Jazz Band

Lincoln High School has one jazz ensemble called LHS Big Band. 

LHS Big Band is composed of students who have successfully auditioned as well as need based instrumentation. Students MUST audition each year in order to remain in the ensemble. Prior enrollment does not guarantee that you will be selected again. Instruments for this ensemble include saxophone, trumpet, trombone, piano, drums, guitar, and upright/electric bass. This group meets during the school year during 1st period and will perform at least four concerts as well as one festival. Students in this ensemble are highly encouraged to participate in private lessons throughout the year.

LHS Jazz Combo is made up of students in the LHS Big Band who wish to focus on improvisation and combo styled performance opportunities.

Audition Information

Audition Sign Up – Students wishing to audition should sign up using this link – LINK

Audition Material can be found using this link – LINK

These auditions are for fall 2026, contact Mr. Clark at kclark4@lps.org with any questions about the audition

Auditions will be Wed, May 13 through Fri, May 15 with time slots from 3-4pm
 
Winds (sax, trombone, trumpet)
Instrument-specific etude (ex: alto sax audition music)
2 choruses of improvisation using the backing track
Concert Eb and F major scales

Guitar
Audition music
2 choruses of Bb blues improvisation using backing track

Piano
Audition music
2 choruses of Bb blues improvisation using backing track

Bass
Audition music
2 choruses of Bb blues improvisation using backing track

Drums
Audition music
Demonstration of 4 grooves: rock, swing, bossa nova, and samba (directions included in drum set style examples doc)