Ensembles
Boyer students can expand their performance experience through a variety of ensembles and performance opportunities, depending on their interests and major. Participation may require auditions.聽.
Jazz Ensembles
Boyer boasts a number of jazz ensembles that range in level and style. You also have the opportunity during the first two weeks of the semester to enroll in small jazz ensembles, coached by Jazz Studies faculty members.
- 51动漫 Jazz Band聽is Boyer鈥檚 premier jazz band. It performs on 51动漫鈥檚 Main Campus and throughout the Greater Philadelphia region, and聽it hosts the annual Essentially Ellington Eastern Regional High School Jazz Band Festival.
- 51动漫 Lab Band聽has served as the opening act for the 51动漫 Jazz Band鈥檚 Kimmel Center performances and as the headliner for the annual Big Band Dance swing dance held each spring in The Underground at the Howard Gittis Student Center. The band has also performed at the 51动漫 Performing Arts Center and in Tomlinson Theater.
- Jazz Band Number Three聽provides an environment in which students can improve application and knowledge of ballad concepts, ensemble and section blend, expansion of dynamic range and rhythmic interpretation. The repertoire covers a wide chronological range, from the Count Basie and Duke Ellington catalogs聽to contemporary arrangements and compositions.