YARD EMPIRE YOUTH were honoured at the 2024 staging of the JCDC’s  Marcus Garvey Award for Excellence in the Performing Arts,  the highest and most prestigious award given annually in the Jamaica Festival of the Arts Programme. YARD EMPIRE received four accolades – Best Recorder Performance; Best String Performance; Best Trap Set Solo Performance and Instrumentalist of the Year. YARD EMPIRE’s primary music tutor also received an honour for Most Outstanding Instrumental Tutor.

Highlights from the Ceremony