VIDEO: Saxophonist Jahaziel Arrocha

Arrocha, a Presidential Scholar, began playing tenor sax in Panama at the late age of 14.

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Arrocha began playing tenor saxophone at age 14 with the Gonzalillo, Panama high school band. Seeing the Panama Jazz Festival fueled his dreams. In 2007, he won a full scholarship to Berklee's Five-Week Summer Performance Program plus a Danilo Perez Foundation award. He then won a Presidential Scholarship.