Jazz Band 1

Jazz Band 1 is Prairie Grove's premier jazz ensemble and is open to experienced band students in grades 5, 6, 7, and 8 via audition only. Students that audition for Jazz Band 1, but do not make the band, are automatically enrolled in Jazz Band 2. Jazz Band 1 is an extra-curricular ensemble, but members are required to be enrolled in Advanced Band (with the exception of "specialty" jazz instruments: bass, piano, and guitar. Students that play these instruments but are not enrolled in the band program may still audition). 

Jazz Band 1 meets twice per week on Wednesday and Friday mornings from 7:15-8:00am. Students also receive weekly 30-minute small-group lessons on Wednesdays. Jazz Band 1 performs annually at the Illinois Grade School Music Association (IGSMA) Division Contest and has made numerous appearances at the IGSMA State Contest. Jazz Band 1 had the honor of performing at the 2022 Illinois Music Education Conference in Peoria, Illinois, and will be performing this coming January at the 2024 Jazz Education Network Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana.