The Jazzschool offers numerous performance ensembles for beginning, intermediate, and advanced instrumentalists and vocalists, each of which develops a set of music to be performed for friends and family as part of the end-of-quarter
Jazzschool Student Performance Series in Hardymon Hall!

Students are placed in skill-level appropriate ensembles by audition. Audition
requirements may include one or more of the following: playing selected scales; playing and/or improvising over a piece of your choice; improvising over a 12-bar blues or other skill-level appropriate pieces provided at the audition; and sight-reading. Drummers are asked to play various grooves and to solo. Bassists are asked to play stylistically appropriate bass lines. To schedule an audition or for more information about Jazzschool ensembles, please contact Rob Ewing, Community Music School Director, at 510-845-5373 x 14 or email rob@jazzschool.com. 

Please click here for a list of Jazzschool ensemble audition requirements.

Salsa Workshop I

An introduction to salsa performance techniques for beginning to intermediate players. Emphasis on aspects of Afro-Cuban ensemble performance including clave, pulse, rhythm, syncopation, phrasing, montuno and tumbao. Horn players and vocalists welcome! Material covered comes from the Jamey Aebersold Salsa/Latin Jazz book and other sources including songs performed or written by Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and Eddie Palmieri.
Prerequisites: facility on an instrument and basic reading skills. Pianist: ability to play basic montunos. Bassist: ability to play tumbaos.

Tuesdays 6:30 – 8 pm
DAVID BELOVE (10 weeks) $365

Salsa Workshop II

For intermediate to advanced players. Emphasis on fundamentals of clave and Rhythm with more challenging material. Repertoire is drawn from the Latin Real Book and a variety of sources. Course covers material written or performed by Tito Puente, Los Van Van, Eddie Palmieri, and a variety of salsa and Latin jazz artists. Horn players and vocalists welcome!
Prerequisites: previous experience playing salsa, intermediate to advanced facility on instrument or voice, and equivalent reading ability required.

Tuesdays 8:15 – 9:45 pm
DAVID BELOVE (10 weeks) $365