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The Wellington Jazz Academy inspires the next generation of musicians and arts supporters! With leading lights like Christine and Ingrid Jensen and Diana Krall already on the international scene, Nanaimo has an established reputation as a jazz hotbed. And the consistent high performance of Carmella Luvisotto’s students from the Wellington Jazz Academy Program is maintaining that reputation. A MusicFest jazz venue master of ceremonies set the record straight, saying, “It's not in the water; it's in the hard work.” Students at Wellington Secondary enroll in the Jazz Academy as part of their curricular studies from Grade 9 through Grade 12. The program includes band classes and for those looking at a more intense improvisation and theory studies, the Jazz Studies course. Nanaimo’s Jazz Academy is one of a handful of Canadian high school programs focused on jazz studies. At Wellington, the students develop the musical and improvisational skills needed to perform jazz standards and chart