“No Charts!” Ensemble

Led By:

Jay Miglia

Registration Fee:

$70 community partners / $80 general registration

Registration Deadline:

May 27, 2013

Date/Time:

Monday – Friday, June 3 – 7, 10:00 – 11:30 am

Age recommendation:

Recommended for middle and high school students.

Class Description:

Leave your reading glasses at home! The “No Charts!” Ensemble is all about using your ears! This course is designed to introduce students to playing their instruments by ear, an experience that will open new avenues of creativity for every participant. Every day we will memorize a simple tune or two and improvise without reading notes or worrying about jazz theory. The band is open to students entering middle through high school who play “big band” instruments: alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, trumpet, trombone, guitar and bass, piano/keyboard, and drum set.

CAMP Blues

Led By:

Sean Carney Band

Registration Fee:

$325 community partners / $350 general registration

Registration Deadline:

June 3, 2013

Date/Time:

Monday – Friday, June 10 – 14, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Age recommendation:

Recommended for beginning to intermediate students on guitar, bass, piano and drumset, ages 11 through adult.

Class Description:

Join Sean Carney and the Sean Carney Band for CAMP Blues, a week-long ensemble experience focusing on learning about and playing the blues. The course will focus on guitar, bass and drums, exploring those instruments’ respective roles in blues music and developing participants’ instrumental skills and techniques. Instructors will discuss basic theory, ear training and improvisation with respect to their instrument and practical application in the ensemble setting. Students will hear recorded examples with directed listening and will be given names of recordings to listen to in the future.

In addition, instructors will discuss other aspects of performance such as overcoming stage fright and developmental concepts such as building set lists and selecting material.

Please pack a lunch and drink – we will take a half hour break each day. Instrumentation is limited to guitar, bass, horns (saxophone, trombone, trumpet) and drum set (bring your own sticks). Some experience with your instrument required. Singers are welcome.

On Friday evening, CAMP Blues will conclude with a public performance at the Creekside Jazz & Blues Festival in Gahanna. More details will be available during camp week; there is an admission fee for the festival for family and friends.

Columbus Community Big Band

Led By:

Jay Miglia

Registration Fee:

$175 community partners / $200 general registration (includes JazZoo! entrance on 7/12/13)

Registration Deadline:

July 1, 2013

Date/Time:

Sunday, July 7, 2:00 – 5:00 pm; Monday – Thursday, July 8 – 11, 6:30 – 8:30 pm

JazZoo! Performance:

Friday, July 12, Arrival: 6:00 pm; Performance: 7:00 – 8:00 pm

Class Description:

Have big band/instrumental ensemble experience? None at all? Did you play an instrument in high school and interested in picking it up again? Do you teach instrumental music and wish to increase your skills in the big band genre? Then this is the opportunity for you.

This ensemble is open to anyone interested in exploring influential big band music – Ellington, Basie and Kenton. This class will concern itself with “approachable” works from the enormous libraries of these three bands and will be high school level unless the participants are able to do more.

No experience in the genre is required, but traditional big band instrumentation is critical to the success of the group. Euphonium, horn and other instruments may be allowed in as trombone substitutes. Woodwind players will be asked to play saxophone. The rhythm section will adhere to the traditional complement of guitar, piano, bass and drums.

Once minimum registration is met, charts, tabs and listening suggestions will be sent to participants for review and “practice” before rehearsals begin. In addition to the evening rehearsals, participants will perform at JazZoo! prior to the Columbus Jazz Orchestra on July 12. Admission to JazZoo! is provided through your registration fee.

CAMP Jazz

Led By:

Rob Parton

Registration Fee:

$325 community partners / $350 general registration

Registration Deadline:

July 8, 2013

Date/Time:

Monday – Friday, July 15 – 19, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm

Age recommendation:

CAMP Jazz is for students, age 16 and up who play saxophone, clarinet, trumpet, trombone, piano, bass, guitar and drum set and have some previous knowledge of jazz. Adults are welcome. Younger students with advanced skills and previous experience with Jazz Academy programs and events are welcome.

Class Description:

Join CAMP Jazz to learn about jazz and American music, explore great jazz standards and play in a small ensemble setting. CAMP Jazz participants will work in sectionals and  small groups on songs from the great American songbook and hone techniques and skills, such as soloing and improvisation, connecting with the rhythm section, the importance of the arrangement and stylistic accuracy. Every day, some time will be dedicated to exploring jazz and its history through lecture and directed listening, and composing as a group effort in all styles related to jazz and all its forms.

On Friday, there will be a recording session in the Jazz Academy recording studio followed by a performance at the Columbus Jazz & Rib Festival. More details TBD.

Please pack a lunch and drink – we will take a lunch break each day.