ALL CITY JAZZ MISSOULA
REHEARSAL CHANGE!
ALICE COLTRANE - DRESS REHEARSAL/RUN-THROUGH
MONDAY, APRIL 21ST AT 4:15PM
SENTINEL HIGH SCHOOL!
LOTS GOING ON THIS SPRING
PLEASE STAY ON TOP OF REHEARSAL SCHEDULE!
BRIEF PROGRAM HISTORY
The Missoula All-City Jazz Program was founded in 2017 to provide an opportunity for area high school musicians to work on improvisation skills in a Small Group setting separate from their existing band programs. The organization, which annually has 25-35 student musicians, is now providing an educational experience to both high school & middle school students throughout the Missoula community with performances at Missoula on Main (formerly First Night Missoula), Jazzoula, The UM Buddy DeFranco Jazz Festival and other community events.
The All-City season begins in November and runs through May.
All-City Jazz is fiscally sponsored by Arts Missoula
WELCOME!
On behalf of the Missoula All-City Program and our staff I would like to thank you for your interest and support of this wonderful program. The All-City Jazz Program and our student ensembles for middle school and high school musicians are here to help our wonderful educators and student musicians; bringing confidence, musical growth and student leadership to our community. Students in this program will have an opportunity to work with the region’s finest educators and musicians.If you have any questions about the Missoula All-City program or would like to donate to this exceptional experience, please feel free to contact me at any time. Thanks for your support of jazz education on our community.
Looking forward,
Rob
SPRING PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
LOTS GOING ON
PLEASE PLAN AHEAD FOR REHEARSAL ABSENCES!
UPCOMING SPRING PERFORMANCES:
April 21 - Spring Performance – April 21
These groups will perform with the UM Small Groups on Monday, April 21
All-City Alice Coltrane
All-City Melba Liston
Performance Location: The ZACC
Performance Time: 7:30pm (call time 7:00pm)
*If you have a conflict with that day/time, please let me know ASAP so we can plan ahead.
April 25 - Jazzoula – April 25
The following groups will be performing at Jazzoula on Friday, April 25th.
All-City Herbie Hancock
All-City MS Miles Davis
Performance Location: The ZACC
Performance Time: 6:30pm (call time 6:00pm)
*There is a cost for this event
**If you have a conflict with that day/time, please let me know ASAP so we can plan ahead.
ALL CITY DRESS FOR PERFORMANCES:
Pants/skirt (no jeans)
All-City T-shirt
Shoes (no sneakers)
TICKETS & EQUIPMENT
*More information coming on Jazzoula ticket information and equipment.
As always, please contact Rob Tapper at 509.280.2284 or email Robert.tapper@umontana.edu If you have questions.
OUR MISSION
The mission of this program is to provide other opportunities in a creative environment for instrumental students through jazz instruction. The methods that are employed to help enrich the students will be improvisation, creative literature, masterclasses, workshops, and performances with nationally acclaimed musicians. The musical and leadership skills gained can then be shared with their own school programs. These groups will rehearse weekly and perform 2-3 times per academic year.
