Stanislaus State, School of the Arts, Department of Music presents

FRIDAY & SATURDAY MARCH 11 - 12, 2016 STANISLAUS STATE TURLOCK, CALIFORNIA

From the Director Featuring Guest Artist: WELCOME TERELL STAFFORD

It gives me great pleasure to announce the 2016 Terell Stafford, acclaimed Stan State Jazz Festival featuring acclaimed trumpet player based in New trumpeter Terell Stafford! The Festival, sponsored York, has been hailed as by the Stanislaus State School of the Arts and “one of the great players of the Department of Music, will be held on Friday our time, a fabulous trumpet & Saturday, March 11-12. The purpose of this player” by piano legend festival is to provide an educational and musical McCoy Tyner. Stafford is experience for both students and directors, as renowned in the jazz world well as foster the growth of the community of jazz as an educator, performer educators, musicians, and students within the and leader and has received Central Valley and beyond. countless award nominations and accolades. Throughout both days, you and your students will have Since the mid-1990s, Stafford has performed with the opportunity to participate in master classes and see groups and artists such as Benny Golson, McCoy Tyner, various performances, including two concerts. Friday’s Kenny Barron, Frank Wess, Jimmy Heath, Jon Faddis, concert will feature performances by our festival clinicians Clayton-Hamilton Jazz Orchestra, Jazz Orchestra, and while Saturday’s concert will feature Terell Stafford with the Vanguard Jazz Orchestra. Stafford can be heard on the Stan State Jazz Ensemble at the Gallo Center for the over 130 albums. His latest recording “BrotherLEE Love” Arts in nearby Modesto. featuring the music of trumpeter Lee Morgan. We hope that you and your students will join us for an Stafford is the Director of Jazz Studies and Chair of exciting day of music and be a part of the 2016 Stan State Instrumental Studies at Temple University, founder and Jazz Festival! bandleader of the Terell Stafford Quintet, and Managing and Artistic Director of the Jazz Orchestra of Philadelphia Sincerely, (JOP).

Joe Mazzaferro California State University, Stanislaus Coordinator of Jazz Studies ABOUT THE JAZZ FESTIVAL

GENERAL INFORMATION Each band will be allowed approximately 25 minutes to perform Dates: Friday, March 11 & Saturday, March 12, 2016 (this includes setup and teardown), followed immediately by a Place: The Stanislaus State Music Building 25-minute clinic. Priority Registration Deadline: Wednesday, January 20, 2016 Fee: $180 per group MASTER CLASSES Throughout the day, Terell Stafford, as well as other area jazz edu- PHILOSOPHY cators, will give master classes that deal with specific improvisa- The goal of the Stan State Jazz Festival is to provide students and tional topics. A schedule of these master classes will be distributed directors with a positive educational and musical experience in a few weeks prior to the festival. Jazz. Maximum interaction between students, directors, and guest clinicians will take place throughout the day, highlighted by vari- PERFORMANCES ous master classes from guest artists and clinicians. The festival Saturday, March 11th, 7:30pm also includes several performances featuring festival clinicians, FESTIVAL CLINICIANS the Stan State Jazz Ensemble, and our guest artist Terell Stafford. Stanislaus State, Snider Music Recital Hall

FESTIVAL FORMAT Saturday March 12th, 7:30pm The festival is non-competitive. Clinicians will provide written and Stan State Jazz Ensemble featuring verbal feedback to the directors and students. Each band will re- TERELL STAFFORD ceive a warm-up room for 25 minutes prior to their performance. Mary Stuart Rogers Theater Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto, CA

BANDS & TICKETS

REGISTRATION FORM BANDS - $180 per group PARTICIPANT INFORMATION No. of bands Total $ Big Band X $180 = Director Name No. of bands Total $ Combo X $180 = School CONCERTS Address Festival Clinician Concert, Friday, March 11 Bernell & Flora Snider Recital Hall, Stanislaus State

No. of tickets Total $ City State Zip X $8 =

Stan State Jazz Ensemble featuring Phone Fax TERELL STAFFORD, Saturday, March 12 Mary Suart Rogers Theater, Gallo Center for the Arts, Modesto

Email No. of tickets Total $ X $15 =

Middle/Junior High School High School College/University Festival Concert Package Includes tickets to both Friday and Saturday concerts

No. of packages Total $ I acknowledge that a release of liability is required for each participant and must be X $20 = submitted prior to the event. Go to www.csustan.edu/music/forms-publications for the liability form. Total $

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PERFORMANCE DATE & TIME PREFERENCE* Deadline for priority consideration is Wednesday, January 20, 2016. Friday PM (12:00 to 6:00pm) Saturday AM (8:00am-12:00pm) You will receive registration confirmation by email. Information including performance times, Saturday PM (12:00-6:30pm) maps, clinicians, and more will be mailed prior to the festival. Mail the registration form and *subject to availability check payment (payable to Stanislaus State Department of Music) to: FOR OFFICE USE ONLY T851

Cashiers Office, CSU Stanislaus Jazz Festival, One University Circle, Turlock, CA 95382 CASHIER INITIALS

AMOUNT ______FOR MORE INFORMATION: (PLEASE ATTACH RECEIPT) Joe Mazzaferro, Director • 209.667.3533 • [email protected]