Courses
9-Piece Jazz Ensemble
The 9-Piece Jazz ensemble is a medium size ensemble that performs arrangements in a variety of contemporary jazz styles. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Scofield, Carlton, and Ford
The Scofield, Carlton, and Ford ensemble will study and perform the music of John Scofield, Larry Carlton, and Robben Ford.
Jazz Sextet
The Jazz Sextet ensemble will study and perform the music of all jazz standards, arranged by George Zonce. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Piano Trio with Vocals Rating 5
The Piano Trio with Vocals ensemble will study, analyze, and perform the music of a wide variety of jazz material ranging from standard repertoire drawn from the Great American Songbook through ori
Jazz Flute Ensemble
The Jazz Flute ensemble is modeled after the group Supersax. In this course flute students will get the experience playing in a section situation with the correct nuances and articulations.
New Approaches/Jazz Decomposition
The New Approaches/Jazz Decomposition ensemble will study and perform original performances and arrangements of standard jazz repertoire.
Chord Scale Madness
An ensemble that performs outstanding student works written in AR-201 Chord Scale Voicings for Arranging in an annual concert entitled Chord Scale Madness.
R&B/Gospel Jazz
The R&B/Gospel Jazz ensemble will study and perform a mixture of R&B and gospel Jazz with and emphasis on the hybrid of jazz and gospel harmonic concepts.
Miles Davis Electric
The Miles Davis Electric ensemble will study and perform the music of the Miles Davis groups from the years 1969 to 1991. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Rainbow Big Band
The Rainbow Big Band Ensemble will study and perform previously performed arrangements and original arrangements written by Phil Wilson.
Piano Trio
The Piano Trio ensemble repertoire starts with Ahmad Jamal and continues through Wynton Kelly, Red Garland, Bill Evans, Tommy Flanagan, Oscar Peterson, McCoy Tyner, Jacky Terrasson, Cyrus Chestnut,
Jazz and Latin Jazz Rating 5
The Jazz and Latin Jazz ensemble will study Latin-influenced jazz and perform the music of contemporary artists that mix jazz harmony and improvisation while performing over Latin grooves.
Avant-Garde Ensemble
The Avant-Garde ensemble will study and perform important material from the avant-garde era. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Django Reinhardt/Gypsy Jazz
The Django Reinhardt/Gypsy Jazz ensemble will study and perform the music of Django Reinhardt and other artists in the idiom. The music is primarily acoustic string and guitar based.
The Music of Wes Montgomery
The Wes Montgomery ensemble will study and perform the music of Wes Montgomery. In this course, students will participate in weekly supervised rehearsals.
Concert Jazz Orchestra
The Concert Jazz Orchestra will study and perform original composition provide by the teachers, as well as original compositions of the students in the ensemble class.
Contemporary Chamber Music Ensemble
Mixed instrumental and vocal ensembles are formed to study and perform chamber music by 20th-century composers including Luciano Berio, John Corgliano, Aaron Copland, Maurice Ravel, Arnold Schoenbe
Original Fusion
The Original Fusion ensemble will study and perform original music from the teacher as well as the original compositions of the students in the ensemble class.
Microtonal Grooves
In this class we will experiment with microtonal arrangements of Western classical, Middle Eastern and other non-Western and jazz/fusion compositions.
Art Music of Black Composers
The Art Music of Black Composers ensemble will study and perform the richness of America's roots music traditions.