June 3, 2016
Music minor begins internship at Jazz House Kids program
![Laura Sayre with Christian McBride, founder of Jazz House Kids](/sites/default/files/styles/news_and_events_image/public/sayre-mcbride-250.png?h=fc898c56&itok=GCMD3vwB)
Laura Sayre, third-year theoretical mathematics major, music minor (trumpet), recently began an internship at the Jazz House Kids Summer Internship Program in Montclair, New Jersey. Jazz House Kids is an award-winning program founded by the renowned bassist Christian McBride (pictured at left) and his wife Melissa Walker, with the objective of exposing youth in northern New Jersey to the world of jazz.
![Sayre with OSU Jazz Ensemble Sayre with OSU Jazz Ensemble](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/sayre-je-tpts-250H.png?itok=zWQC7WYk)
![Sayre with Jazz House Big Band trumpet section at "Essentially Ellington" Sayre with Jazz House Big Band trumpet section at "Essentially Ellington"](/sites/default/files/styles/100/public/jazzhs-ellington-tpts-250H.png?itok=qMAcIV1L)
Laura is excited about working with her previous instructors as well as serving as a teaching assistant at the JHK Summer Jazz Workshop in August.
Performing with Jazz House Big Band (right).