ABOUT THE COY JAZZ BAND

The Coy Jazz Band performs music in a variety of styles including swing, latin, rock, and funk. This group focus on jazz standards as well as modern hits and helps students learn the basics of jazz improvisation. The jazz band performs at school concerts and additional community events. The instrumentation is slightly flexible but is generally made up of 5-7 saxophones, 5-7 trombones (or baritones/tubas), and 5-7 trumpets as well as a rhythm section made up of 1-2 piano players, and 1-2 drumset players. Additionally, if students audition who are proficient on guitar or bass guitar, those instruments can be included in the ensemble. Students must audition to earn a spot in jazz band and demonstrate a certain level of skill on their instrument to be accepted (i.e. if only 1 guitar player tries out, that does not guarantee them a spot).