This “real world” project is a creation of music teacher Jean-Paul Balmat, a former Mission Bay High music student who has returned to teach at his alma mater. Students will learn valuable lessons in how the music business works through hands-on experience in selecting and booking the talent, working with the staff to coordinate concerts, creating a web presence, promotion and graphic art.
Performances are held at at the Inamori Pavilion in the Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park on the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month. Shows will start at 7:00PM and will offer free admission to the Friendship Garden with the purchase of a ticket. A complete line-up of the Japanese Friendship Garden Concert Series can be found at missionbaymusic.com. Tickets can be purchased in advance online or at the front entrance the day of the show. All ages are welcome.
All ticket proceeds will go towards travel expenses for The Mission Bay Preservationists, Mission Bay’s top jazz ensemble, to perform and represent San Diego in its sister city, Yokohama, Japan in April of 2019. The Preservationists took their first trip to Yokohama in April 2017, after they were selected by The San Diego-Yokohama Sister City Society to commemorate the 60th anniversary of sister city relations.
