Health Careers High School – Jazz Band IV

Mar 2026 · 2nd Semester

This course is designed as an enrichment opportunity for students to apply instrumental music skills to the jazz medium. Students will study jazz history, learn to improvise, and perform jazz literature of all styles. With the exception of rhythm section instruments required for the jazz course (piano, bass, guitar, and vocals), all students must be a concurrent member of the Prep, Con-cert, or Symphonic Band. Sound music fundamentals are a prerequisite for success in this course. Texas All-State Ensembles and large scholarship opportunities are included in this course work. Students will perform extensively in public venues. Enrollment in this course constitutes agreement to fulfill all curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular requirements.