CURRENT STUDENTS: With the recent addition of a final few students, all three VJC ensembles for 2024-25 (Tuesday night's Indigo Big Band, Thursday night's Cerulean Combo, and Saturday morning's Sapphire Big Band) are now all full groups. Thanks to so many students from across Maricopa County for your interest in VJC activities! We are privileged to work with you.
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​​EDUCATORS: Check out the Flexible Instrumentation Big Band charts from VJC Publications. And hear this great new music on our YouTube channel. VJC Publications offers flex. charts that don't compromise. These are exceptional investments for your ensemble library: Great charts to have during your program's robust years...and total lifesavers during the occasional lean years, too. Please give them a look and a listen!
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As a reminder, 100% of each purchase goes back into supporting the educational activities of the Valley Jazz Cooperative.
VJC APPLICATION (STUDENT IN GRADES 8-12)
For Ensembles @ Ravenscroft & MCC
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Interested in joining the VJC @ Ravenscroft and/or VJC @ MCC? Please fill out the application form below, confirming your interest and commitment to participate. Within 48 hours of applying, you should receive an email response, providing pertinent follow-up information.
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Please note: Students are asked to provide an email address as part of the application. However, as an increasing number of school districts implement filters to block "outside" emails from reaching students, it is growing more difficult to connect. As such, students are encouraged to provide an alternate (non-district) email address as part of their application. It need not be the student's primary, personal email address, but could be a parent or guardian's email address instead (if that is preferable).
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Need to learn more about VJC programs before applying? Visit the VJC Ensembles page before coming back here to apply to our main program. VJC instruction is offered free of charge to passionate, committed, area music students in grades 8-12, following a successful placement audition.