The Monterey County High School All-Star Band, directed by renowned saxophonist and flautist Mr. Paul Contos, includes the best & brightest student musicians from the Festival’s home county. Members are selected by the Festival’s “Traveling Clinicians” who visit Monterey schools once a month during the school year for one-on-one instruction in jazz, & the 2011 groups include jazz musicians and vocalists from Carmel, Monterey Pacific Grove, Salinas, & Stevenson high schools.