Monterey Jazz Regional All Star Band & Vocal Ensemble at Jazz on the Plazz

As part its ongoing support for music education in schools, Monterey Jazz is excited to announce our remarkable 2025 Regional All-Star Band. In the 2025 school year, students will have the benefit of working with some of the county’s best jazz educators. In addition, All-Star Band students who satisfy a set of requirements established by MJF Education department will receive a Certificate of Excellence in Professional Musicianship.

Each all-star ensemble, featuring talented students from across Monterey County, rehearses twice monthly while working on ensemble skills including phrasing, blending, improvisation, and rhythmic feel. The bands perform across Monterey County and far beyond, testing their chops on the bandstand while bringing great jazz music to the community. The venues that have featured the Regional All-Star ensembles in the past include the Kennedy Center, the National Archives, Dimitriou’s Jazz Alley in Seattle, San Jose Jazz Fest, Jazz on Plazz in Los Gatos, Forest Theater in Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Monterey Jazz Festival.

You may also like the following events from Jazz on the Plazz, by Los Gatos Music & Arts:

• Next month, 9th July, 06:30 am, FULL SPECTRUM JAZZ ORCHESTRA w/Kyle Hernandez present The Music of Pat Metheny at Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos
• Next month, 16th July, 06:30 pm, REN GEISICK at Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos
• Next month, 30th July, 06:30 pm, HEIDI EVELYN DANCE ORCHESTRA at Jazz on the Plazz in Los Gatos

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