Jazz Ensemble- (Grades 9-12), two credits/year

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  Prerequisites:  Enrollment in Instrumental Music.  An audition is also required prior to final registration.

  Jazz students study the contemporary Jazz idiom.  Improvisation, theory, harmony, and history of jazz performance
  are studied.  Students are ability grouped into ensembles.  Jazz students perform at several festivals, Swing Show, and
  concerts throughout the year.

  Jazz Combos are small groups formed by audition at the beginning of the year.  They are voluntary and focus mainly
  on improvisation and arranging.

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