Ensemble Arts Philly

Meet 16-year-old bassist Cheo Mangum, a junior at The Philadelphia High School for Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA), a 2025-2026 Ensemble Arts Philly All-City Jazz Fellow, and a member of the Temple Music Prep Community Music Scholars Jazz Ensemble, and of a jazz quartet through the MIC'd Up Philly program.

Meet 17-year-old trombonist and vocalist Ian Sellers, a senior at Central High School in Philadelphia and a 2025-2026 Philadelphia Orchestra and Ensemble Arts’ All-City Jazz Fellow.

WRTI's own Josh Lee leads two bands this coming weekend, while Christian McBride brings the funk and Carlos Niño taps into the cosmos.