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
Big Band

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!

Adult Jazz Classes - Montclair, NJ

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

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