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2012 international Jazz Camp guide
on improvisation and stylistic concepts.
The University of Massachusetts Amherst
sets the scene for a series of lectures,
master classes, clinics and ensemble
coaching.
Faculty: See website for details.
Cost:
$600 per week,
$1,200 for entire program.
Contact: (413)545-3530; jazzinjuly@acad.
umass.edu;umass.edu/fac/jazz.
Jazz Institute at Proctors
Schenectady, New York
July 16–20, July 23–27
Back for an eighth season, the Summer
Jazz Institute faculty is committed
to teaching jazz in a hands-on, fun and
all-inclusive way. Students will build such
skills as listening, critical thinking, communication
and teamwork. This camp is
unique because students learn the music
of Charles Mingus and Dizzy Gillespie
without sheet music.
Faculty: Keith Pray, Arthur Falbush
and a guest artist.
Cost: TBA (Proctors.org/education).
Contact: Jessica Gelarden, education
program manager, (518) 382-3884;
jgelarden@proctors.org.
Jazz Intensives:
Samba Meets Jazz
Bar Harbor, Maine & Paraty, Brazil
July 22–27, July 29–Aug 3
February 2013 (Paraty, Brazil)
Directed by Nilson Matta and Roni Ben-
Hur, these weeklong Jazz, Brazilian and
Afro-Cuban instrumental & vocal workshops
are taught by an all-star faculty
in spectacular oceanfront locations.
Hobbyist, students and pros are invited
to participate in this all-levels-welcome
camp, which offers ensembles, big band,
clinics, private lessons, student and
faculty concerts, and jams. A maximum
enrollment of 36 assures personalized
attention.
Faculty: Arturo O’Farrill, Steve Wilson, Café,
Nilson Matta, Roni Ben-Hur, Amy
London, with special guest faculty
Leny Andrade, more.
Cost: TBD.
Contact: Alice Schiller, (888)435-4003;
alice@SambaMeetsJazz.com.
Juilliard Summer
Percussion Seminar
New York, New York
July 15–27
Designed for advanced high-school
percussionists, conservatory hopefuls
will spend two intensive weeks at Lincoln
Center, pursuing hands-on study of
all major percussion instruments (twoand
four-mallet keyboard, snare drum,
timpani and orchestral accessories).
Students are also introduced to world
hand drums, percussion chamber music
and both multi- and solo-percussion
repertoire through challenging master
classes, clinics, lectures, rehearsals and
performances.
Faculty: Joseph Gramley, Daniel Druckman,
Gordon Gottlieb, Joseph Pereira,
Gregory Zuber, Javier Diaz, Glen
Velez, Haruka Fujii, LINEC3
Percussion Group,
Cost: 2010 tuition totaled $1,365.
Contact: juilliard.edu/summer/percussion.
Kennedy Center Mary
Lou Williams Women in
Jazz Piano Emerging
Artist Workshop
Washington, D.C.
May 9–12
This four-day workshop is open to female
jazz pianists ages 18 to 35 and provides
instruction, insight and tools rooted in the
foundations of jazz, swing and harmony.
The workshop culminates in a public performance
by workshop participants on
the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage
during the 17th Annual Mary Lou Williams
Jazz House Summer Workshop
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