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Posted on Fri, Aug 27, 2010 : 9:47 p.m.

Ann Arbor School of Performing Arts faculty jazz it up at noontime concert

By Steve Pepple

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Kurt Krahnke grooves on the bass Friday during a lunchtime concert put on by faculty members of the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts on the patio at AnnArbor.com offices in downtown Ann Arbor.

Steve Pepple | AnnArbor.com

Faculty members from the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts gave a jazzy farewell on Friday to AnnArbor.com's lunchtime Summer Concert Series.

Four members of the AASPA faculty -- Paul Finkbeiner, trumpet; Glenn Tucker, piano; Kurt Krahnke, bass; and Jessie Kramer, drums -- performed a variety of jazz selections on the patio outside AnnArbor.com's downtown offices at 301 E. Liberty St., at the corner of South Fifth Ave.

The Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts is a community-based music school. The school aims to nurture and inspire musicians and to make music education accessible to all in the greater Ann Arbor community. The school sponsors private studio recitals, jazz band and orchestra concerts, and master classes featuring students, faculty, and guest artists. To learn more about the Ann Arbor School for the Performing Arts, visit www.aa-spa.org.

Friday's performance was the final concert of the season.

Photo slideshow by Steve Pepple