July 23 - 27, 2012
A five-day jazz intensive for advanced high school jazz instrumentalists!
Six to eight advanced high school musicians are selected to work closely with top Bay Area jazz artists for a week of rehearsals,
master classes, and private lessons. A departure from the typical one-instructor-to-an-ensemble model, the student group meets daily with a complete ensemble of seasoned professional musicians working to develop improvisation and arrangement/composition skills in an intensive rehearsal format. The program meets daily from 10 am – 4 pm
and concludes with a performance at the Jazzschool. Each participant receives a professional-quality recording of the concert! Openings for all rhythm section instruments and horns.
Artistic director Dr. Michael Zilber is the director of the Jazzschool’s multiple Downbeat award-winning Advanced High School Jazz
Workshop.
Sample Schedule:
Monday
10-11am // Student orientation, faculty and students play through repertoire together.
11am - Noon // Private lessons
1 - 3pm // Faculty group works with student group beginning to choose and shape material for joint concert at week's end.
3 - 4pm // Student group rehearses material from afternoon session.
Tuesday
10am - Noon // Master class on tension and release over common chord changes.
1 - 3pm // Faculty group works with student group on additional material (including student compositions) for joint concert at week's end.
3 - 4pm // Student group rehearses material from afternoon session.
Wednesday
10am - Noon // Master class on composition, working with student pieces and demonstrating composition/arrangement techniques.
1 - 3pm // Faculty group works with student group on additional material for joint concert at week's end.
3 - 4pm // Student group rehearses material from afternoon session.
Thursday
10am - Noon // Rhythm section master class. Discussion of the role of the bass and drums in the ensemble and how they interact with chordal instruments and horns.
1 - 3pm // Faculty group works with student group on material that has been set for joint concert at week's end. Tightening arrangements and shaping solos.
3 - 4pm // Student group rehearses material from afternoon session.
Friday
10am - Noon // Open rehearsal of faculty ensemble. Students sit in and observe rehearsal process.
1 - 3pm // Dress rehearsal of student segment of joint concert.
3 - 4pm // Students run through material for concert with final arrangements, based on the dress rehearsal.
Joint concert:
A two-set end of week concert featuring the student and faculty ensembles in the Jazzschool's Hardymon Hall.
Tuition:$775
For more information and audition pre-screening, please contact Rob Ewing at rob@jazzschool.org or call 510-845-5373.
Refund Policy: Tuition includes a $100 non-refundable deposit. No refunds are allowed after July 2nd, 2012. All refund requests must be submitted in writing by emailing drop@jazzschool.org.
