{"id":28249,"date":"2026-10-07T14:11:07","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:11:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/blog\/news\/2026-kusd-jazz-festival-weekend-to-feature-phat-phunktion-student-ensembles-and-guest-artists\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:11:07","slug":"2026-kusd-jazz-festival-weekend-to-feature-phat-phunktion-student-ensembles-and-guest-artists","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/news\/2026-kusd-jazz-festival-weekend-to-feature-phat-phunktion-student-ensembles-and-guest-artists\/","title":{"rendered":"2026 KUSD Jazz Festival weekend to feature Phat Phunktion, student ensembles and guest artists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KENOSHA, Wis. (Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2026) \u2013 The Kenosha Unified School District, in collaboration with Dave Sturino of Hansen\u2019s Pool and Spa, will present a weekend of jazz performances and educational opportunities Nov. 5-7 at Tremper High School, 8560 26th Ave.<\/p>\n<p>The weekend will kick off Thursday, Nov. 5, at 6:30 p.m. with a concert featuring Phat Phunktion, a Madison-based, nine-piece American funk, R&amp;B and soul band founded by Bradford alumnus Al Falaschi, saxophonist and songwriter. General admission tickets are $10.<\/p>\n<p>Friday afternoon and Saturday morning will feature student performance sessions with guest artists and clinicians. The event will conclude Saturday, Nov. 7, at 6:30 p.m. with the annual Jazz Festival concert, featuring all KUSD jazz ensembles and special guests Al Falaschi on saxophone, Jon Schipper on trumpet and Nick Moran on bass.<\/p>\n<p>The public is welcome to attend the concerts and all Friday and Saturday festival activities leading up to the evening performances.<\/p>\n<p>Reserved seating tickets for Saturday evening\u2019s Jazz Festival are $10, with a limit of three per person. The performance will also be streamed live on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@kenoshaschools\">KUSD YouTube channel<\/a> and can be viewed free of charge. Auditorium seating is reserved.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets for both evenings are available at <a href=\"http:\/\/kusd.edu\/tickets\">Fine Arts Tickets<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This year\u2019s festival is made possible by a generous donation from Hansen\u2019s Pool and Spa. Participating band directors are Karl Mueller, Bradford High School; John Stecher, Harborside Academy; Michael Monk, Indian Trail High School and Academy; Kathy Ripley, Tremper High School; Stacey Zwirlein, Mahone Middle School; Matt Maccari, Lance Middle School; Katie Poole, Bullen Middle School; and Lucas Dickinson, Washington Middle School; and Brittany Teschler, LakeView K-8.<\/p>\n<p>For additional information, please contact Scott Plank, coordinator of fine arts, at <a href=\"mailto:splank@kusd.edu\">splank@kusd.edu<\/a> or 262-359-6388.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":28250,"menu_order":0,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[6],"class_list":["post-28249","news","type-news","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-district"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/28249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/28250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kusd.edu\/lakeviewk-8\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}