Lakota West Jazz Bands

Announcing: JAZZ BAND AUDITIONS
for the 2013-2014 school year!

Please click on the links below for audition information and audition music.

Jazz Audition Info – Main Campus 2013-2014

Jazz Audition Music – Main Campus 2013-2014

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Lakota Students Selected for OMEA District XIII
2012-2013 Honor Jazz Band

Congratulations to all students who performed with the OMEA District XIII Honor Jazz Bands! 19 Lakota High School students and 23 Lakota Junior School students were selected to perform with the Honor Jazz Bands. Great job to all students!

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Lakota Winter Jazz Festival Recap

Congratulations to the students in jazz bands from all four Lakota Junior Schools as well as both Freshman and Main Campuses for outstanding performances at the Lakota Winter Jazz Festival! It was great to see and hear so many Lakota schools represented under one roof.

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Lakota Students Selected for 2012-2013
All-State Jazz Ensemble

Congratulations to the following students who were selected as members of the 2012-2013 OMEA All-State Jazz Ensemble. These Lakota students competed through CD auditions to earn 9 of the 18 spots in the All-State Jazz Ensemble!

Curtis Holtgrefe, alto saxophone (West)
Ethan Bennett, tenor saxophone (West)
Zach Williams, bari saxophone (East)
Peyton Bennett, trumpet (West)
Alex Fuhr, trumpet (East)
Jacob Stegeman, trombone (East)
Adam Feltner, trombone (East)
Andrew Haug, piano (East)
Julia Higgins, bass (East)

Nathaniel Lett, trumpet alternate (East)
Matt Boubin, trombone alternate (West)

This is a tremendous honor for our students! We look forward to the great experience they are sure to have rehearsing and performing with the All-State Jazz Ensemble. For those interested in attending the concert, it will be held in the Crown Plaza Hotel Ball Room at 12:15 on February 9, 2013 in Columbus.

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UPCOMING EVENTS

The Lakota East JAZZ SWING DANCE will be held in the LEHS Main Campus cafeteria on Friday, January 25th, 8:00pm-10:00pm. Bands will include the East Freshman Jazz Band and both East Main Campus Jazz Bands. All are encouraged to attend – This is a fun evening for the entire family and people of all ages! Tickets are available at http://www.lakotaeastbands.org and at the door.

The Beavercreek Jazz Festival is at Beavercreek HS on Saturday, March 2, 2013. All Lakota Main Campus Jazz Bands will be featured. Performance times will be given by Beavercreek Jazz Festival coordinators approximately 10 days before the event. Times and other pertinent details will be communicated to parents and students as soon as they are known. Please remember – transportation is “on your own” for this event.

Due to conflicts in scheduling, East and West Freshman Jazz Bands will be performing at the Lakota Freshman Jazz Festival in the Lakota East Freshman School theatre rather than at the Lebanon Jazz Festival. This concert will still take place on March 16, 2013 and we are still committed to providing an outstanding festival experience for all freshman jazz students, including on-stage clinics by a great jazz educator and musician.

West Freshman will perform at 9:00am, followed by an on-stage clinic ending at 10:00am.

East Freshman will perform at 10:15am, followed by an on-stage clinic ending at 11:15am.

We hope to see you at our upcoming concerts and events!

Sincerely,
Mr. Todd Hartman and Mrs. Stacey Pease
Lakota Jazz Band Directors

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Announcing
Jazz Opportunities Outside of the School Day

Jazz opportunities outside of the school day include Cincinnati Youth Jazz Orchestra (CYJO), Honor Jazz Band, and more. Interested parents and students should click HERE to learn more about these and other “Outside of the School Day Jazz Opportunities”.

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Lakota West Jazz – A Proud Tradition

As the Lakota West band program has enjoyed growth, the jazz program has grown as well. The Lakota West Jazz program started as one jazz band taught after school, and has grown to five high school jazz big bands, which each meet daily during the school day. The bands are under the direction of Mr. Todd Hartman and Ms. Stacey Pease.

Lakota Jazz Bands have hosted jazz greats such as Rick Van Matre, Phil DeGreg, Jim Rupp, Scott Belck, Hal Melia, Drews Mitchell, Jason Webb, Steve Whipple, Bill Burns, Rusty Burge, Jerry Robinson, J.C. Heisler, Joe Jahnigen, Ron Jones, and Karl Kerfoot as guest performers/clinicians.

The Lakota West High School Jazz Ensemble has been selected to perform at the prestigious University of North Texas Jazz Festival and the OMEA State Professional Conference. The West Jazz Ensemble earned a superior rating at the OMEA State Jazz Festival. The ensemble also participated in a clinic with Mr. Rick VanMatre (Director of Jazz Studies/Jazz Ensemble Conductor the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music) at the OMEA Professional Conference.

Lakota West jazz students are consistently selected to perform with the OMEA All-State High School Jazz Ensemble and the OMEA District XIII Honor Jazz Ensemble.

Other performance venues for Lakota Jazz Bands have included the Ohio State University Jazz Festival, the Southwest Ohio Jazz Festival at Miami University, the Beavercreek High School Jazz Festival, and the Lebanon High School Jazz Festival.

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2012-2013 Course Materials and Forms
Click on the description below to download that item:

2012-2013 West Jazz Combo Handbook

2012-2013 West Jazz Ensemble Handbook

2012-2013 West Main Campus Handbook Agreement Form

Lakota Emergency Medical Authorization Form