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 Luke Marantz Biography 
Luke Marantz is currently a 9th grade student at the Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas, Texas. He has attended the 2004 Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony by special invitation as a result of his winning the middle school division for the 2004 “DownBeat Student Music Awards” as best middle school vocal jazz artist in North America. He performed as a special guest artist on the final Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony concert with Jerry Bogonzi, Joe Gilman and Nicholas Payton. In the 2005 “DownBeat Student Music Awards”’ he was a second time winner in the vocal jazz soloist category for the middle school division.Due to his multiple “DownBeat Magazine” awards, Luke was the honored recipient of a full scholarship to both the 2004 and 2005 five-week summer jazz workshop at Berklee College of Music in Boston, MA. Although he was not able to attend these sessions, he is looking forward to possibly doing so in the future. This past summer of 2005 he also received a full scholarship to attend the prestigious vocal jazz camp at the University of North Texas. The week-long session offered him the opportunity to work on solo, small group and large group repertoire under the skilled direction of Kerry Marsh, Rosana Eckert, Michelle Weir, as well as, Paris Rutherford, the camp director and head of the UNT vocal jazz studies program. Luke is currently a member of both the nationally recognized Jazz Combo I and the Lab Singers ensembles at BTWHSPVA, receiving jazz instruction from Bart Marantz, Kent Ellingson and Kim Cornell Frie. His private teacher’s include Wes Moore (vocal instruction) and Don Fabian (alto saxophone instruction). He attended Permenter Intermediate School in Cedar Hill, TX (2003-2005) and was first chair alto saxophone in the Honor Band both years, garnering a one plus rating in solo and Ensemble, as well as participating in the 2004 and 2005 All-Region XX Bands. He is a faithful member of the orchestra at Hillcrest Baptist Church, Cedar Hill, Texas.
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