Lake Zurich Jazz Ensembles History

June 2009: The Jazz Ensemble, Jazz lab band and Jazz Combo released their 2nd jazz CD entitled "Blowout"

March/April 2009: Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band will be traveled to New Orleans to learn about the home of the music we love so much. The the bands stayed and performed at Camp Hope for the Americorps and Habitat for Humanity volunteers who are working towards rebuilding the city. They also performed at a Habitat for Humanity job site where they spent 3 days working on 3 houses. They will also be performed at a local high school, making some cross cultural connections and encouraging a rebuilding program. The band also collected children's books and toys as well as musical instruments that were donated to New Orleans charitable groups

April 2006: the Jazz Ensemble releases "An Agreeable Noise"

March 2006: the Lake Zurich High School Jazz Ensemble was selected as a finalist for the prestigious Essentially Ellington Competition in New York City. The band performed as one of 15 bands chosen nationwide on the stage at Frederick P. Rose Hall during the weekend of May 18-20th.

February 2006 Jazz Ensemble records Ellington tunes for "An Agreeable Noise."

February 2006 Jazz Ensemble is selected as Class Champion at Jazz in the Meadows.

1999 Second jazz ensemble "Jazz Lab Band" is added as a curricular class

1998 Jazz Ensemble records first CD

1997 Joshua Thompson becomes director of the Lake Zurich High School Band Program