CLASSES • WORKSHOPS • CONCERTS the a at CALIFORNIA JAZZCONSERVATORY zzschool 2019 SUMMER CATALOG Contents INTRODUCTION YOUNG MUSICIANS PROGRAM CJC Concert Series 2 Introduction 32 The California Jazz Conservatory 4 Program Requirements 32 The Jazzschool at CJC 6 Placement and Audition Requirements 33 ADULT PERFORMANCE ENSEMBLES Fall Quarter Preview 35 Summer Youth Ensembles 36 Bachelor of Music Jazz 8 Small Performance Ensembles 37 Associate of Arts World 12 Large Performance Ensembles 38 in Jazz Studies Latin 12 Vocal Classes 38 Brazilian 12 Jazzschool at CJC Blues 13 WORKSHOPS Classes, Workshops Funk 13 Camps, Intensives For all instruments and voice 3 9 ADULT INSTRUMENTAL CLASSES CJC Concert Series SUMMER PROGRAMS Year-Round Piano and Keyboards 14 Guitar 16 Introduction 47 Bass 1 8 Summer Youth Program 48 Saxophone 1 8 High School Jazz Intensive 49 Drums and Percussion 20 Girls’ Jazz & Blues Camp 50 Vocal Intensive 51 IMPROVISATION AND Jazz Guitar Intensive 52 COMPOSITION CLASSES Jazz Piano Intensive 53 Improvisation 19 Composition 20 INFORMATION Monterey Jazz Festival Partnership ADULT VOCAL CLASSES for Excellence in Jazz Performance 21 Performance and Education 34 Jazz 21 Jazzschool Faculty 54 Pop/Soul/R&B 23 Board and Staff 60 Ensemble Singing 24 Instructions and Technique and Musicianship 24 Application Form 62 Summer Vocal Intensive 24 Map 63 Vocal Mentor Program 26 Support 64 Vocal Workshops 28 IMPORTANT INFORMATION • Summer Performance Series takes place August 19 – 26. Many opportunities fill early, so sign up now! Visit cjc.edu for current information, as schedules are subject to change. For the latest news from CJC, sign up for cjc.edu our monthly mailed Postcard Calendar and our E-Newsletter at cjc.edu! 1 CJC Concerts 9 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Max Brody $15 10 Sat 8pm Vocal Intensive Student Concert $10 IIn addition to CJC’s Weekend Concert Series featuring an eclectic mix of music 13 Tues 7:30pm Gaea Schell, John Stowell Quartet $20/10 students on Friday and Saturday nights, we're pleased to present our Way Out West (WOW) Concert Series on Tuesdays @ 7:30 pm (made possible by generous support from 16 Fri 8pm Guitar Intensive Concert $10 Larry Dodge and Carol Shen). Our Resident Artists, Electric Squeezebox Orchestra, 16 Fri 8pm High School Jazz Intensive Concert $10 will return for their weekly Sunday evening concerts on September 8, 2019. 17 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Isaiah Harwood $15 Visit cjc.edu for information and tickets! AUGUST 18 Sun various times Jazzschool Young Musicians Program Concerts Free* 19–25 various times Jazzschool Adult Program Student Concerts Free* 23 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Simon Petty $15 6 /28 Fri 6pm Summer Youth Program Concert—Week 1 Free* 24 Sat 8pm Guinga & Monica Salmaso $25 2 Tues 7:30pm Joel Behrman $20/10 students 25 Sun 4:30pm Pedro Martins and Michael Pipoquinha $20 5 Fri 8pm Rising Stars: The Cosmic Conquerers $15 25 Sun 4:30pm Vocal Jam Free* 6 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Sarah Gettys $15 27 Tues 7:30pm Michelle Amador $20/10 students 9 Tues 7:30pm Itch $20/10 students 29 Thur 8pm Jeff Denson, Romain Pilon & Brian Blade $25 12 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Susanna Porte $15 30 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Kevin Goldberg $15 13 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Rick Gordon $15 31 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Natalie Marshall $15 14 Sun 4:30pm Blues Vocal Jam Free* JULY 16 Tues 7:30pm Arnie Co Nonet $20/10 students 3 Tues 7:30pm Corey Wright $20/10 students 19 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Morgan Maudiere $15 6 Fri 8pm SoVoSo $20 20 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Nikita Manin $15 7 Sat 8pm Maria Volanté Blue Tango Project $20 21 Sun 4:30pm Sameer Gupta: Brooklyn Raga Massive $18 8 Sun 4:30pm Blues Vocal Jam Free* 23 Tues 7:30pm Aaron Kruziki $20/10 students 10 Tues 7:30pm Jon Hatamiya $20/10 students SEPTEMBER 26 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Max Cope $15 13 Fri 8pm Jenna & The Charmers $20 27 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Sheldon Alexander $15 14 Sat 8pm The Jolly Gibsons feat. Jean Fineberg $20 28 Sun various times Jazzschool Young Musicians Program Concerts Free* 17 Tues 7:30pm Scott Looney $20/10 students 28 Sun 4:30pm Vocal Jam Free* 20 Fri 8pm Clif Payne $25 30 Tues 7:30pm Alaya $20/10 students 21 Sat 8pm Emilio Solla & Bien Sur! $25 made possible by a generous contribution by Denny Abrams 2 Fri 6pm Summer Youth Program Concert—Week 2 Free* 22 Sun 4:30pm Vocal Jam Free* AUGUST 2 Fri 8pm Rising Star: Shimpei Ogawa $15 24 Tues 7:30pm Javier Santiago $20/10 students 3 Sat 8pm Rising Star: Tatyana $15 27 Fri 8pm Steven Bernstein's Millenial Territory $25 Orchestra West 4 Sun 4:30pm Blues Vocal Jam Free* 28 Sat 8pm Prima Volta Saxophone Quartet $20 6 Tues 7:30pm New Zombies $20/10 students 9 Fri 6pm Girls' Camp Concert at Freight & Salvage Free* *Your generous donation ($10 suggested) will allow us to continue to offer these presentations. 3 The California Jazz Conservatory The California Jazz Conservatory is the only independent, accredited music school in America completely devoted to the study and performance of jazz. Recognized as “the most successful jazz • The California Jazz Conservatory offers education startup in the United States” the aspiring professional jazz musician by jazz historian and author Ted Gioia, a 4-year Bachelor of Music degree in the California Jazz Conservatory honors Jazz Studies, based on a 100% jazz the contributions of past masters and relevant curriculum, taught by a faculty promotes artistic innovation, bringing of artists/educators who share a proven together a diverse music community to track record of success in transforming develop practical skills, acquire artistic musicians into artists. sensibility, realize creative potential and find artistic voice. Our 2-year Associate of Arts degree in Jazz Studies offers the same effective Founded as the Jazzschool in 1997 and faculty, teaching the same 100% jazz accredited by the National Association of relevant courses — the first two years of Schools of Music in 2009, the California our Bachelor program — with students Jazz Conservatory offers two distinct incurring half the cost and half the time education programs: commitment to earn their degree. The California Jazz Conservatory, a • The Jazzschool at CJC offers a postsecondary degree-granting program; year-round program of Classes, and The Jazzschool at CJC, a non degree- Workshops, Camps and Intensives for granting community education program. musicians of all ages and abilities. The California Jazz Conservatory's CJC Concert Series offers a year-round array of performances by students and profes- sionals in our two intimate concert venues, Rendon Hall and Hardymon Hall. Our popular Jazzcaffè offers light fare and a range of beers, wines and other beverages year-round, while our newly renovated and updated CJC Bookstore provides a variety of jazz-related books and merchandise. Located in the heart of Berkeley's vibrant Downtown Arts District, the California Jazz Conservatory campus is easily accessible by car and public transporta- tion. The downtown Berkeley BART station and AC Transit bus stops are located within a block of campus. Public parking is available in a nearby garage and in metered street parking in the neighborhood. 4 5 The Jazzschool at CJC The Jazzschool at CJC is the Instrumental Classes Ensembles and Classes California Jazz Conservatory's Jazzschool instrumental classes provide (Audition required for Ensembles) community music school, serving study of a specific instrument in a group The Jazzschool offers a wide range setting. Classes are available for saxophone, of Performance Ensembles and Classes for students of all ages and levels for harmonica, piano/keyboard, guitar, bass beginning, intermediate and advanced over 20 years. and drums/percussion. Instruction is instrumentalists and vocalists. Ensembles available for beginners (covering basic focus on a wide range of styles including, The Jazzschool offers instrumentalists technique and instrumental skills) and also but not limited to, jazz, blues, funk, Afro- and vocalists Performance Ensembles/ for more advanced players (focused on jazz Caribbean and South American music. Classes, as well as Workshops, Camps style, harmony, improvisation and more). Classes include instrumental and vocal and Intensives throughout the year, including: technique, music theory, jazz Vocal Classes improvisation and more. * Adult instrumental and vocal Jazzschool vocal classes provide an Performance Ensembles/Classes opportunity for singers at all levels to Workshops (No audition required) in fall, winter (10 weeks), spring improve style and technique in a group The Jazzschool offers a variety of (9 weeks), and summer (6 weeks); setting. Performance classes are offered Workshops throughout the year, in jazz, Latin, blues, R&B and pop genres. available in single sessions or as a series. * Workshops on weekends throughout Beginners, singers returning to music, Workshops are taught by professional the year; and more advanced vocalists can all find artists/educators and focus on specific * Youth instrumental and vocal Perfor– classes appropriate for their interests. approaches to strengthening technical mance Ensembles in fall, winter, spring ability, understanding and applying (9 weeks) and summer (6 weeks); Theory, Improvisation and Composition theoretical concepts to improvisation, The Jazzschool offers a number of classes and enhancing live performance skills, Faculty * Youth instrumental and vocal Summer covering areas of theory, improvisation, ear in addition to other jazz-related topics. Jazzschool classes, ensembles, Camps and Intensives in summer training, composition and arranging, music workshops, camps, intensives and other (1 – 2 weeks); production, music business and more. Jazzschool Young Musicians Program programs are led by a distinguished * Adult instrumental and vocal Camps and (Placement audition required) faculty of professional musicians who The Jazzschool Young Musicians Program Intensives throughout the year (1 week). have played with some of the music offers a range of classes for middle and world’s biggest names.