Park Forest, Schools

South Suburban College Jazz Fest to Pay Tribute to Legendary Educator Keith Anderson


Keith Anderson (Source: ssc.edu)

SOUTH HOLLAND, IL –(ENEWSPF)–January 10, 2017.  The 2017 SSC Jazz Festival Concert will be dedicated to the memory and legacy of Mr. Keith Anderson, long time music educator, advocate, and mentor. Mr. Anderson directed the bands at Hillcrest High School in County Club Hills from 1993-2006, after which he served as the Director of Fine Arts for Bremen High School District 228. Before arriving at Hillcrest, Anderson was an elementary teacher at Lincoln Elementary School in District #147. Mr. Anderson’s bands from Hillcrest High School were regular participants in the SSC Jazz Festival, and Mr. Anderson himself has been a festival clinician.

The festival concert will begin at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, February 11th, in the Kindig Performing Arts Center of South Suburban College, and will feature the SSC Jazz Orchestra with guest artists Jim Cooper and Sam Hankins, and special guests from the area.

There is no charge for admission although donations are appreciated to benefit the Music
Scholarship Fund. For more information, please contact Rob Calhoon, Jazz Fest Director, at 708-596-2000, ext. 2299. South Suburban College is located at 15800 S. State Street, South Holland, IL.

Source: http://ssc.edu

 


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