This group provides the more advanced string players of the orchestra with an opportunity to learn and perform more difficult literature. The group also offers additional performance opportunities. Members are selected by audition and teacher recommendation and meet once a week after school. The Jazz Ensemble is open to all music students by audition and teacher recommendation. The Ensemble plays a variety of jazz styles.
Improvisation is discussed and rehearsed.
The Men's Ensemble is for young men in grades 9-12. Membership is by audition only, and is limited to those students enrolled in chorus, band, or orchestra. The Men's Ensemble studies and performs literature from all genres including jazz, pop, folk and classical with a focus on primarily a cappella music. The Stage Band is open to music students by audition and teacher recommendation. The Stage Band plays a variety of jazz styles selected primarily from big band literature.