Everything Band Podcast

Curtis Gaesser has been the band director at Folsom High School in Sacramento, one of the most successful jazz programs in the country, for the past 37 years. Topics: Curtis’ background growing up in Hawai’i and the story of how he ended up at Folsom High School The importance of good administrators. The band program at Folsom High School, particularly the jazz ensembles and choir. What do you do with 51 saxophones? Teaching improvisation. Building a jazz program. Links: Folsom High School Music Folsom Jazz Ensemble at the Monterey Jazz Festival Rehearsing the Jazz Band Woody Herman: Caldonia Biography: Curtis Gaesser has been teaching in the Folsom Cordova Unified School District since 1984, and at Folsom High School since 1987. He currently teaches Marching Band, 2 Orchestras, Jazz Choir, 3 Jazz Bands, Concert Band, Color Guard, and Drum Line for grade levels 9-12. IMGP3846.JPG Mr. Gaesser was honored as 1995's "Most Outstanding Music Educator" by the California Association for Music Education and was "