SENIOR JAZZ FESTIVAL

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2026

ST. CHARLES EAST HIGH SCHOOL, ST. CHARLES

 
 
 

SENIOR Jazz combo

Conductor
Katie Ernst

Repertoire

Antropology - Charlie Parker & Dizzy Gillespie

Blowin the Blues Away - Horace Silver

JuJu - Wayne Shorter

Peace - Horace Silver

 

SENIOR Jazz Band 1

Conductor
Kirby Fellis

Repertoire
Back to the Apple - Frank Foster

Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron arr. Maria Schnieder

It Might as Well be Swing - Terry Gibbs arr. Bill Holman

Sabor De Cuba - Victor Lopez

 
High School trombone students in rehearsal with an All-State Jazz Ensemble

SENIOR Jazz Band 2

Conductor
Jimmy Farace

Repertoire
Salina - Maria Schneider

And Another Thing - Tom Garling

Easy Money - Benny Carter

Togo Dan White arr. Chris Ott

 
Saxophone soloist in performance at All-State Jazz Night

SENIOR JAZZ BAND 3

Conductor
Scott Gumina and Ryan Kazda

Repertoire
Well You Needn't - Thelonious Monk arr. Mike Kamuf

What Am I Here For? - Duke Ellington arr. Mike Tomaro

Lady Bird - Tadd Dameron arr. Mark Taylor

Tell Me a Bedtime Story - Herbie Hancock arr. Alan Baylock

 
Female soloist singing into microphone during a vocal jazz performance

SENIOR VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE 1

Conductor
Greg Jasperse

Repertoire
Look for the Silver Lining - Jerome Kern & Buddy DeSylva arr. Greg Jasperse

I’ll Be Seeing You - Lyrics by Irving Kahal & Music by Fain arr. Peter Eldridge

Gotta Be This or That - Sunny Skylar arr. Eric Hagmann

 
Vocal jazz in rehearsal at a district festival

SENIOR VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE 2

Conductor
Kathryn (Kat) Sherman

Repertoire
Sailing Home - Peter Eldridge & Rosana Eckert arr. Liz Townsend

My One and Only Love - Lyrics by Robert Mellin, Music by Guy Wood arr. Doung Andrews

It’s You or No One - Lyrics by Sammy Cahn, Music by Jule Styne arr. Kerry Marsh

 
 
Female vocal jazz singer in performance at the Illinois Music Education Conference

SENIOR VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE 3

Conductor
Michael Molloy

Repertoire
Scarborough Fair - Traditional Folk Song arr. Kerry Marsh

Let's Live Again - George Shearing & Milton Raskin arr. Rosana Eckert

Shadows (I Carry Light) - Kat Sherman