Congratulations!

Great job at the jazz festival everyone! I am pleased to announce our jazz band received-

Outstanding Rating (highest rating given out at festival)

Best Overall Trumpet Section

Best Overall Sight Reading

I am very proud of all the students and you should be too. Thank you everyone for all your hard work and dedication. I am looking forward to the rest of the year and our performances in the Spring.

Recess Rehearsal Tomorrow

Don't forget! We have rehearsal tomorrow 2/10 during lunch/recess (Advanced Jazz Band) in preparation for the PHS Jazz Festival. Students should bring their food to the band room at 12:15, eat there, then rehearse from 12:35-1pm.

See you then!

PHS Jazz Festival Info (Advanced Jazz Band) updated 2/7/12

Princeton High School Jazz Festival

Friday, February 10, 2012

Princeton High School
151 Moore Street
Princeton, NJ 08540

Dress: Same as winter concert. White on top, black on bottom. Boys wear any tie and BLACK SOCKS AND BLACK DRESS SHOES

Report time- 4:40pm. Parents are responsible for transporting students to PHS on time.

***STUDENTS- report back to our equipment/instrument area at 7:15pm***
Warm-up time: 7:30pm
Performance time: 8:00pm


Students will put their instruments, music, and all other belongings in the designated spot for Cranbury School (there will be students from the high school helping direct students to their spot) and then meet in the auditorium for the clinic which starts at 5pm. Please do not forget your instrument or music!! We will sit together as a band in the auditorium during the clinic.

**Rhythm section students-- we will talk at some point at the end of a rehearsal about rhythm section equipment**

Students are required to attend the clinic. After the clinic, student can grab something to eat in the cafeteria (food and drinks will be on sale) or stay in the auditorium to watch other bands. Students are HIGHLY encouraged to watch other bands! Students will After we perform on stage we have to sight read a song as part of the festival. Once that is completed, students are encouraged to stay for the rest of the festival to hear the other bands (including the PHS Studio Band with Denis DiBlasio) and stay for the awards presentation, but are not required to and are free to leave. Our students will be done sight reading around 8:40pm, and the awards ceremony is around 9:40pm.

Songs we will perform (in order):

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
This Masquerade

I'm very excited for the festival and I know it's going to be a great night. Please come out and support our jazz band!!

Mr. Pollack

Jazz Song Audio Files

Hello! Here are the links for the audio to each jazz song we're playing so far. I'll upload a new audio file for each new song I pass out. Please take the time to listen to these songs while looking at your part!

Advanced Jazz:

Attack of the Killer Tomatoes

Spain

A Big Band Christmas

This Masquerade

Amber Waves

Cranbury Jazz

Jazz To the World


Thanks!

Mr. Pollack

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

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

Jazz Audition Etudes

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a fun and safe summer. We're getting close to the school year now, and I know there is some confusion about the etudes for the jazz audition, but don't worry! Here's what you should do. If you were handed a a paper copy of the etude or it's here on the blog, great! You'll play that along with your scales and sight reading for the audition. If your etude is not here and you didn't receive a paper copy, it's OK! Don't worry at all. Since the audition is just for placement in one of the bands, I just need to see how well you can play. You will just play your scales and sight reading for the audition, and won't be marked down or penalized for not having the etude.

I am looking forward to seeing all of you this year, and I'm really excited to start making music!

Mr. Pollack