Category: Music

Del Mar College’s MWF Jazz Band took the stage to end the spring semester on a smooth note.  With solo moments within ensemble pieces, the band gave a performance that jazzed up the night and for some musicians it was there final bow and last concert before graduation. “It felt so good. It felt like I was back home doing what I’m supposed to be doing,” said Mikayla Garza, a music education instrumental major.  The MWF Jazz Band is under the direction of Assistant ProfessorDaniel Miller.  According to Miller jazz is the birthright of all Americans. “It was birthed here…

The DMC music program held the 70th annual honors recital on Feb. 23, which included four students out of six that auditioned.  The four students: Christopher Pena, guitar; Damien De La Cruz, tuba; Matthew Gomez, euphonium; Julia Arnett, piano, began rehearsing and preparing for their performance months before the honors recital.  Arnett, who would like to get a degree in piano pedagogy, performed ‘Golliwog’s Cakewalk,’ by Claude Debussy.  She was introduced to music about 10 years ago when her oldest sister shared piano lessons with her.  Arnett has been enrolled at DMC since fall of 2019, and plans to transfer…