- Gateway Middle School
- Gateway Bands
Gateway Jazz Band
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Students should check this page periodically for updates including recordings and resources.
The Jazz Band is a select performing group that meets at 7:15 AM in the band room on Tuesday and Thursday. All instruments are welcome to participate in the jazz band, but the "traditional" jazz instruments are as follows:
- Saxophone (alto, tenor, bari)
- Trombone
- Trumpet
- Drum set
- Piano
- Guitar
- Bass Guitar
- Vibraphone
Auditions will be announced soon.
Jazz auditions will consist of the following (except drummers):
- Perform 12 to 16 measures of a pop or jazz piece of your choosing.
- Sight-read a piece of the director’s choosing
- Bb and Eb concert major scales memorized
Drum set:
- Rock beat
- Swing beat
- Sight-read