Middle School Jazz Ensemble
(Grades 6 – 8)
Small ensembles designed for middle
school musicians interested in learning
how to play jazz and improvise. These
ensembles cover a wide range of repertoire
from John Coltrane and Sonny Rollins
to Eddie Harris and James Brown. Students
play new arrangements focusing on stylistic
accuracy and developing coherent solos in
a friendly, non-competitive environment.
SECTION I Wednesdays 4:30 – 6 pm
SECTION II Thursdays4:30 – 6 pm
Section III Tuesdays 4:30 – 6 pm
KASEY KNUDSEN (10 weeks) $365
Advanced Middle School Jazz
Workshop (Grades 7 – 8)
This ensemble covers standard jazz
repertoire appropriate for the advanced
middle-school musician. Jazz theory and
improvisation techniques are covered in
class and applied to repertoire in rehearsal
and performance. Students accepted into
this ensemble should be proficient on their
instrument with at least two years playing
experience and must be familiar with all
of the major scales. Instrumentation is
limited. Instructor consent required.
Tuesdays 4:30 – 6 pm
KEITH JOHNSON (10 weeks) $365
High School Jazz ensembles
(Grades 9 – 12)
An intermediate-level ensemble designed
for advancing high school musicians interested
in gaining a greater understanding
of jazz theory and developing improvisation
skills through the study and performance
of challenging jazz repertoire.
Students accepted into this ensemble
must have at least two years of playing
experience, the ability to read music and
be familiar with at least 6 major scales.
Section I Mondays 4:30 – 6 pm
WAYNE WALLACE (10 weeks) $365
Section II Wednesdays 4:30 – 6 pm
ROB EWING (10 weeks) $365
Section III Mondays 4:30 – 6 pm
KEITH JOHNSON (10 weeks) $365
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High School Latin Jazz Ensemble (Grades 9 – 12)
A small ensemble focusing on salsa, Afro-Cuban, Latin jazz and related styles of music. Students learn how to play “in clave” and gain an understanding of the elements found in musical forms unique to Latin jazz including mambo, tumbao, mona, and cha-cha-cha. Emphasis on improvisation. Prerequisites: by audition or consent of instructor.
Wednesdays 4:30 – 6 pm
MELECIO MAGDALUYO (10 weeks) $365
High School Funk Ensemble (Grades 9 – 12)
A high-energy ensemble focusing on the classic funk hits of James Brown, Sly and the Family Stone, Earth Wind & Fire, The Meters, Herbie Hancock, Tower of Power and Motown’s Funk Brothers. Vocalists and horns encouraged! (Also open to advanced middle-school musicians.)
Saturdays 10 – 11:30 am
JOE BAGALE (10 weeks) $365
Advanced High School Jazz
Workshop (Grades 9 – 12)
This Downbeat award-winning ensemble is
designed for the advanced-level high
school student player who is competent in
the bebop language and wishes to explore
with their peers, through rehearsal and
performance of relevant compositions, the
post-bop harmonic, melodic, rhythmic
and formal innovations of artists such as
Coltrane, Shorter, Corea, Hancock and
Brecker. Students are invited to perform
at numerous venues throughout the Bay
Area, including the prestigious Monterey
Jazz Festival! Enrollment on a by-audition
basis per quarter. Please note: students in
this ensemble earn the equivalent of one
semester unit of credit per quarter.
SECTION I Mondays 5:30 – 7 pm
MICHAEL ZILBER (10 weeks) $365
SECTION II Mondays 5:30 – 7 pm
ERIK JEKABSON (10 weeks) $365
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