Princeton High School Jazz Festival

Please be sure to leave Friday, February 11 and Saturday, February 12, 2011 open on your calendars. These are the dates of the 2011 Princeton High School Jazz Festival.

All middle school bands, including the Cranbury Advanced Jazz Band, will perform during the evening of Friday, 2/11. High School bands will perform on Saturday.

This year's guest artist will be the great trumpeter/composer/bandleader Tim Hagans. See www.timhagans.com.
Here is a great video of some of his work:


And another:

Concert Dates

Here are the CORRECT concert dates for the 2010-2011 school year.

WINTER
*Dec 8th (Dress Rehearsal) & Dec 9th (Evening):
Concert Band (7th/8th)
Colonial Band (6th)
Cadet Band (5th)
Percussion Ensembles

*Dec 15th (Dress Rehearsal) & Dec 16th (Evening):
Advanced Choir
Concert Choir (6th, 7th & 8th)
4th & 5th Grade Choir
Advanced Jazz Band
Cranbury Jazz Band

SPRING
*May 18th (Dress Rehearsal) & May 19th (Evening):
Concert Band (7th/8th)
Colonial Band (6th)
Cadet Band (5th)
Percussion Ensembles

*May 25th (Dress Rehearsal) & May 26th (Evening):
Advanced Choir
Concert Choir (6th, 7th & 8th)
4th & 5th Grade Choir
Advanced Jazz Band
Cranbury Jazz Band

*June 1 (School-day Concert)
Viking Band (4th)
K-3 Choirs
Advanced Jazz Band

Sonnymoon For Two - Sonny Rollins Quintet

The song we've been working on by ear in the Cranbury Jazz Band.

Flight

PC

Mean

Sermon

Blue

Rainforest

Christmas

Burrito

Here is a play-along track to practice improvising on "Funky Rumpus".

Important Dates for 2010-2011 school year

Here are some important dates for next year for students who will be in the Cranbury Jazz Bands:

Friday, February 11 - Princeton High Jazz Festival (middle schools)
Saturday, February 12 - PHS Jazz Festival (high schools)

Wednesday, March 2 - afternoon - 8th grade auditions for PHS Bands

Friday, May 6 - Cranbury Big Band Dance w/the PHS Jazz Bands