PIEDMONT MIDDLE & HIGH SCHOOL BANDS

The award-winning Piedmont High School Jazz Band was founded in the early 2000s.  It began as an after-school program for interested middle and high school students in 2005 and became a PHS semester class in 2011.  In 2014, it was added to the Piedmont High School Music Department curriculum as a full-year Jazz Band class. Currently under the direction of  Mr. Trevor Meseroll, the members are chosen by audition and must re-audition each year for a spot in the Band.  The Jazz Band, as well as smaller combos of Jazz Band members, annually perform at music festivals in the Bay Area and various school and city events.  Repertoire includes swing, Latin, funk, soul, and pop.  

The Middle School jazz program began around 2011 when jazz was added to the curriculum as a component of the 7th and 8th grade Band music classes.  However, with the popularity of the PHS Jazz Band, the Piedmont Middle School Band created a 7th-grade Jazz Band and an 8th-grade Jazz Band several years later.  

Members of the PHS Jazz Band have gone on to pursue music careers at some of the top music schools in the country, including the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music, Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, Indiana University Conservatory of Music, the New School in NYC, and Berklee College of Music in Boston.

These 2 concerts will feature the PHS Jazz Band, the 7th Grade Jazz Band, and the 8th Grade Jazz Band, as well as several smaller PHS & PMS Jazz combos.