Visual & Performing Arts
Jazz Band
Jazz Band is an advanced instrumental ensemble, open by audition or consent of instructor as ensemble positions are limited, to students who already know how to play a jazz band instrument. Jazz Band will learn a large volume of literature while exploring a variety of jazz styles, such as swing, funk, rock, Latin, and bebop. Students will be expected to learn advanced music theory and apply it to the literature involved. Students will have regular opportunities to improvise solos on their instruments as well as participate in sections in the ensemble. Individual responsibility, self-directed learning skills, and good practice habits are a must.
From the SCUSD High School Course Catalog 2025–2026, page 86.
PrerequisiteBand/Orchestra and by Audition and Consent of Instructor
- Grades
- 9-12
- Credits
- 10, Year
- UC/CSU a–g
- F
- Course #
- 637005
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