Winter Jazz Festival

The Sacramento State Winter Jazz Festival, held on the Sacramento State campus, is open to Elementary School, Middle School, High School, and Colleges. The Festival includes jazz bands, vocal jazz ensembles, and jazz combos, and is a non-competitive, educational event with no scoring, no ranking of ensembles, and no awards or trophies involved.

Festival Format

Each group will spend 45 minutes with a single clinician. Clinicians will critique your prepared charts with the option of spending a portion of the clinic teaching your group a jazz composition totally by ear, focusing upon aural training and improvisation. If you have nothing prepared to bring to The Winter Jazz Festival, you can have your clinician introduce your ensemble to a selection of your choice (bring scores and parts with you) or spend your entire session on aural training and improvisation.

Schedule:

8:00 AMOak Ridge High SchoolJoseph Kerr Middle SchoolUnion Mine High School
Oakridge High School Vocal JazzKerr Jazz BandUnion Mine High School Jazz Band
Natalie FletterickChristopher TootleMatthew Lane
8:45 AMPonderosa High SchoolPleasanton Middle SchoolLincoln High School
Ponderosa Vocal Jazz EnsemblePleasanton Middle School Jazz BandLincoln High School Jazz Band
Craig MasonCarolyn SlousKristin Florek
9:30 AMRio Linda High SchoolCamerado Springs Middle SchoolRocklin High School
Rio NYNCamerado Springs MS Jazz Band IIRocklin High School Jazz Band I
Craig MurrayKalei CablayJeffrey Hayman
10:15 AMNatomas Charter SchoolPleasant Grove Middle SchoolLaguna Creek High School
Vocal Ensemble IIPleasant Grove Jazz EnsembleLaguna Creek Jazz Ensemble
Jesse CrossonShaun ManleyJeffrey Edom
11:00 AMBear Creek High SchoolSilverado Middle SchoolSheldon High School
Bear Creek Vocal JazzSilverado Middle School Jazz BandSheldon High School Jazz Band
Elizabeth UnpingcoMeredith MellinJustin Bunselmeier
1:15 PMMarin School of the ArtsFolsom Middle SchoolOak Ridge High School
Jazz Choir II Folsom Middle School Jazz BandJazz Band I
Margaret StarrDan LingenfelterNathan Tilley
2:00 PMDowney High SchoolCamerado Springs Middle SchoolSan Marin High School
EPIC Jazz ChoirCamerado Springs MS Jazz Band ISan Marin High School Jazz Band I
Cory OlariuKalei CablayAllison McIvor
2:45 PMNatomas Charter SchoolThomas Hart Middle SchoolWoodcreek High School
Vocal Ensemble IHart Jazz BandWoodcreek High School Jazz Band I
Jesse CrossonSarah McClimonAustin Gaesser
3:30 PM San Marin High SchoolArden Middle SchoolFolsom High School
San Marin Jazz ChoirArden Jazz BandFolsom High School Jazz Band I
Allison McIvorWhitney DisneyGaw Vang Williams
4:15 PMMarin School of the ArtsHarvest Park Middle SchoolRio Americano High School
Jazz Choir IHarvest Park MS Jazz BandRio Americano High School Jazz Band I
Margaret StarrPatrick DandreaJosh Murray
5:00 PMFolsom High School Sutter Middle SchoolNorthgate High School
Folsom High School Vocal JazzSutter Middle Schoo Jazz BandNorthgate High School Jazz Band I
Gaw Vang WilliamsKelsey IversonRoberto Garcia-Leiva
5:45 PMAcalanes High School Jazz ChoirGold Trail School Marin School of the Arts
Acalanes High School Jazz ChoirGold Trail Jazz BandJazz Ensemble I
Meredith HawkinsRobert KeedyMatthew Verplaetse
6:30 PMRodriguez High School Rodriguez High School Vocal Jazz Scott Miller

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