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Jazz Ensemble

The 2024 All-State Jazz Band will be conducted by Mr. Noe Marmolejo, the Director of Jazz Studies at University of Houston. To learn more about Mr. Marmolejo, click here.

ATSSB has commissioned Aaron Lington to write a piece for the All-State Jazz Band that will be premiered at the February concert! Details to come!

What an outstanding clinic and concert this past February! The band was directed by Mr. Steve Owen, University of Oregon.

Directors

To get started in this year’s Jazz auditions:
1) Be sure you are a current active member of ATSSB – click here to join!
2) Visit the following page for forms and rules – click here!
3) Order your copy of the music from Buddy Mattei – click here!
4) Check your region’s page for audition date.
5) Tips and suggestions for students (amp settings, cymbal usage, and more) – click here!

The music is designed with small schools in mind! Directors can rehearse each selection with any combination of players since each is written for full ensemble.

There are no changes to Set C since it was last used in 2018-2019. If your Set C is labeled “Edited As of 2018-19” you have the latest version.

NOTES:
1 – Drum auditions for Area must be performed on an acoustic drumset.
2 – Trumpet players must audition on trumpet, not flugelhorn (yes, the demo on the CD is flugelhorn, but we don’t use flugel for the auditions). Here’s the screenshot of the rules page:

Region Coordinators

The AREA audition tracks are HERE. The page’s password will be sent to each region coordinator only.
Here’s a checklist which shows what’s involved in the region and area jazz auditions. Click here to view.

Area Listening Panels

Regions adjudicating the Area auditions on November 11 are:

Alto sax – Region 10 (area East)
Tenor sax and Bari sax – Region 16 (area West)
Trumpet – Region 7 (area North)
Tenor trombone – Region 29 (area Central)
Bass trombone – Region 15 (area South)
Piano, Guitar, Bass – Region 8 (area Central)
Drums – Region 24 (area North)

2021-2022 ATSSB All-State Jazz Band with Russell Schmidt from the Valley Jazz Cooperative (Phoenix)

REGION COORDINATORS

For all of the ATSSB Jazz etudes, including Set C for 2023-24, please contact Buddy Mattei and Mattei Music Service – https://www.matteimusicservices.com/atssbjazz

Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions:

Brian Donnell
Email: bdonnell@atssb.org
Greenhill School
4141 Spring Valley Rd
Addison, Tx 75001
Cell: (972) 978-9161
Work: (972) 628-5498
(texts work for both numbers)