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The 2012 YoungArts Winners perform "Stompin' At The Savoy" (arr. by Marty Jaffe) at the New World Center in Miami, Florida on 1/9/2012. Featured musicians are:

Patrick Bartley (alto sax)
Josh Shpak (trumpet, flugelhorn)
Antonio Madruga (piano)
Kai Devitt-Lee (guitar)
Marty Jaffee (bass)
Mark Whitfield Jr. (drums)

Between 5000 and 10,000 applicants audition each year for the YoungArts Awards program. The mission of YoungArts, a program of the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts, is to identify emerging artists and assist them at critical junctures in their educational and professional development, and to raise the appreciation for, and support of, the arts in American Society.