Jazz In June
Join us for JAZZ IN JUNE: Three FUN, month-long programs designed to give our students a jump-start in developing their repertoires and creative voices over the summer!
GET THE GiG!
EMERGING MUSICIANS WORKSHOP
Mondays • June 1-22 • 6-8pm
Learn how to play and memorize essential tunes from the jazz standards repertoire so you are ready to get and make the gig! The four-week session will end with an outdoor barbecue party and jam session gig at the JAZZ HOUSE!
Areas covered:
- Mastering tunes and memorization techniques
- Learn all the tricks to pulling a set together
- Bandstand protocol
WRITE YOUR TUNES!
YOUNG COMPOSERS WORKSHOP
Wednesdays • June 3-24 • 6-8pm
Learn to unlock your true artistic voice through composition. Get started down your own creative path now! The four week session will end with a recording of your new music!
Areas covered:
- Beginning composition and song-writing techniques
- Study of great jazz composers
- Writing a chart and working collaboratively
THIS IS SERiOUS FUN!
LOUIS ARMSTRONG EMSEMBLE
Wednesdays • June 3-24 • 6-8pm
For our youngest beboppers! This introductory class will explore jazz song forms and rhythms, the blues and swing. The four-week session will end with a concert at the JAZZ HOUSE!
Areas covered:
- Learn to play the blues
- Learn how to improvise
- Ensemble and group playing fundamentals
WE THANK YOU!
This program is made possible thanks to the generous support of
- The ASCAP Foundation Louis Armstrong Fund
- Bedari Foundation
- Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation
- Gia Maione Prima Jazz House Scholarship Fund
- J.T. Magen & Company, Inc.
- Montclair Fund for Women
- ShopRite of Newark
- Verizon Foundation
- WBGO
- Dorthaan Kirk Scholarship
We would also like to thank our many generous individual donors.
2020 JAZZ IN JUNE FLYER
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