Jackson Middle School

Band Dept.

Materials

· Music: Students will be issued a music folder to protect the music handed out for performance.  All music must be handed back in.

· Musical instrument must be brought to school at all times

· Pencils and erasers are requested for music notation.  A pencil is required at all times in rehearsal.

Jazz Band

 

This class is open to all 7^th and 8^th grade band students with at least one year of experience.  At the end of the school year students will be given an audition waiver or will be required to audition for admittance in the ensemble.  There is an enrollment cap on the class due to instrumentation.

Goals

This class will concentrate on the following areas of music curriculum:

· Beginning to intermediate jazz performance in big band and small group settings

· Beginning to intermediate improvisation skills

Beginning to intermediate jazz composition

 

It is the intention that the Jazz Band be a premiere performance ensemble of the school.  Competitions and performances locally will be planned.

Performance

Chair assignments will be determined through an audition process at the beginning of each semester.  The material used for these auditions will be given in the first week of classes.

Participation in all performance is mandatory and an essential culmination of instruction.

What we are working on in class:

                

1. Bb Blues scales and chords

2. 12 Bar Blues progression and improv

3.  Bb, Eb, F, Ab concert  Major scales/Chromatic scale

4. 25 or 6 to 4

5. On Green Dolphin Street

6. Playin the Blues