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 20 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! PERSONNELMHS JAZZ I
SAXES Max Johnson - Alto 1 Lauren Hofer - Alto 2 Kaylie Fuerst - Alto 2 Mason Buenzow - Tenor 1 Emma Plamp - Tenor 2 Jonathan Van Meter - Baritone TROMBONES Drex Martinek - Lead Abigail Parks - 2nd Trombone Kate Ahlers - 3rd Trombone Owen Burgess - Bass Trombone TRUMPETS Allie Vermeulen - Trumpet 1 Kobi Lutjens - Trumpet 2 Sofia Torgerson - Trumpet 3 Jared Juelfs - Trumpet 4 Jason Voeltz - Trumpet 5 RHYTHM Reed Renken - Bass Morgan Buenzow - Aux/Vibes Ashlyn Reynolds - Piano Leo Eggert - Guitar Max Hart - Set We need a few more brass players to have a jazz 2 again this year (we have enough rhythm players....need more trumpets, saxes and trombones!) Talk to some of your friends and convince them to play so we can have jazz 2 again!! |
SCHEDULEDecember 13 - Holiday Jam
December 15 - Winter Concert Jan 19 - NSU Jazz Festival in Aberdeen Feb 7 - Palace City Jazz Festival Feb 24-25 - UNO Jazz Festival in Omaha (overnight) Feb 28 - Augustana Jazz Festival March 27 - Northeast Jazz Festival in Norfolk NE April 13 - SDSU Jazz Festival May 2 - Palace City Jam |
