LAS VEGAS JAZZ INVITATIONAL About

Las Vegas Academy of the Arts

LVA is a twelve-time Grammy Award Winning School, an honor unparalleled by any other high school in the nation!

LVA named National Magnet School of Distinction by Magnet Schools of America in March, 2017.
LVA was named a 2016-18 Exemplary Arts School by the Arts School Network, the nation's largest professional membership organization of specialized arts schools.
On May 15, 2013, Las Vegas Academy of the Arts was awarded the Outstanding Arts School Award from the Arts Schools Network
U.S. News and World Report recognized LVA as one of America's top high schools, awarding us a Silver rating
Students from LVA come from various socioeconomic backgrounds from around the school district
Students must audition for acceptance into our public school and maintain a 2.0 GPA to stay in school

Las Vegas Academy of the Arts World Jazz Studies Awards

13-time DownBeat Award Winner for Outstanding Ensembles in the Performing Arts High School category
2017 Reno Jazz Festival Best-In-State
13 of 19 musicians in 2017 Nevada All-State Jazz Ensemble
Performer at 2016 Monterey Jazz Festival
2016 Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival Finalist for Combo and Big Band
2015 Jazz Education Network 2 combos invited to perform
2014 & 2009 Midwest Clinic Chicago, IL 1 of 3 high school jazz bands selected to perform at event attended by more than 17,000 people
2014 Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival 1 of 12 bands out of 380 groups asked to perform on the main stage
Won Best-In-State award at every Reno Jazz Festival in attendance
Monterey Next Generation Jazz Festival Finalist 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016

LVA World Jazz Studies majors study Jazz five days a week for at least 86 minutes each day.

Interested in Applying to the
World Jazz Studies program LVA?

WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS JAZZ INVITATIONAL!