Jazz Orchestra
Rehearses weekly from 6:00-8:00 on Sunday nights.
The Jazz Orchestra is designed for students that have some experience playing jazz music and are ready to play challenging music. The top students from all area high schools connect to perform some of the most exciting big band standards along with contemporary selections. Students will identify and finesse their own improvisational style and learn more about the technique and history of America's original art form.
Rehearses weekly from 6:00-8:00 on Sunday nights.
The Jazz Orchestra is designed for students that have some experience playing jazz music and are ready to play challenging music. The top students from all area high schools connect to perform some of the most exciting big band standards along with contemporary selections. Students will identify and finesse their own improvisational style and learn more about the technique and history of America's original art form.
Students should prepare the following material
Wind Players
Wind Players
- Marked section of Malaguena
- Any 3 consecutive lines of the ILMEA Senior Scale Page, in swung 8th notes
- Marked section of Malaguena
- 12 measures of Bb Blues, comping chords/groove
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