One of the nation’s leading programs for music education. The music program at Mission Bay High School has been inspiring students for the last fifty years. Under the direction of award-winning educator and performer Jean-Paul Balmat, students learn how to perform, arrange, compose and direct, giving them an amazing start to their creative futures.
Leading the way in jazz education, the MBHS Music Program includes three year-long jazz ensembles during the school day. Ensembles like the Preservationists (traditional New Orleans jazz), Swing Choir and Mambo Orchestra give students a cross-cultural experience they will not find anywhere else!It is our belief that students grow through performance.
Mission Bay Music students enter as musicians and leave as professionals, understanding the depth of creativity, dedication and love for their art-form needed to take the next step in their musical journey.
2/14 ~ 4/25/19
2/13 ~ 5/21/20
Education
Work-Study, Music
The Mission Bay Preservationists is one of the nation’s premier traditional youth jazz bands. The band has been featured at venues throughout San Diego County and California including: House of Blues, Music Box, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Petco Park, Sea World, Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival, San Diego Jazz Party and the Sacramento Jazz Festival. The band’s last four releases have been featured on two of the country’s finest jazz radio stations, (“The Second Line Parade” with host Drew Miller) in San Diego and WWOZ (“The Traditional Hour” with host Keith Hill) in New Orleans.
The band has traveled to New Orleans multiple times to perform at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the iconic Preservation Hall. In 2016 they had the honor of recording with New Orleans’ legend, trumpeter Wendell Brunious, for the their 2016 release “Live in New Orleans”. Their newest album “Louisiana Fairytale” (2017) features an all-star student line-up with guest artist Leonard Patton on vocals. This exciting, versatile group performs early New Orleans Jazz, blues, and swing. They are sponsored by America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society and are one of the featured youth bands at their annual Thanksgiving Jazz Festival.
Students in the Preservationists are true professionals. They perform regularly on their own and in other performance groups throughout the city. Many of their students accepted into some of the finest musical schools in the country and the program helps foster the next generation of jazz musicians in San Diego!
In April of 2017 the highly acclaimed jazz ensemble traveled to San Diego’s sister city of Yokohama on a goodwill ambassadorial tour to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of sister city relations. The student delegation had the privilege of performing in prominent venues across Yokohama City including Sankei-en Garden’s Tomyoji Hondo. This unique tribute offered an incredible experience that cultivated the cultural depth and professional horizons of our very capable young women and men as they prepared for the next chapter in their adult lives.
When we think of other peoples lives as linked to our own, our empathy grows. They’ve demonstrated an amazing ability to help build a brighter and better future for our country. – OLIVER SANDERO
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One of the nation’s leading programs for music education. The music program at Mission Bay High School has been inspiring students for the last fifty years. Under the direction of award-winning educator and performer Jean-Paul Balmat, students learn how to perform, arrange, compose and direct, giving them an amazing start to their creative futures.
Leading the way in jazz education, the MBHS Music Program includes three year-long jazz ensembles during the school day. Ensembles like the Preservationists (traditional New Orleans jazz), Swing Choir and Mambo Orchestra give students a cross-cultural experience they will not find anywhere else!It is our belief that students grow through performance.
Mission Bay Music students enter as musicians and leave as professionals, understanding the depth of creativity, dedication and love for their art-form needed to take the next step in their musical journey.
2/14 ~ 4/25/19
2/13 ~ 5/21/20
Education
Work-Study, Music
The Mission Bay Preservationists is one of the nation’s premier traditional youth jazz bands. The band has been featured at venues throughout San Diego County and California including: House of Blues, Music Box, Dizzy’s Jazz Club, Petco Park, Sea World, Ocean Beach Music and Art Festival, San Diego Jazz Party and the Sacramento Jazz Festival. The band’s last four releases have been featured on two of the country’s finest jazz radio stations, (“The Second Line Parade” with host Drew Miller) in San Diego and WWOZ (“The Traditional Hour” with host Keith Hill) in New Orleans.
The band has traveled to New Orleans multiple times to perform at the New Orleans Jazz National Historical Park and the iconic Preservation Hall. In 2016 they had the honor of recording with New Orleans’ legend, trumpeter Wendell Brunious, for the their 2016 release “Live in New Orleans”. Their newest album “Louisiana Fairytale” (2017) features an all-star student line-up with guest artist Leonard Patton on vocals. This exciting, versatile group performs early New Orleans Jazz, blues, and swing. They are sponsored by America’s Finest City Dixieland Jazz Society and are one of the featured youth bands at their annual Thanksgiving Jazz Festival.
Students in the Preservationists are true professionals. They perform regularly on their own and in other performance groups throughout the city. Many of their students accepted into some of the finest musical schools in the country and the program helps foster the next generation of jazz musicians in San Diego!
In April of 2017 the highly acclaimed jazz ensemble traveled to San Diego’s sister city of Yokohama on a goodwill ambassadorial tour to commemorate the sixtieth anniversary of sister city relations. The student delegation had the privilege of performing in prominent venues across Yokohama City including Sankei-en Garden’s Tomyoji Hondo. This unique tribute offered an incredible experience that cultivated the cultural depth and professional horizons of our very capable young women and men as they prepared for the next chapter in their adult lives.
When we think of other peoples lives as linked to our own, our empathy grows. They’ve demonstrated an amazing ability to help build a brighter and better future for our country. – OLIVER SANDERO
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