New! Reno Jazz Festival Press Release Template
Let your community, students and faculty know that you participated in the 2005 Reno Jazz Festival! Use this template to create your own press release for your school’s newsletter/newspaper and web site, and send a copy to your local newspaper editor. Remember to include all contact information at the top of the release.

To create your press release: Copy and paste the template into your document, then adapt the highlighted information with details of your performance, performers’ names and your results.

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT:
PHONE/FAX:
EMAIL:

(NAME OF SCHOOL) COMPETES IN 43RD ANNUAL RENO JAZZ FESTIVAL APRIL 21-23, 2005

(Name of school/band or vocal group) was one of more than 330 middle, high school and college groups participating in the 43rd annual University of Nevada, Reno Jazz Festival April 21-23.

Directed by (name of director), (name of school/group) placed (list place or say performed) in the competition, which is one of the oldest and largest educational festivals in the west. This is the (number of years: first, second, etc.) appearance for (name of school/group) at the annual festival.
Performing in this year’s competition were (list student performers and their instruments here, if desired.)

World-class jazz artists, music educators and thousands of jazz students from throughout the west spend three days immersed in live-jazz performance, competitions and clinics. This year’s evening concerts featured jazz superstars including pianist Fred Hersch and saxophonist Kenny Garrett with his quartet. The festival closed Saturday evening with the Festival Showcase and Awards Ceremony in the university’s Lawlor Events Center, which included encore performances by some of the best groups and soloists at the festival.

For more information visit: www.unr.edu/rjf.

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