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and Work songs that express the yearnings of their fore- Jazz Education Network’s 2014 Conference in Dallas,
fathers to be free. The Aeolians were named in 2014 as TX.
the four-peat national HBCU choral champions.
Kate Paradise is a jazz and commercial
Jason Max Ferdinand is an associate pro- music educator, vocal musician, ensem-
fessor and director of choral activities at ble director and arranger, specializing
Oakwood University, where he conducts in singing. Paradise earned both her BM
the Aeolians of Oakwood University and and MM in Studio Music and Jazz Vocal
the University Chorale, Voices. A native of Performance from the University of Miami. Since her
Trinidad & Tobago, Ferdinand received his BM in piano teaching appointment at Belmont University in 2007,

from the Oakwood College (now Oakwood University), Paradise has received certification in Somatic Voice-
MM from Morgan State University, and DMA from the work™ and has completed training in Vocology from
University of Maryland. Ferdinand maintains an active the National Center for Voice and Speech. Paradise is
schedule as a presenter, adjudicator, and guest conductor currently completing a DMA in Jazz Performance at the
throughout North America, Europe, and the Caribbean. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
He is a former board member of Alabama ACDA.

InToneNation
Contemporary Music Concert

Belmont University
Jazzmin

InToneNation, under the direction of Mr. Trey
Giddens, is the nationally recognized award winning
A cappella group from New Manchester High School
Jazzmin is Belmont University’s Downbeat Award-win- in Douglasville Georgia. They were named national
ning jazz vocal ensemble. The ensemble performs diverse champions of the International Championship of High
jazz literature, ranging from traditional to contempo- School A cappella. This 13 member a cappella group
rary, and aims to promote jazz appreciation and educa- has been blessed to sing on some of the nation’s largest
tion within the Commercial Music Major at Belmont. stages including Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall and the
The ensemble performs regularly on Belmont’s campus, Fabulous Fox theatre. Their debut album entitled The
including television appearances as part of Christmas at Beginning is available on all streaming platforms and
Belmont; Jazzmin also performs and records within and their second album entitled The Show Must Go On will
around the Nashville community. Jazzmin performed at be out later this year.

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