| The Valley Christian Jazz department is a creative culture developing students through dynamic
performance opportunities, curriculum activities, and
a comprehensive improvisational program. The jazz
department exposes students to an outstanding library
of graded literature serving both sight-reading and
repertoire criterion. Coaching and clinics from the
finest jazz and commercial music professionals on the
west coast provides practical hands on application of
learned performance skills. Students absorb historical
and cultural information through study and
concentrated listening.
The bands of the Jazz department have won top honors
at the Reno Jazz Festival, Folsom Jazz Festival, San
Jose Jazz Festival, Campana Jazz Festival, Mount San
Antonio College Jazz Festival, and Central California
Jazz Festival. Bands have also been selected as
National finalists for both the Monterey Jazz Festival
and University of Southern California jazz festivals.
Students from the Jazz department have received
numerous awards and scholarships including outstanding
musicianship and scholarship awards from the Monterey
Jazz Festival, Reno Jazz Festival, USC jazz festival,
Downbeat magazine and the Grammy Foundation. Jazz
department students have matriculated to the Manhattan
School of Music, The New School of New York, Cal Arts,
Azusa Pacific, and Cal State Northridge among other schools.
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