Seventh- and eighth-graders from the Scarborough Middle School jazz band performed for several first- and second-grade classes and one kindergarten class from Pleasant Hill School last week.

The band traveled to the primary school and played for the children in their gymnasium Thursday. Musical Director Chris Fletcher taught the young audience the names of all of the instruments in the band. He also instructed them on when to clap after solos in a jazz concert.

The jazz band played five songs including Duke Ellington’s “Caravan” and a jazz rendition of a Jimi Hendrix tune arranged by Fletcher.

Pleasant Hill art teacher Julia Ruszkai organized the event, which she was particularly excited about because it hadn’t happened in over a decade. After the performance, students from the primary school handed out snacks and sunglasses to the band members to thank them for visiting their school.

Tony Iuretig plays the bass guitar, while Nate Hopkins and Daniel Friedman play the trumpet and Scott Delise and Nathaniel Duggan play the trombone for the Scarborough Middle School jazz band at a performance for primary school students at Pleasant Hill.Laura Gubrud plays the flute; Jon Ofiara plays the clarinet; Tony Iuretig plays the bass guitar; Nate Hopkins and Daniel Friedman play the trumpet and Anna Martens, Abby Van Note, and Colin Swords play the saxophone for a performance by the Middle High School jazz band for students at Pleasant Hill School in Scarborough. Last Thursday, seventh and eighth graders from the Scarborough Middle School jazz band performed for kindergartens, first graders and second graders at Pleasant Hill School in Scarborough, led by musical director Chris Fletcher. Sitting: Anna Martens, Abby Van Note, Colin Swords. Standing: Mark Endrizzi, Laura Gubrud, John Ofiara, Tony Iuretig, Nate Hopkins, Daniel Friedman, Scott Delise, Nathaniel Duggan, Rachel Dick. Back: Dylan LeComte