Swing Central Podcast ~ Savannah, Georgia

Featuring Agoura High School’s “STUDIO JAZZ & JAZZ A” bands

Link to Swing Central Podcast:
http://www.wtoc.com/story/37848799/live-the-best-high-school-jazz-bands-in-the-us-battle-at-the-lucas-theatre-in-downtown-savannah

Another link to the performance:
https://livestream.com/accounts/11006691/events/8136137

** If the screen is blank it’s because the next band is setting up.

STUDIO JAZZ 2017-2018

“JAZZ A” 2017-2018

Swing Central is a three day jazz workshop and competition put on by the Savannah Music Festival. You can watch some of the best high school jazz bands duke it out live in the player above. 

Swing Central Jazz is a three-day workshop and competition with a collective approach to big band jazz instruction. Led by pianist/composer/educator Marcus Roberts, the clinician team includes a wide range of jazz educators such as Jason Marsalis, Jim Ketch (Associate Director), Rodney Whitaker and Ron Westray.
Swing Central Jazz 2018 will take place from April 4 – 6 in Savannah, GA.

• Do you know someone in Savannah at #SwingCentralJazz? Catch the livestream of the competition Friday at WTOC-TV online!Part I
  8:30     Rio Americano AM Jazz Band
  8:55     SFJAZZ High School All-Stars
  9:20 – 9:25am Break
  9:25     Niceville High School Jazz Band
  9:50am  (6:50-PST) Agoura High School Jazz “A”
  10:15 – 10:25am Break
  10:25    Jazz at Lincoln Center Youth Big Band
  10:50     Byron Center High School Jazz Orchestra

  Part II
  12:15    Albemarle High School Jazz Ensemble
  12:40    Bloomington High School North Advanced Jazz Band
  1:05 – 1:10pm Break
  1:10pm (10:10-PST) Agoura High School Studio Jazz
  1:35     Battle Ground High Advanced Jazz Band
  2:00 – 2:10pm Break
  2:10   Northview High School Jazz Ensemble
  2:35    Newport High School Jazz I

  os, dir.

Alternates: Tarpon Springs High School Jazz Ensemble (Tarpon Springs, FL) – Chris de Léon, dir.; Las Vegas Academy for the Arts Jazz Band (Las Vegas, NV) – Patrick Bowen, dir.