Spring Set
The Blues Walk by Clifford Brown
Moondance by Van Morrison
So What by Miles Davis
Cantaloupe Island by Herbie Hancock
The La Colina Junior High jazz band won first place in the Junior High division of the 40th Annual Dos Pueblos Jazz Festival in Santa Barbara. Santa Barbara Junior High took second place, and Goleta Valley Junior High took third.
La Colina also won for Best Trombone Section, Best Saxophone Section, and Best Rhythm Section. Goleta Valley won for Best Trumpet Section.
La Colina student Nathaniel Hodson, upright bass, won the Best Junior High Soloist award. Fellow La Colina students, Parker Woodward (tenor sax) and Steven Teng (trumpet), also won Best Soloist commendations.
The La Colina Jazz Band is comprised of woodwind (Alto Sax, Tenor Sax, and Bari Sax), Brass (Trumpets and Trombones), and Rhythm (Piano, Bass, and Drums).
This ensemble plays a wide variety of music, from big band jazz and swing to funk and latin. Students have an opportunity to improvise and develop the highest standards for performance.
Auditions are typically held in the Spring of the previous year, and entrance into this advanced ensemble is determined by that audition.