Jazz Orchestra with Jazzmeia Horn & Texins Jazz Band

The Texins Jazz Band has a 38-year history of producing concerts featuring great guest artists. The next guest is an internationally acclaimed artist, Jazzmeia Horn. In 2017, Horn released her first album. Entitled A Social Call, it was ranked #1 for 2017 on the JazzWeek website, and earned Horn her first Grammy nomination in 2018. She performed at the 60th Grammy Award Ceremony on January 28, 2018. Her follow-up album, Love & Liberation, earned Horn her second Grammy nomination in 2020 for best jazz vocal album.

Texins Jazz Band is a full 18-piece community big band based in Dallas, TX. The band is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1986 at Texas Instruments in Dallas. The majority of band members have STEM based degrees and careers (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math). The band is under the musical direction of Bill Centera. Texins Jazz Band is funded in part by the City of Richardson through the City of Richardson Cultural Arts Commission.

The Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra (GDYO) Jazz Orchestra will open the show. Founded in 1972, the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing music education and performance opportunities that foster musical excellence, cultivate learning, encourage creativity, inspire self-motivation, and develop social skills. GDYO has grown from a single orchestra of 35 members to a program of over 450 talented musicians, ages 6 to 18. GDYO students come from over 150 different schools from 50 different communities. The GDYO Jazz Orchestra is under the direction of Kris Berg.