Jazz Band

• Fall Concert at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 30th, 2024

• Winter Concert at 6:30 on Tuesday, December 17th, 2024

We are excited to have you audition for the 2025-26 Spanish River High School Jazz Band! Please look at the requirements below and prepare thoroughly for your audition. 

What: Auditions for the Jazz Band at Spanish River High School.

Who: All Band students in grades 9-12 for the 2025-26 school year, are eligible to audition. Placement into this band will be based on the quality of your audition. 

Where: Auditions for the 2025-26 Jazz Band will be through video audition. 

When: Students auditioning for these groups will submit a video of themselves performing the required audition materials on or before Friday, May 9, for Jazz Band. Materials can be found at Audition Information.

Jazz Band Audition Materials

1. Major Scales - Prepare Ab, Eb, C, G Major scales in the All-State pattern. Swung 8th notes, staccato up and slurred down.

2. Chromatic Scale - Prepare a 2 or 3 octave chromatic scale starting on the note of your choice. Swung 8th notes, staccato up and slurred down.

3. Prepared Etude - Prepare your instrument's etude found found at Audition Information

4. Video Audition - Record your audition and upload it to the google form found at Audition Information. Recordings must be a video in one continuous take where you are visible the whole time. Please keep any pauses between portions below 10 seconds.

Winter Concert

Tonight is the Big Night with our Winter Concert at 6:30pm on December 17th! Jazz Band is on stage for sound check at 3:30pm

Girls need to arrive by 5:00pm. You will receive your new black concert dress at that time and some of our parent volunteers will hem them for you. Please remember to wear your flat black shoes. Boys need to arrive by 5:30pm in your concert attire (black slacks, black ankle high socks, white tux shirts. Jackets, bow ties, and cummerbunds will be distributed when you arrive.

Performance order is as follows:

• SRHS Jazz Band

• SRHS Symphonic Band

• SRHS Wind Ensemble

Everyone please park in the main parking lot in front of the theater.

Tickets are $5 and are only available through our Ludus link. 

The SRHS Jazz Band performing next Tues. 11/12!

WHAT: The Spanish River High School Academy Open House!

WHEN: Tuesday, 11/12

The Jazz Band will set-up in front of the theater at 5:00pm and perform from 5:30pm-6:00pm. Attire is formal black clothes and your choice of straight tie. After the performance, marching band members go to band room and change clothes.

FALL CONCERT.  We are excited to share the stage with Omni MS on Wednesday! 

The concert will be at 5:30 on Wednesday, October 30th, and will feature performances by the Silver Sound Jazz Band, Symphonic Band, and Wind Ensemble, as well as the Omni Middle School band.  

All students and chaperones will report to the gate by the theater entrance (enter at Jog Rd)

• 5:00pm: Students report to band room, dressed (jackets, bow ties, and cummerbunds will be distributed at that time)  

• 5:15pm: Attendance in band room.  Students will proceed, with instruments, to watch performances from the auditorium.

• 5:30pm - Concert begins.  

Performance order is as follows:

• Omni Symphonic Band

• Omni Wind Ensemble

• Intermission

• SRHS Jazz Band

• SRHS Symphonic Band

• SRHS Wind Ensemble

Concert Attire:

Girls: Black dresses (provided by SRHS Band), or black slacks and black blouse, and closed-toe formal black flat shoes- no heels please.  Please make sure that you can comfortably walk in your shoes from the band room to the theater and up on to the stage while carrying your instrument. 

Boys: Black dress shoes, black socks (calf high- please no ankles!), black dress slacks, white tuxedo shirt (see image), black dress jacket (provided), black cummerbund (provided) and bow tie (provided). If you want to wear your own black tux, please let us know so we can plan accordingly. Jackets and dresses will be distributed on 10/29 at time listed above. Bow ties and cummerbunds will be distributed the night of the concert. In the Halloween spirit, students are allowed to wear minimal school -appropriate minimal accents to the required concert dress code.

The concert is free of charge, although if you’d to donate to our band program, we welcome your support and will have information for you at the concert.

If you're in the 7th period class and are not performing, we hope you’ll join us for the performance!  Students, please contact Mr. White if you’d like to assist with the concert.