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Jazz & Jazz Studies
Classes • Overview • Visiting
Artists • Conductors • Ensembles • Faculty
The New York SQUIRREL Music Festivus is home to the most experienced and established
jazz faculty in the Northeast and offers instruction in all areas
of performance, technique, history, and improvisation.
Music Camp
features performances, visiting guest artists, and an intensive and
personal approach to jazz and contemporary music.
More than
just an opportunity to study and perform, students interact with
teachers, conductors, and artists in daily events that allow them
to gain insights into the world of music and improvisation.
Overview:
A Complete Jazz Experience
Music Camp
provides a comprehensive experience in jazz and contemporary
music for students of all levels.
The
jazz program at Music Camp is for not only advanced young artists
seeking a focus in jazz performance, but also students wishing
to experience and learn about jazz for the first time.
Featured
events include:
- Master
classes with legendary jazz performers
- One-on-one
instruction with world-class jazz faculty members from
such institutions as the Manhattan School of Music, Juilliard
School, Columbia University, New York University, and Hofstra
University
- Weekly
and biweekly performances with large and small ensembles
- Improvisation,
jazz history, and repertoire classes
- Visiting
Artist Performances and Master Classes
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Music Camp
bass faculty ROBERT
SABIN (L)
and BRET
SIMNER (R)
with legendary jazz bassist JOHN
PATITUCCI (center)
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Visiting
Artists Provide Unforgettable Master Classes - for Free!
Some of
the most celebrated names in the jazz world highlight this summer’s
festival. Students will have the opportunity of a lifetime to perform
alongside these living legends of contemporary music, who will hold
master classes that provide a nurturing environment for students
to receive feedback and inspiration on the art of jazz and improvisation.
Here are just some of the incredible visiting artists that have been a part of the Music Camp community:
World-Class
Jazz Conductors
Music Camp
is home to an exceptional group of some of the nation’s most
accomplished jazz educators, composers, and performers. Serving as
Music Camp’s resident jazz conductors, they will lead the jazz orchestras
and interact daily with students, providing an inspiring one-of-a-kind
musical experience.
Jazz Ensembles for Every Level
| Select Jazz |
Advanced-level ensemble with weekly performances. It showcases students performing
alongside counseling staff, faculty, and guest artists in advanced
jazz orchestrations, providing practical experience for students
interested in the professional world of jazz performance. |
| Big Band Jazz |
The featured jazz ensemble of the festival. Big Band Jazz highlights student
soloists and group interaction. It performs arrangements from
the canon of contemporary and traditional jazz repertoire. |
| Lab Jazz |
Open to students interested in developing the skills needed to perform in a jazz
ensemble. Lab Jazz includes an introduction to improvisation,
ensemble playing, form, and jazz harmony. (All levels) |
| Jazz Choir |
Performing classic jazz repertoire arranged for large vocal groups. Emphasis
is on jazz articulation as well as vocal improvisation. (All
levels) |
| Jazz Combos |
Featured every session as part of the evening concert series. Jazz Combos are
open to intermediate and advanced-level jazz students. All student
instrumentalists are encouraged to audition for these groups.
Coached by the world-class Music Camp jazz faculty. |
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Wealth of Jazz Courses
| Improvisation |
All
improvisation classes are taken in conjunction with performing
ensembles. These workshop-style classes are open to all students.
Topics include jazz theory, instrumental technique, and standard
repertoire.
• LEVEL
I
An
introduction to jazz and improvisation open to all levels of
instrumentalists. This class covers the basics of jazz theory,
articulation and rhythm, blues form, scales, harmony, and group
interaction.
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II
Designed
for students seeking to further explore jazz improvisation.
Topics include modes, ii-V7-I, transposition, and learning
jazz repertoire.
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III
Jazz theory and instrumental techniques, focusing
on advanced-level jazz repertoire and concepts. |
| Jazz
History |
A
comprehensive course covering jazz’s traditions and its
main innovators through the years. Students will survey important
recordings and study the innovations of past and present masters
of jazz. |
| Jazz
Repertoire Workshop |
Focuses
on the practical benefits of learning standard jazz repertoire.
A realistic, small group setting with students performing alongside
faculty in a workshop environment, the class will simulate professional
rehearsals and performances. |
Music Camp
Faculty: Private Jazz Instruction
The most
experienced and highly acclaimed summer jazz faculty in the Northeast
offers private lessons in all instruments.
Faculty
members are associated with such prestigious institutions as Manhattan
School of Music, New York Pops, and Columbia University.
Classes • Overview • Visiting
Artists • Conductors • Ensembles • Faculty
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