Performance Opportunities

  Shenandoah's ensembles present more than 300 concerts and recitals each year in a variety of settings. The Jazz-specific ensembles (Jazz Ensemble, Stage Band, the Jazz Lab Band, the Jazz Trombone Ensemble and the Jazz Guitar Ensemble), together with numerous jazz combos, pit orchestras for shows and operas, the large concert band, wind ensemble, symphony orchestra, chamber groups and student recitals all offer many opportunities to perform.

Shenandoah jazz groups also participate in tours, jazz festivals, conventions, artist series, concerts, and dances around the world. The Jazz Ensemble and Stage Band average twenty-five performances each year, including on-campus concerts and numerous off-campus appearances at jazz festivals, conventions, artist series, and dances. The Jazz Ensemble has played at the Embassy of Japan, and has toured extensively overseas, including trips to Sweden, China, Japan, Iceland, and throughout Europe.  

The Jazz Department hosts clinics and master classes by well known guest jazz players and composers/arrangers. Past guest artists include Billy Taylor, Randy Brecker, Allen Vizzutti, Chris Vadala, Conrad Herwig, the Woody Herman Orchestra, Mike Tomaro, Bob Moses, Vincent DiMartino, the John McNeil Quartet, Secrets, the Tom Saputo Trio, as well as the US. Air Force Airmen of Note, the US. Navy Commodores Jazz Ensemble, the US. Army Jazz Ambassadors and the Army Blues. The Faculty Jazz Ensemble also features a concert series that continues throughout the year.