Emphasis is placed on the sequential development of advanced technical skills and on the study of related literature. Based on successful completion of sequential concepts for each level, students will continue as specified in course level. After-school rehearsals and performances are required of all students as a part of the course. Marching band techniques and performances are included in this course. The instrumental Jazz ensemble curriculum emphasizes improvisation and styles of the jazz idiom.
Content includes the study of blues scale patterns and harmonic progressions innate in jazz music.
Content also includes the study of the appropriate jazz literature and rehearsal and performance techniques from the jazz idiom. Performances and rehearsals both in and out of school may be required. Instrumentation of the jazz ensemble is at the discretion of the jazz instructor. Membership in Intermediate or Advanced Band, or Orchestra, if the large or small ensemble meets outside the regular school day. Content includes study of the appropriate ensemble literature and rehearsal and performance techniques from the various areas of musical composition.