Surrey Jazz Festival 2023
Students are responsible for:
Transportation to and from the Bell Centre, including bringing your own music and instruments.
$25 fee per student (as it costs $400 per band to enter) please pay via school cash online.
Lunch! Bring a packed lunch, or plan to go to Subway or Triple O's (about a block away from Sullivan Heights).
Keeping the evening of Saturday, February 25th available as your band may be chosen to perform in the final showcase.
Performers are encouraged to attend evening performances!
Performing Student
Expectations Checklist:
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Wear all black
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Responsible for your own transportation, music, and instrument (Big bass exception)
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Be on time and ready to perform in your time slot
Performance Schedule by Band
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Junior Jazz Band - MPR
| 7:30 AM |
Meet at the main foyer of Sullivan Heights Secondary |
| 7:40 - 8:00 | Warm Up Room |
| 8:00 | Move to the performance venue |
| 8:10 - 8:30 | Perform |
| 8:30 - 9ish | Clinic |
Senior Combo Band – Library
| 9:25 AM |
Meet at the main foyer of Sullivan Heights Secondary |
| 9:30 - 9:50 | Warm Up Room |
| 9:50 | Move to the performance venue |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Perform |
| 10:20 - 10:40ish | Clinic |
Grade 8 Jazz Band – MPR
| 11:15 AM |
Meet at the main foyer of Sullivan Heights Secondary |
| 11:20 - 11:40 | Warm Up Room |
| 11:40 | Move to the performance venue |
| 11:45 - 12:10 | Perform |
| 12:10 - 12:30ish | Clinic |
Senior Jazz Band
| 1:05 PM |
Meet at the main foyer of Sullivan Heights Secondary |
| 1:10 - 1:30 | Warm Up Room |
| 1:30 | Move to the performance venue |
| 1:40 – 2:00 | Perform |
| 2:00 - 2:20ish | Clinic |
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 24
Junior Jazz Combo – Band Room
| 9:50 AM |
Meet at the main foyer of Sullivan Heights Secondary |
| 10:00 - 10:20 | Warm Up Room |
| 10:20 | Move to the performance venue |
| 10:30 - 10:50 | Perform |
| 10:50 - 11:10ish | Clinic |
Surrey Jazz Festival
is a long-running festival with High School bands from all over the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island participating.
There are bands
playing in multiple venues throughout Sullivan Heights Secondary all day, both days.
A series of
professional clinicians adjudicate each band and then give a clinic
following each performance.
There are Junior and Senior Rep bands
performing Friday night. These bands include musicians representing the diverse schools involved in the festival.
This year we have
many Salish students performing in these Rep Bands, and we are very proud of them.
An all-female Jazz
Ensemble, the Leading Ladies Little Big Band, featuring our own student teacher, Ms. Hayley Bennett will also perform at the Friday night concert.
The Saturday night
concert will feature bands chosen to perform by the adjudicators as a showcase concert of bands which they found exceptional. Any one of our bands could be
chosen for this concert.
The festival occurs
on a ProD day , as well as a Saturday. Students are expected to
arrange their own transportation to and from the Bell Centre and encouraged to attend evening performances if possible.
Students are
encouraged to stay and hear as much other music as their schedule allows, as there will be many good bands to hear, and we are building community with our
peers from other schools and districts.