Join us for our Youth Jazz Orchestra's Winter Concert.  Under the Direction of Nate Sparks, our youth Jazz Orchestra showcases some of the finest youth jazz musicians in Central Iowa.

Youth Jazz Orchestra Winter Concert

 Temple for Performing Arts

A vibraphonist and multi-instrumentalist who also performs on piano, bass, bass clarinet, drums and sundry percussion, Orinda native Kyle Athayde hails from a musical family and has thrived bicoastally as a composer, arranger, teacher, and bandleader best known for the Kyle Athayde Dance Party, his stylistically omnivorous big band. He makes his second appearance in the Joe Henderson Lab following his 2021-22 Season Hotplate tribute to Chick Corea and Gary Burton’s classic ECM duo album Crystal Silence with his current ensemble.  

Nate Sparks

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Past events

Feb 26, 2025

Youth Jazz Orchestra Winter Concert · Des Moines Symphony

Sep 19, 2024

Kyle Athayde · San Francisco Jazz

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