Jose Diaz Summer Music Institute set June 16-July 3

The Jose Diaz Summer Music Institute Workshop will be held June 16-July 3 at MacArthur High School, located at 4400 Aldine Mail Route.

The workshop is open to children between the ages of 4-18 and will offer beginner, intermediate and advanced levels of instruction.

Beginning level instruction will be held from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., while intermediate and advanced level instruction will run from 2-7 p.m.

One of the highlights of the workshop will be a concern with professional musicians Ndugu Chancler and Brian Lynch. Chancler is a jazz funk drummer, percussionist, studio musician, composer and musician. Lynch is a Grammy Award-winning New York-based jazz trumpeter, currently touring and recording as a member of the Phil Woods Quintet and Eddie Palmieri’s Afro-Caribbean Jazz group.

The cost is $20 per day and scholarships are available.

For more information, (832) 858-5855 or email: [email protected]. For more information on the workshop, visit www.diazmusicinstitute.org.