Columbus Youth Jazz Summer Workshop

Week 1: June 17-21, 2024
Week 2: June 24-28, 2024
Week 3: July 8-12, 2024

Monday through Friday | 12:00 – 3:00 PM

Tuition: $125

Scholarships: Scholarships are awarded to students in need on a first come first serve basis. To be considered for a scholarship, please complete this application.

The Columbus Youth Jazz Summer Workshop returns this summer! Join us for 1-3 weeks of music-making, where we will play jazz together in small combos led by one of our renowned teaching artists. During each week-long day camp, you will meet new peers from around Columbus who love playing their instrument and learning new songs, just like you. This camp is open to students in grades 7-12.

During the Columbus Youth Jazz Summer Workshop, we will develop skills such as:

– How to learn a jazz song
– How to improvise
– Technique on your instrument
– Creating an original arrangement

We will explore new composers, songs, and styles. At the end of each week, we will have a public final concert to put our newly learned skills to the test.

Please see the dates below to choose which weeks you would like to join us at the Jazz Academy. Each week will be new and different so we encourage you to sign up for as many as you’re able to attend! Tuition for each week is $125 per student and payment must be received to reserve your spot in the program. Attendance is limited due and will be filled on a first-come first-serve basis, with certain seats reserved based on instrumentation. 

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Jazz Academy Vocal Workshop

Please note: at this time the Jazz Academy Vocal Workshop is full and no longer accepting registrations. Please contact Rachel Azbell (razbell@jazzartsgroup.org) if you wish to be placed on the waitlist.)

July 15-19, 2024

Camp Times: 12-4pm

Tuition: $125

Scholarships: Scholarships are awarded to students in need on a first come first serve basis. To be considered for a scholarship, please complete this application.

Do you sing in choir, musical theatre, play an instrument or simply LOVE to sing? The Jazz Academy is here to bring out your inner voice! This week-long in-person workshop will provide vocalists the opportunity to explore the ins and outs of jazz singing, including style, improvisation and vocal technique through a series of masterclasses, listening sessions and private lessons. Each day, students will sing solo with a band and with each other in a vocal jazz ensemble. Listening sessions will focus on sensational jazz singers, such as Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughan, Frank Sinatra, and singers who were influenced by jazz, like Aretha Franklin and Etta James! This camp is open to students in grades 7-12.

Tuition is $125 per student and payment must be received to reserve your spot in the program.