MONDAY, JUNE 14 TUESDAY, JUNE 15 10 am 10 am Jazz Theory and Fundamentals Jazz Theory and Fundamentals Scott Wilson Scott Wilson 11 am 11 am Meet the Artist: Wycliffe Gordon Meet the Artist: Wordsmith Masterclass and Q&A Masterclass and Q&A www.wycliffegordon.com www.wordsmithmusic.com Wycliffe Gordon is one of the nation’s foremost music Baltimore-based rapper, musician and entrepreneur educators having held positions at Juilliard School of Wordsmith makes hip-hop with a strong motivational Music, Michigan State University and Manhattan School of message. His mission is to entertain and educate through Music in the Jazz Arts Program. He currently is Artist in a message of purpose while providing clean, quality, Residence at Georgia Regents University in Augusta, marketable music for the masses. As of July 2020, GA. Gordon is regularly featured as guest faculty, teacher, Wordsmith officially opened his nonprofit, "Rise With A clinician and conductor for All-State festivals, band clinics, Purpose, Inc." the Louis Armstrong Summer Jazz Camp, the Int’l Trumpet Guild, the Int’l Trombone Festival and countless other high 12 pm school and university programs and guest appearances. Lunch He is also the Artist in Residence for the third year now with the Louis Armstrong Legacy Project in Chicago. 1 pm Basics of Home Recording 12 pm Jose Valentino Lunch 2 pm 1 pm Jazz Transcriptions and Jazz Vocabulary Basics of Home Recording Scott Wilson Jose Valentino 3 pm 2 pm Instrumental Masterclass: Becoming a Monster Sight Reader Bass and Guitar Scott Wilson Erik Abernathy 3 pm Instrumental Masterclass: Trumpets and Trombones Ben Elgan and Jacob Hardy Jazz Academy, the Savannah Music Festival Swing City WEDNESDAY, JUNE 16 Competition and an adjunct faculty member of the New School in Manhattan. 10 am Music Business and Entrepreneurship: 12 pm Discovering Your Identity Lunch Jose Valentino 1 pm 11 am Meet the Artist: Jeff Coffin Meet the Artist: Boris Milan Masterclass and Q&A Masterclass and Q & A www.jeffcoffin.com www.borismilan.com Jeff Coffin is a globally recognized saxophonist, composer, Boris Milan is an eight-time Latin GRAMMY Award winning educator, and is a member of the legendary U.S. rock and three-time GRAMMY Award nominated recording, group, Dave Matthews Band. He was also a member of mixing, and mastering engineer based in Ft. Lauderdale, the genre-defying Bela Fleck & the Flecktones for 14 years FL. Throughout his 25+ year career, Mr. Milan has earned and has won 3 Grammy Awards. Jeff fronts numerous over twenty nominations and has worked with a diverse groups when not touring with DMB and has released 15+ group of recording artists across many genres of music, solo CDs on Ear Up Records. many of whom have also become Latin GRAMMY and GRAMMY Award winners. 2 pm Jazz Improvisation Masterclass 12 pm Jose Valentino Lunch 3 pm 1 pm Instrumental Masterclass Jazz Improvisation Masterclass Drums and Percussion Scott Wilson Clyde Connor 2 pm Meet the Artist: Eduardo Jaramillo FRIDAY, JUNE 18 Masterclass and Q&A Gaulo is one of the world's best beatboxers, a vibrant 10 am singer-songwriter, a freestyle rapper, and an audio Preparing for College Auditions and Applications – engineer based out of Miami, Florida. He is an EMMY® Ground floor view of how to win! Award Winning film composer, a DownBeat® Music Award Winner, Latin GRAMMY® Nominated audio engineer, 11 am former music producer for American Idol & X-Factor, and Meet the Artist: Kaila Mullady currently works on one of Netflix's top series, "La Reina del Masterclass and Q&A Sur (Spanish Language)" at NBCUniversal as an audio www.kailamullady.com engineer and music supervisor. Kaila Mullady is the 2015 & 2018 World Beatbox Champion, the 2014 American Vice Beatbox Champion, 3 pm 3x Loop Station Champion and 3x reigning Beatrhyme Instrumental Masterclasses Champion. Kaila performs all over the world infusing Saxophones, Carlos Vizoso beatboxing, singing, rapping, and theater to push the Piano, Scott Wilson boundaries of creativity and show just what the human instrument is capable of. Her work using beatboxing as a tool for speech therapy led to a partnership with New York THURSDAY, JUNE 17 University where a class was explicitly designed to build tools in the classroom for blind students based off of her 10 am curriculum. Jazz Transcriptions and Jazz Vocabulary Scott Wilson 12 pm Lunch 11 am Meet the Artist: Marcus Printup 1 pm Masterclass and Q&A Jazz Improvisation Masterclass www.marcusprintup.net Jose Valentino Marcus Printup has been a member of Wynton Marsalis’s Lincoln Center Orchestra since 1993 and is an educator 2 pm for Jazz @ Lincoln Center's Essentially Ellington Group Meeting to close camp competition, the Jazz @ Lincoln Center Middle School SCOTT WILSON JOSE VALENTINO Lead Clinician Lead Clinician www.scottwilsonjazz.com www.josevalentino.com Scott Wilson is the Director of Jazz Studies at the As the Head of Music Business & Entrepreneurship at The University of Florida. Wilson has served as Musical University of Florida, Dr. José Valentino is regarded as Director for Universal Studios Japan, principal staff one of the most groundbreaking artist-performers and composer for Grand Link World in Qingdao, China and has music producers of his generation. He is an been a featured jazz trumpet soloist for Tokyo Disney EMMY® Award Winner, a participating audio engineer and Sea. musician for a Latin GRAMMY® Award winning album, a multiple Latin GRAMMY® Nominee for Best Jazz Album Wilson’s jazz textbooks, the Ultimate Jazz Tool Kit and and Instrumental Album categories, the record holder with Ultimate Music Workbook, are available through Kendall 51 DownBeat® Student Music Awards (highest award for Hunt Publishing and accompanied by 35 jazz instructional jazz education), a Global Music® Award Winner, and a videos that cover topics ranging from jazz theory to song Parents' Choice® Award Winner. writing. Wilson’s published online jazz education platforms include Jazz Fundamentals 1, Jazz Fundamentals 2, Jazz Dr. Valentino performs and gives workshops on music Aural Skills and Jazz History. entrepreneurship and commercial music internationally. He is a prolific music producer with 60+ albums and a multi- Wilson has served as an Artistic Director for Caleb award winning film composer for Hayden 5 and MVProds. Chapman’s Super Band in Utah (multiple Downbeat He has performed at Carnegie Hall, and is revered for his winners) and now serves as Artistic Director for the unequivocal mastery on the flute, saxophone, bass guitar, LakeShore Music jazz series at the Tempe Center for the and Latin percussion in all genres of music. His greatest Arts in Arizona. As a producer, Wilson co-produced the passion is cultivating the next generation of aspiring “Earth Wind and Fire Tribute” album for the Sheldon creative professionals! Reynolds Project in Los Angeles. CLYDE CONNOR Before arriving at the University of Florida, Wilson held the www.clydeconnor.com position of Director of Jazz Studies at Snow College in Percussionist, composer and arranger Clyde Connor Utah, where he hosted four Juilliard Jazz Summer earned his Master’s in Music Performance from the Workshops. In 2010 Wilson was selected to host the University of Florida in 2016 and now serves as adjunct Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Camp at the University of professor in the UF Jazz Studies department. He attended Florida and this event culminated with a concert featuring the University of North Texas and while there successfully the Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band. Wilson received a auditioned into the U.S. Navy Band Commodores Jazz Master’s Degree in Jazz Studies and a Master’s Degree in Ensemble in Washington, D.C. In the Navy, he was Music Education from the University of North Texas. At the featured as a performing musician, composer and University of North Texas, he taught courses in Jazz arranger, with many charts to his credit included in regular Theory and performed in the One O'Clock Lab Band and concert programming and recordings. served as Adjunct Faculty. Connor can be heard on numerous recordings as a He has performed and/or worked with numerous jazz session player at Omega Recording Studios in Rockville, artists including Benny Green, Wayne Bergeron, Stevie Maryland, with the majority of work in conjunction with Wonder, Jeff Coffin, Rashawn Ross, Conrad Herwig, major music publishing companies including Barnhouse, Wycliffe Gordon, Shelly Berg, Roger Ingram, Steve Smith, Columbia, CP Beldwin and Warner Brothers. Connor’s Denis DeBlasio, Greg Bissonette, Brian Bromberg, John compositions and arrangements are being performed by Beasley, Eric Miyashiro, Claudio Roditi, Sam Rivers, university and professional groups worldwide. Terrell Stafford, Carl Allen, Peter Erskine, Eric Marienthal, Bobby Shew, Slide Hampton, Dick Oats, Brandon Fields, He has performed with artists including Jeff Andrews, Lew Soloff, Ron Blake, Ben Wolfe, Terreon Gully, Geoffrey Louie Bellson (drum duet), Randy Brecker, Dave Brubeck, Keezer, Jeremy Pelt, John Pizzarelli, Chris Slade, Ed Pete Christlieb, Eddie Daniels, Curtis Fuller, Jon Faddis, Shaughnessy, Robby Ameen, Alex Acuna, Dan Haerle, Terry Gibbs, Don Grolnick, Milt Hinton, Steve Kahn, Dave Neil Slater, Corey Christiansen, Ted Rosenthal and Fred Liebman, Brandon Marsalis, Don Menza, Claudio Roditi, Hamilton. Arturo Sandoval, Diane Schurr, Doc Severinsen, Bobby Shew, Lou Soloff, Marvin Stamn, Clark Terry, Stanley JACOB HARDY Turentine, Chris Vadala, Ernie Watts, Joe Williams and Jacob Hardy is a freelance trombonist in Central Florida. Snooky Young. He completed his masters from the University of Florida in Bass Trombone Performance in the spring of 2020. His ERIK ABERNATHY undergraduate work was completed at Eastern Illinois www.erikabernathy.com University in Trombone Performance – Jazz Studies in Erik Abernathy is an accomplished guitarist and upright 2018. bassist with a unique style inspired by many genres including Bebop, Brazilian music, gypsy jazz, classical During his time at UF, he performed with the Wind guitar and blues.