Jazz Band

Jazz Ensemble is a high performing group that plays a variety of repertoire, including jazz, rock, blues, latin, and fusion. Students will be exposed to perhaps one of America’s most important cultural innovations through the history of jazz. Also included in curriculum will be jazz theory and the improvisation, which are not included in other current music course offerings. In order to have a successful jazz ensemble, it is necessary for students to be dedicated to music and maintain a strong background in reading music. Jazz Ensemble instrumentation traditionally includes, piano, bass, drums, guitar, auxillary percussion, trumpet, trombone, and saxophone. (Pending A-G approval)