conference. <\/p>\n
“I said, ‘This should be fun to see how we do,’ and then I get this big congratulations letter, and I’m like, ‘wow,’ ” Aiello said. <\/p>\n
He said the group, made up of 23 students, will perform with other high school, college and professional jazz bands at the three-day conference in late May in St. Louis. <\/p>\n
The mostly upperclassman ensemble will perform about six to nine songs for an hour, Aiello said. <\/p>\n
When the students heard of his “deceit” they were far from angry. <\/p>\n
“I thought it was funny,” senior trombone player Terry Pallanti said. “I definitely didn’t think we sounded that good during rehearsal (to make the conference).” <\/p>\n
Pallanti, who has been with the group for four years, said he isn’t worried about the other schools and is confident the Tinley Park ensemble will hold its own. <\/p>\n
“We’re going to go out there and show what we got,” he said. <\/p>\n
Senior Chris Taylor also has been with the band for four years. The drummer, who has been playing since fifth grade, started by practicing on pots and pans. <\/p>\n
“We work extremely hard, and for me, it proved that our hard work pays off,” he said. <\/p>\n
Aiello said the trip will cost about $150 per student, and to raise the funds, the band will host the fourth annual Jazz Cafe. The all-day event will be in March. <\/p>\n
Despite knowing how hard they’ve worked, Taylor said being invited to the conference doesn’t mean they get to relax. <\/p>\n
“We still have a lot of work to do,” he said. <\/p>\n
IF YOU GO …<\/p>\n
What:<\/b> Jazz Cafe<\/p>\n
When:<\/b> 2 p.m. March 28<\/p>\n
Where:<\/b> Tinley Park High School cafeteria<\/p>\n
Cost:<\/b> $8 for adults and $6 for senior citizens<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Distributed via Chicago Press Release Services<\/a><\/p>\n It turns out the joke just may be on Tinley Park High School band director Vincent Aiello. Aiello hid a tape recorder in the band’s practice room. When the honors jazz ensemble rehearsed, the 44-year-old director pressed play. He recorded the group for several days. Then, he compiled the best of the rehearsals on a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-348629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=348629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/348629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=348629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=348629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=348629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<\/img><\/a>
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