Savannah Music Festival

For its 2018 project, SMF will present the acclaimed New Orleans jazz percussionist Herlin Riley for a two-day residency of public performances and educational activities during the Savannah Music Festival, including five ticketed festival jazz concerts and one day of rehearsals and master classes with pre-professional musicians in SMF's Swing Central Jazz, a workshop and competition program for 12 high school jazz ensembles, comprising 350 students and their teachers, from across the nation.