{"id":6663,"date":"2019-09-24T00:07:47","date_gmt":"2019-09-24T04:07:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/?p=6663"},"modified":"2019-09-24T00:17:51","modified_gmt":"2019-09-24T04:17:51","slug":"2019-nba-young-composers-jazz-composition-contest-winner-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/2019-nba-young-composers-jazz-composition-contest-winner-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"2019 NBA Young Composers Jazz Composition Contest Winner Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic-1024x797.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6669\" width=\"273\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic-1024x797.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Jorge-pic.jpg 1523w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 273px) 100vw, 273px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>&#8220;Por Ahora&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> by Jorge Machain is the NBA Young Composers Jazz Composition Contest winner for 2019.&nbsp; This original work will be performed by the United States Navy Commodores, directed by MUCS William Mulligan, at the 2019 Midwest Clinic.&nbsp; The performance will take place on Thursday, December 19, 7:30 PM, at McCormick Place. &nbsp;All NBA members are encouraged to attend this performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1993, Jorge Machain is a Mexican native who currently calls Las Vegas his home.  He is an active musician in the Las Vegas scene.  He graduated from UNLV with a Bachelor of Music in Jazz Composition and is currently working towards the completion of a Master of Music in Jazz Composition, also at UNLV.  Jorge composes for both classical and jazz ensembles.  He has won multiple Downbeat awards for his jazz arrangements and was a finalist in the 2018 NBA Revelli Composition Contest for his piece <em>Bite the Bullet<\/em>, commissioned by Thomas Leslie, Director of Bands at UNLV.  Jorge was also a finalist for the Morton Gould Young Composer Competition for 2019.   Jorge is currently a member of ASCAP.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For additional information, visit his website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jorgemachain.com\">www.jorgemachain.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Congratulations to Jorge!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;Por Ahora&#8221; by Jorge Machain is the NBA Young Composers Jazz Composition Contest winner for 2019.&nbsp; This original work will be performed by the United States Navy Commodores, directed by MUCS William Mulligan, at the 2019 Midwest Clinic.&nbsp; The performance will take place on Thursday, December 19, 7:30 PM, at McCormick Place. &nbsp;All NBA members [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":533,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/533"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6663"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6663\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6663"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6663"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nationalbandassociation.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}