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Mark Beebe performing.\n Photo courtesy of The Music Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Seventeen-year-old Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Mark Beebe was one of 14 \u201cfuture superstars\u201d selected as Grand Prize Finalists at The Music Center\u2019s 31st-annual Spotlight Program. He will perform at the ticketed Grand Finale Performance at The Music Center\u2019s Walt Disney Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4.
About 1,600 students auditioned from more than 253 high schools in 195 cities and eight California counties in seven competition programs. Mark was entered in the Jazz Instrumental program, playing alto saxophone. He selected Billy Strayhorn\u2019s \u201cIsfahan\u201d and Benny Golson\u2019s \u201cStablemates\u201d for the competition and was backed by IA grad Owen Zorn on bass and a drummer. In addition to performing in the Grand Finale Performance, Mark won a $5,000 scholarship.
According to Rachel Moore, president and CEO of The Music Center, the Spotlight Program \u201cnurtures nascent talent into blossoming performers or even future arts administrators by preparing them for the road ahead.\u201d She views high schools as \u201cthe ultimate crossroad of life,\u201d adding that Spotlight \u201coffers a vital step forward for those students dreaming of a performing arts career.\u201d
Jeri Gaile, director of the Spotlight Program, stated, \u201cWe\u2019re so impressed with this year\u2019s cadre of Spotlight finalists. They have the insight now to decide their path forward. We\u2019re excited to watch these stars shine even brighter in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mark Beebe\n Photo courtesy The Music Center\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Paul Carman, one of Mark\u2019s instructors at Idyllwild Arts, opined that Mark is \u201cdefinitely the best sax player we\u2019ve graduated\u201d and \u201cone of the very best jazz performers.\u201d Carman related that for next year, Mark has been accepted at many fine schools, including Berklee College of Music in Boston, The New School in New York City, California Institute of the Arts and Oberlin Conservatory of Music in Ohio, and that Mark will be attending the Conservatorium van Amsterdam in the Netherlands, which Carman praised as having a \u201cvery, very fine reputation.\u201d
Tickets to the June 4 Spotlight Grand Finale Performance are $20 and can be purchased from the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion Box Office at 135 N. Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012, by calling 213 972-0711 or by visiting musiccenter.org\/spotlightfinale.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Seventeen-year-old Idyllwild Arts Academy senior Mark Beebe was one of 14 \u201cfuture superstars\u201d selected as Grand Prize Finalists at The Music Center\u2019s 31st-annual Spotlight Program. He will perform at the ticketed Grand Finale Performance at The Music Center\u2019s Walt Disney Concert Hall at 7 p.m. Tuesday, June 4. 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