Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra Celebrating Leonard Bernstein at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild

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The Smithsonian Institution has a long record of leadership in preserving and promoting the historical legacy of jazz and presenting diverse jazz programs and jazz education. The Institution collects artifacts, archival materials, and oral histories; curates in-house and traveling exhibitions; offers research fellowships; produces recordings and videos; and publishes books and jazz music editions. SJMO, a traditional 17- piece big band, under the artistic direction of Charlie Young, will feature new and classic arrangements of historical Leonard Bernstein works.