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2012 international Jazz Camp guide
Women in Jazz Festival.
Faculty: Drawn from the artists present during
the Mary Lou Williams Women
in Jazz Festival.
Cost: Free to those selected.
Contact: (202) 416-8811; kennedy-center.
org/womeninjazzworkshop.
KoSA International
Percussion Workshop,
Drum Camp & Festival
Castleton State College,
Castleton, Vermont
July 24–29
The intensive camp offers hands-on
classes with professional, world-class
drummers and percussionists to players
of all ages and levels. Attendees will live
and work with their mentors, perform
with rhythm section labs and more.
Faculty: Past faculty has included: John
Riley, Dafnis Prieto, Steve Smith,
Glen Velez, Dave Samuels, Arnie
Lang, Changuito, Jimmy Cobb,
Emil Richards, Mike Mainieri,
Giovanni Hidalgo, Horacio Hernandez,
Memo Acevedo, Geoff
Hamilton, Aldo Mazza.
Cost: TBD.
Contact: (800) 541-8401; kosamusic.com.
Litchfield Jazz Camp
Kent, Connecticut
July 8–July 13, July 15–July 30,
July 22–July 27, July 29–August
3, August 5–August 10
The class offerings at Litchfield are vast,
from such fundamentals as theory and
composition to fun, off-the-wall electives
like boot camp for jazz musicians and
r&b band. Students are immersed in a
Kent School faculty of seasoned professionals
as they flex their musical chops.
Faculty: Don Braden, Claudio Roditi,
Champian Fulton, Matt Wilson,
Claire Daly, Doug Munro, Jimmy
Cost:
Heath, more.
$960 for tuition for one-week day
campers, $1,370 tuition for oneweek
residential campers.
Contact: (860)361-6285;
info@litchfieldjazzfest.com;
litchfieldjazzcamp.com.
Maryland Summer Jazz
Camp & Festival
North Bethesda, Maryland
July 14, July 25–27
A new hands-on theory class and July 14
pre-camp clinic have been launched this
year. Students will cover the music they’ll
play at camp two weeks later. During
the eighth season of this adult-oriented
jazz camp, attendees will participate in
a festival of workshops, jams and public
concerts located near Washington, D.C.
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