2024 SUMMER PROGRAMS
Welcome to SUMMER at the JAZZ HOUSE! For over 20 years, JAZZ HOUSE KiDS has brought award-winning programming that engages and excites students, promotes harmony and collaboration and builds musicianship. The JAZZ HOUSE welcomes instrumental and vocal students of all levels, ages 12 to 18, from beginners to pre-professionals headed to the nation’s stop college music programs.
JAZZ HOUSE SUMMER SESSIONS
JUNE + JULY
JOiN US for 6 weeks @ JAZZ HOUSE Montclair for weekly small ensembles, vocal + electives featuring the compositions of jazz’s iconic composers! We welcome all students 12 and older (all levels) to immerse yourself in the music of these legendary composers and learn the improvised language they used to create their unique sound.
SUMMER WORKSHOP
August 5 – AUGUST 17
The award-winning intensive session immerses instrumental and vocal students ages 12-18 of all levels in top-notch instruction to develop key skills, enhance knowledge in fundamentals and the art of jazz performance. Highlights include masterclasses, small group and big band ensembles, mentoring and jam sessions with professional musicians, history and culture, composition and film scoring. Final performance at the MONTCLAIR JAZZ FESTIVAL.
ADULT SUMMER CLASSES
JAZZ HOUSE KiDS Summer Programming for ADULT instrumentalists of all levels. YOUR INNER MUSICIAN IS CALLING YOU! IN-PERSON two adult ensembles: improv core classes for beginners and advaned students. Four weekly online deep -dive electives: Music Production, Film Scoring, Drum Shed, and more!
SUMMER FACULTY
STAFF
Artistic Director
CHRISTIAN McBRIDE
Director Summer Programming
TED CHUBB
Managing Director
RYAN ANSELMI
CHiCA Power Program Director
Brianne Ford
Assoc. Dir. of Music + Operations
Jennifer Grantham
Student Services
Kimberly Hooey
Myoshi Mitchell
Assoc. Dir. of Jazz Education + Performance
Darrell Smith
Director of Residential Life
Mario McMiller
TRUMPET
Ted Chubb
Nathan Eklund
Satish Robertson*
Bria Skonberg*
TROMBONE
Rob Edwards*
David Gibson
Peter Nelson*
SAXOPHONE
Birsa Chatterjee*
Roxy Coss
Patrick Gannon
Alex Laurenzi*
Mike Lee
Jason Marshall
Abel Mireles
Zoe Obadia
Ed Palermo
Alison Shearer*
Erica von Kleist*
Bruce Williams
GUITAR
Loli de la Rosa*
Charlie Sigler
Flavio Silva*
VIOLIN
Tomoko Omura
Benjamin Sutin*
PIANO/ORGAN
THEORY +
COMPOSITION
Elliot Bernard
Willerm Delisfort*
David Drake*
Kelly Green
Galo Inga
Oscar Perez
Michele Rosewoman
Mayu Saeki*
Radam Schwartz
Yago Vasquez*
BASS
John Koozin*
Christian McBride
Andy McKee
DRUMS
Darrian Douglas*
Alvester Garnett
Billy Hart
HISTORY + CULTURE
Lovett Hines
Jerome Jennings
VOICE
Tammy McCann
Dylan Pramuk
Charles Turner*
VIBES
Nikara Warren
We Thank Our Sponsors
Major support for our 2024 JAZZ HOUSE Summer Sessions and Summer Workshop programs is provided by: The ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Fund, Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation, Gia Maione Prima Foundation, John J. & Rose Cali Family Foundation, MacMillan Family Foundation, The Rosenberg Family, ShopRite of Newark, Trinity Church Wall Street
Additional support is provided by: Entertainment Cruise Productions, George A. Ohl, Jr. Trust, John J. Cali School of Music at Montclair State University, JPMorgan Chase, JT Morgan, Kopf Family Foundation, Ludwig Drums, Manhattan Mechanical Contractors, Patrina Foundation, Ralph Pucci International, Janet Shapiro + Phil Byrd, TD Charitable Foundation, Victoria Foundation, Rita + Terry Woodard, and our many other generous donors