Jazz Information
With the new year comes a new year for our Jazz Groups!!!!
The 6th Grade Jazz Band will have it’s first rehearsal on Monday, September 29- 7:15-8 am. There are no auditions for that group, just show up and play. The only performance for the 6th grade Jazz band is April 30.
The Jazz Lab and Jazz Ensemble groups are by audition and are for 7th and 8th graders. Everyone who auditions will be placed in Jazz Ensemble or Jazz Lab. Therefore the audition is not for getting into the Jazz program, but for which band the student will be placed in. Auditions for saxophone, trumpet and trombone players are all this week (September 2-5) before or after school, with the exception of after school Friday. Students do not prepare anything for us because the audition consists of sightreading and a little improvising. Rhythm section players (drums, piano, guitar, and bass) have their auditions after school on Friday September 5 from 3:30-5 pm. We will begin rehearsals on Tuesday September 9 for Jazz Ensemble and Wednesday September 10 for Jazz Lab. Rehearsals begin at 7 am and run until 8 am. Jazz Ensemble rehearses on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Jazz Lab rehearses on Wednesdays. The first performance for Lab and Ensemble is on Thursday, October 30.