Senior Jazz
In the first three weeks of school, students from all grades audition for available positions in the Senior, Intermediate, and Junior Jazz Bands. All three groups perform in concerts, festivals, and dances throughout the school year.
The focus of the Senior Jazz Ensemble is to continue to build skills in various jazz styles and to continue to build improvisation techniques. Students enrolled in this course also participate in a further study of the history of jazz music and a study of professional performers in the jazz idiom, both past and present.
Students in this ensemble will play music that is of the highest level written, including original charts written for professional big bands. Students in the Senior Jazz Band have upheld an uncontested record at National Finals at MusicFest Canada for decades, with an unparalleled level of Gold Medal ratings. The students in the Senior Jazz band often get special opportunities to perform at various venues, including fundraising concerts for local charities, performing with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and providing music for many of the school's most important functions.
The focus of the Senior Jazz Ensemble is to continue to build skills in various jazz styles and to continue to build improvisation techniques. Students enrolled in this course also participate in a further study of the history of jazz music and a study of professional performers in the jazz idiom, both past and present.
Students in this ensemble will play music that is of the highest level written, including original charts written for professional big bands. Students in the Senior Jazz Band have upheld an uncontested record at National Finals at MusicFest Canada for decades, with an unparalleled level of Gold Medal ratings. The students in the Senior Jazz band often get special opportunities to perform at various venues, including fundraising concerts for local charities, performing with the Winnipeg Jazz Orchestra, and providing music for many of the school's most important functions.