Jazz Ensembles
Jazz Lab Big Band
Latin Band
Jazz "A" Band
NuVeau Art Ensemble
Studio Jazz Ensemble
Vocal Jazz (Epicenter)
Links
CSU Northridge Jazz Website at:
www.csunjazz.com
AUDITION AREAS & REQUIREMENTS
Click here for Spring 2013 Ensemble Audition Information
Apply to CSU Northridge
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Announcements
Recordings
A consistently rewarding album by any yardstick.
- Jack Bowers, All About Jazz
"CSUN JAZZCOMBOS" - The very latest CD, featuring all original music performed by two CSU Northridge Jazz Independent Projects, The Josiah Boornazian Group, and Midwestern Barncoat"
"CSUN Originals 0809"- The very latest CSU Northridge Big Band Jazz recording, featuring small groups as well as the Jazz "A" Band - all compositions and arrangements by CSU Northridge jazz students.
"CSUN Originals II - Rain Song" Was released in 2008 and is the Jazz Program's second album to exclusively feature student arrangements and compositions, and features saxophonist Tim Ries as guest soloist.
Vocal Jazz (Epicenter)
From the campus of California State University, Northridge, comes an exciting vocal jazz ensemble made
up of 12 vocalists and a four piece rhythm section. Epicenter has traveled to festivals in the Western
United States, and regularly performs at high school, college, and professional performing venues around
California. Recent guest performances have included Stockdale High School, Oxnard High School,
Granada Hills High Schools, MiraCosta College, and Cal State Bakersfield. In the spring of 2008, the
ensemble was a featured performer at the Monterey Jazz Festival.
In 2006 and 2007, the ensemble won first place in the Four Year College Division at the Annual Reno Jazz
Festival in Reno, Nevada. The ensemble features classic and contemporary vocal jazz literature, selections
by student arrangers, and an emphasis on vocal
improvisation.
