Lakeside All-Star Jazz Bands

Join us for the inaugural season of the Lakeside Jazz Festival All-Star Honor Bands! Designed to celebrate and elevate the finest student musicians in our region, this special initiative offers dedicated Middle School and High School ensembles the opportunity to learn from two exceptional jazz educators and performers:

Middle School All-Star Band: Directed by Robert Bosma
High School All-Star Band: Directed by JB Scott

Don't miss the chance to be part of this landmark first season—check back soon for audition requirements, schedule details, and registration info!

More info coming soon!

Meet the Clincians!

Audition Requirements

Audition Requirements:

Record a video of yourself playing one of the following jazz standards.
- Play the head followed by one full chorus of improvisation.
  - All The Things You Are
  - Blue Monk
  - Doxy
  - Cherokee
  - I've Got Rhythm (in Bb)
  - Just Friends
  - Misty
  - Move
  - Sonny Moon for Two
Prepared etude:
- Middle School:
  - All instruments etude found here!
    - Drummers are to record the full etude plus the following
    - 16 bars of shuffle (quarter note= 110)
    - 16 bars of funk (quarter note= 108)
- High School:
  - Wind Players: as marked
  - Drummers are to record the full etude plus the following
    - 16 bars of shuffle (quarter note= 110)
    - 16 bars of funk (quarter note= 108)

These Etudes can be found here!

Participation Contract

All students must submit a signed copy of the contract when submitting an

audition. Please print, sign, and upload to the audition form.

All Star Band Contract

JB Scott

J.B. Scott earned his B.A. degree in music as the first graduate of the acclaimed jazz program at the University of North Florida, under the tutelage of the legendary Rich Matteson and faculty members Bunky Green, Dr. Bill Prince, Bruce Silva and Jack Peterson. While in college, Scott performed with several established groups that included the Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra, was a band member on the 1988 Japan Tour with the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus, and performed regularly in the Walt Disney World theme parks. After graduating, he did a three-year stint in New Orleans as the trumpeter and musical director of the world famous Dukes of Dixieland and was featured in the PBS special, “Salute to Jelly Roll Morton.” In 1996, Scott earned his M.S. degree in music education at Florida International University, where he studied with the legendary trumpeter, Arturo Sandoval. In addition to his collegiate big band performances, Scott performed professionally with the Mickey Finn Show and numerous Latin bands led by such legendary names as Eddie Palmieri, Paquito D’Rivera and Arturo Sandoval.

After teaching for a year in Orlando, Scott returned to the University of North Florida in 1996 to carry on the Rich Matteson ‘old school swing’ legacy, teaching trumpet, music history courses and to direct the UNF Jazz Ensemble 1, one of the most respected, award winning collegiate big bands in the country. He is currently an associate professor of Jazz Studies at UNF and is a member of International Association of Jazz Educators (serving for six years as the IAJE Florida Secretary) of MENC, and of the Florida Band Masters Association. As a soloist, Scott has performed on many festivals including the Macieo Jazz Festival, (Brazil), the Elkhart Jazz Festival, the Montreux Jazz Festival, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival and many others. He has appeared with such notables as Nick Brignola, Ira Sullivan, Rufus Reed and Ed Calle, to name just a few. Partnering with respected vocalist Lisa Kelly in 1997, Scott and Kelly have performed internationally for major festivals, jazz clubs and jazz societies, as featured soloists with big bands, and with their own big band and small groups. They are highly regarded adjudicators and guest artist clinicians for secondary to collegiate music programs, competitions and music camps.

Scott has been featured on many TV and radio commercials, on CD recordings and has co-released five successful CDs, including “Home” and “Keeping Out of Mischief” with the Swamp Dog Jazz Band, “Memories of Tomorrow” and “Live at Simons” with the Kelly-Scott Jazz Quintet, and “Just Swingin!” with J.B. Scott’s Swingin’ Allstars. Scott is a popular YAMAHA artist/clinician. Scott has performed and presented clinics for IAJE, FMEA/FMENC, Chicago Midwest, the 2010 inaugural JEN (Jazz Educators Network) in St. Louis, and was the 2009 Florida All-State Jazz Band Director for the annual FMEA/MENC Conference in Tampa. Scott is featured in the book “The New Face of Jazz,” on Amazon.com, released July 2010. In 2015 Scott's UNF Jazz Ensemble 1 won the Downbeat Student Big Band award and in 2017 UNF JE1 was selected and performed at the Chicago Midwest Band Clinic. Also This year, 2017, J.B. Scott was featured at the Pescara Jazz Festival in Pescara Italy, and was inducted into the Jacksonville Jazz Festival Hall Of Fame!

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Robert Bosma

Robert Bosma is in his second year of teaching at Sickles High School in Tampa, FL, where he serves as the Director of Bands. There his responsibilities include leading the 240 person Marching Wall of Sound, directing the three concert bands and three jazz bands. Prior to Sickles HS, Mr. Bosma taught in Pinellas County as a resource teacher for Pinellas County Schools and as the jazz director at the Tarpon Springs Leadership Conservatory for the Arts. Before teaching in Pinellas, he taught at Spruce Creek High School in Port Orange, FL where he was the Director of Instrumental Music. There he directed the jazz bands, taught IB Music, and co-taught the concert bands and marching band. Prior to SCHS, Mr. Bosma taught at Land O’ Lakes HS and directed band programs in Michigan for 10 years where his groups experienced success in marching, concert, and jazz bands.

While at SCHS, Mr. Bosma’s bands consistently earned Superior ratings at FBA concert, marching, and jazz events. The band took international trips to London in 2015, and Austria, Germany, and France in 2018. Under his direction, the SCHS 12 O’clock Jazz Band was selected to perform at the Swing Central Jazz competition in Savannah, GA in 2016, 2019, and 2020. In 2021, the 12 O’clock Jazz Band won first place in the L1 Live Division at the National Jazz Festival and was selected as the Eastman Winds Perform with Mintzer band. Under his direction, Mr. Bosma’s jazz bands have performed twice at the FMEA conference. Once in 2019 with Spruce Creek, and once with Tarpon Springs in 2023. His jazz bands have performed with trombonist Dave Steinmeyer, saxophonist Jeff Coffin, trumpeter Carl Fischer, the Stan Kenton Legacy Orchestra, Sean Jones, Huntertones, Diego Rivera, and Kris Johnson.

Mr. Bosma earned a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Central Michigan University. While attending CMU, his principal teachers included: Dr. Robert Lindahl- trombone; John Williamson- conducting; and Dr. David Gillingham- composition. Mr. Bosma earned a Master of Music degree from Western Michigan University where he studied conducting with Dr. Robert Spradling, and has completed additional coursework in Jazz Pedagogy at Michigan State University with Rodney Whitaker. Mr. Bosma previously served on the staff of the WGI PIW Finalist, Great Lakes Percussion. He is a member of the Florida Music Education Association, the National Association for Music Education, Jazz Education Network, Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, and is a former marching member of the Bluecoats Drum and Bugle Corps from Canton, Ohio. Mr. Bosma served as a clinician for All-County events in Hillsborough, Orange, and Volusia counties. He is a contributing author to Teaching Music through Performance in Jazz, Vol. 3, published by GIA. Beyond his duties as a band director, Mr. Bosma is an active clinician, composer and music arranger, and adjudicator for FBA and FMBC events. In his free time he enjoys traveling, cycling, watching sports, attending concerts, reading, and spending time with friends and family. He lives in Trinity, Florida with his wife Adelia and their cat Gryph.