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APPLICATION INFORMATION APPLICATION DEADLINES MARCH 1 ! CalArts / APRIL 15 ! BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY 1 Go to www.schoolforimprov.org/apply and submit the online application form along with an essay. 2 Submit two mp3 recordings that best represent your abilities as a musician, improvisor, and/or composer. CD submissions are no longer accepted. WORKSHOPS FOR 3 Please include your name in the subject !eld for all 2014 email correspondence with SIM. EAST COAST TUITION $1250 IMPROVISING WEST COAST TUITION $625 + $375 for housing MUSICIANS For more information about SIM WORKSHOPS contact: www.schoolforimprov.org www.schoolforimprov.org Administration / 646 460 - 6641 / [email protected] [email protected] SIM SUMMER INTENSIVE AUG. SIM admits students of any race, color, stablished in January of 2001 by a @ BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY 4 -15 national and ethnic origin to all the rights, E privileges, programs, and activities small group of visionary artists and generally accorded or made available experienced educators, the School to students at the school. It does for Improvisational Music (SIM) o!ers not discriminate on the basis of a continuing series of apprenticeship- race, color, national or ethnic style experiences for emerging im- origin in administration of its educational policies, provisers. admissions policies, Open to all ages, levels and styles, and other school SIM’s innovative and intensive work- administered programs. shops feature week-long sessions carefully planned but informally structured to facilitate a healthy, stim- ulating atmosphere for creative musi- cal exploration. SIM WEST COAST INTENSIVE JUNE Modeled after the relaxed settings in @ CalArts which improvising musicians typical- 16 - 20 ly collaborate, SIM’s "exible environ- ment enables students both to focus intensely and to interact freely with professionals drawn from New York City’s and creative music circles.

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SIM is a project of the Center for Improvisational Music, a 501(c)(3), tax-exempt organization. © 2001 Center For Improvisational Music. All rights reserved. 2001 SIM EAST COAST SUMMER INTENSIVE ! BROOKLYN CONSERVATORY Above Faculty Week One August 4 - 8 (trumpet / director) Gerald Cleaver all, (drums) (piano) (bass) at (), (drums) SIM Faculty Week Two August 11-15 Ralph Alessi (trumpet/director) (piano/ we assistant director) (bass) Tom Rainey (drums) (saxophone) RECENT SIM WORKSHOP THEMES cultivate the Master Classes August 4 -15 Traditions and Techniques of Improvisation t Com- Samir Chaterjee (tablas) J. Granelli (bass) Art Lande positional Strategies t Directions in Rhythm t Jazz as creative process. (piano) Milford Graves (drums) () Collaborative Practice t Preparing Improvised Music (guitar) Yosvany Terry (saxophone) for Performance t Playing Your Music: Real-World Con- TBA (Alexander Technique) cerns t Business Skills and Record Companies t Making Your Own Recordings t Alexander Technique WORKSHOP DETAILS Private Lessons August 4 -15 * See www.schoolforimprov.org for updated information Each week there are !ve days of master classes (two per day), with Ralph Alessi (trumpet) Gerald Cleaver (drums) ensemble rehearsals and student concerts.*Workshops also include Kris Davis (piano) Michael Formanek (bass) one group lesson and one private lesson per week. * Brooklyn only Peter Epstein (piano) (pianists only) Drew Gress (bass) (guitar) Tom Rainey (drums) Tim Berne (saxophone) (saxophone) Andy Milne (piano) Alan Ferber (trombone)

WORKING METHOD SIM WEST COAST ! CalArts The SIM intensive focuses on exploring the process of improvisation “Students and faculty come together to form a unique artistic Core Faculty June 16 -20 through discussion and masterclasses. SIM sessions emphasize play- community. Developing musicians will take part in collective and ing contexts ranging from free improv structures, original composi- individual artistic discovery, with the guidance, inspiration, and Ralph Alessi (trumpet) (piano) (sax) tions, and jazz standards to o#er participants a diverse experience. partnership of established musical innovators.” (saxophone, clarinet) John Hebert (bass)