About the jazz band:Our award winning jazz band is typically comprised of 5 saxes (2 altos, 2 tenors and 1 bari), 4 trombones (3 tenors and 1 bass), 4 trumpets, set, piano, guitar and bass. Instrumentation and numbers vary year to year.
Our Jazz I group has won numerous awards over the last 18 years. The band competes every year at various competitions in South Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota and Nebraska. The band also hosts its own festival called the Palace City Jazz Festival in February and an end of the year "jazz celebration" called the Palace City Jam in May! PERSONNELJAZZ 1
SAXES: Jada Fritzemeier - Lead Alto Paige Phinney - 2nd Alto Christian Kremer - Lead Tenor Lauren Hofer- 2nd Tenor Mason Buenzow - Baritone Sax TRUMPETS Zachary Van Meter - Split Lead Atlanta Stahle - Split Lead Allie Vermeulen - 3rd Kobi Lutjens - 4th TROMBONES Jamie Payne - 1st Drex Martinek - 2nd Kate Ahlers - 3rd Isaac Heide - 4th RHYTHM SECTION Jesse Dodd - Set Max Hart - Set Aiden Beckstrom - Bass Ella Mutziger - Guitar Maddi Gerlach - Piano Izzy Lambert - Flute/Aux There were A LOT of great auditions this year...thank you for auditioning! I will be reaching out to those of you that auditioned about starting a jazz 2 this year! |
SCHEDULE12.9 - Winter Concert
1.20 - NSU Jazz Festival in Aberdeen 2.8 - Palace City Jazz Festival 2.11 - SDBA State Conference in Brookings 3.1 - Augustana Jazz Festival 3.15 - Spring Concert 4.7 - SDSU Jazz Festival 5.3 - Palace City Jam 5.12 - Senior Awards Night RESOURCESAll-State Jazz BandTBA
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