New Horizons Elementary School students recently ended a unit on jazz with “A Night of Jazz.” Under the direction of music teacher Veronica Dillingham, students in kindergarten through second grade learned about jazz instruments, different types of jazz, how to speak and play simple jazz rhythms, and jazz musicians Dizzy Gillespie and Ella Fitzgerald. During “A Night of Jazz,” created and directed by Dillingham, students entertained the audience by singing songs, playing instruments and reciting poetry. Pictured here are kindergarten students performing “First Grade, First Grade” to the tune of “New York, New York.”
