Saturday, September 17, 2011

Jazz Audition Results

Hello everyone! Thank you to everybody that tried out for the jazz ensembles. You worked really hard and it showed. Know that these placements aren't guaranteed for the entire year- if someone in Cranbury Jazz shows me he or she has made a lot of improvement and I think they belong in the Advanced Jazz Band, I can move that student up. On the flip side, if a student in the Advanced Jazz Band slacks off during the year I have the option to move him or her to Cranbury Jazz. Rehearsals start this week, with Advanced Jazz Band Tuesday 7:30-8:25am, and Cranbury Jazz Friday 12:35-1:00pm.

Advanced Jazz Band

Flute
Kate Ellsworth
Roopa Venkatraman

Clarinet
Hanna Rush
Maia Hauschild

Bass Clarinet
Ameya Hadap

Alto Sax
Nikhil Vasireddi
Charlotte Stout

Tenor Sax
Scott Li
Lisa D’souza

Trombone
Harrison Tsui
Neil Vasireddi
Thibaud Ginoux

Trumpet
Ian Stewart
Johnny Gittings
Sydney Rubin
Will McDonald

Drums
Tessa Vaccaro
Paul Stehn
Jake Borden (Vibes)

Guitar
Will Gibson

Keyboard Bass
Nicholette Garthe

Piano
Allison Spann
Collin Nichols


Cranbury Jazz

Saxophones
Ben Hom
Serena He
Hannah Collaizzo
Ashvik Awasti
Clay Kaiser
Mike Zarnowski (Tenor)

Flute
Avery Hom
Samantha Wu
Katie Thomsson
Rutha Chivate
Amanda Rubin
Samantha Wong
Jason Li

Clarinet
Steven Ma
Alex Chen
Kevin Qiu
Katherine Li
Paul Cooke (Bass Clarinet)

Trumpet
Tommy Reinfelder
Will Kinney
Jack Devine

Trombone/French Horn
William Huang
Jasper Scott
Miles Reinfelder (F horn)

Drums
Andrew Stokes
Chris Gibson
Jasmer Sethi

Guitar
Kiera Sears
Drew Beamer
Mahir Samaiya

Piano
Alex Cukier
Andrew Huang
Edward Gu

Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Jazz Audition Sign-up Sheet

Hello everyone,

Welcome back to school! For those of you that want to sign up for one of the 2 jazz ensembles, there is a sign-up sheet on the outside of the door to the band room (room 52). Since I want to have all of the auditions in back to back, we will be having the sign-up times from 7:00am-8:26am on Tuesday, September 13. Each student will have a 2 minute slot, which is enough time for me to hear everything I need to make my decision. Because the time slots are so close together, students should be in the band room, warmed up, and prepared to go in BEFORE their time slot. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or concerns.

Thank you!

Mr. Pollack