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Trumpeters Clark Terry & Jon Faddis To Perform at the Opening of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine

2005-10-11T23:14:00.000-05:00

On Nov. 1 trumpeters Clark Terry and Jon Faddis will perform at the opening of the Louis Armstrong Center for Music and Medicine at Beth Israel Medical Center in New York. The center, an expansion of the hospital's decade-old Louis and Lucille Armstrong Music Therapy Program, will provide music therapy to complement medical treatment, primarily for patients with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Lincoln Center to Honor Marsalis

2005-10-11T23:11:00.000-05:00

Jazz at Lincoln Center has announced that this year's fall gala, set for Nov. 14 at Rose Hall, will honor its artistic director, Wynton Marsalis, on the 25th anniversary of his arrival on the national music scene. Marsalis was a teenage trumpet prodigy when he joined Art Blakey's Jazz Messengers in 1980 and, later that year, signed with Columbia Records. He was a founder of Jazz at Lincoln Center in 1991. Among the artists scheduled to perform at the gala are the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, the Kronos Quartet and, of course, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra.

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Trumpet Day at Central Michigan University - Oct. 8th

2005-10-06T16:47:00.000-05:00

High school trumpet players from around the state will visit campus Oct. 8 for the School of Music's annual Trumpet Day. Trumpet Day invites high school students to work with professionals and develop their trumpet skills, as well as attend master classes and concerts featuring CMU students and faculty. In addition, a finale concert, featuring renowned professional musician Rob McGregor, will be included in this year's activities.

Sessions at 10 a.m. and 1, 2 and 3:15 p.m. will take place in the Staples Family Concert Hall and Chamichian Hall, both located in the Music Building. Tickets for Trumpet Day cost $3 per session or $7 for the entire day for participants and audience members. All tickets can be bought at the School of Music office throughout the day or at the door immediately before each session.

For more info: CMU's Trumpet Day

Boyd Hood, Trumpeter

2005-09-29T16:50:00.000-05:00

You wouldn't call what happened to trumpeter Boyd Hood in the fourth grade a lucky accident. Yet the fire that burned 60 percent of his body and caused his right fingers to be amputated at the first joint above the knuckles was partly responsible for his commitment to an instrument he had started playing only recently. "At first, we propped it up on my knee or the couch," he says now, nearly six decades later. "And it turned out that my fingers just fit the trumpet."

Hood, who is also a composer, hails from a small farming town near Dallas and credits his parents with instilling in him perseverance and a love of music. "My father made it to the training camp for the Detroit Tigers but was then drafted, and my mother danced professionally on the stage of the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood before she married," he says.

After Hood's studies at the Eastman School in Rochester, N.Y., he had a fairly routine series of orchestral appointments. But in the mid-1960s, the trumpeter made a big change, spurning the Houston Symphony to teach at Indiana's Ball State University, which in turn led to an appointment at the University of Victoria, in British Columbia.

Though he and his family had "a rich life" in Canada, moving to Southern California in the mid-1970s after an extended visit wasn't hard. "I had forgotten what it was like to play on the level of the Philharmonic or the studio orchestras," recalls Hood, who joined the Philharmonic in 1982, leaving the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, where he had been first trumpet since 1979.

For more, see: Boyd Hood, Trumpeter

Trumpet Master William Vacchiano Dead at 93

2005-09-24T16:03:00.000-05:00

Trumpeter William Vacchiano, who never missed a performance during his 38 years with the New York Philharmonic and taught thousands of students through the Julliard School, has died. Vacchiano, who was 93, died Monday.

Vacchiano, a Portland, Maine, native, joined the philharmonic in 1935, becoming its principal trumpet player in 1942, said philharmonic spokesman Eric Latzky. The spokesman noted that Vacchiano's perfect attendance at philharmonic performances during his lengthy tenure was "extraordinary." Not only was he a legendary figure at the orchestra, he also "was one of the great trumpet teachers of the 20th century," Latzky said.

During nearly seven decades at Julliard, he taught some of the world's trumpet greats, including Wynton Marsalis and Miles Davis. The current principal trumpet player of the philharmonic, Philip Smith, was also one of his students.

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Jazz Legend Dizzy Gillespie's Life Up For Auction

2005-09-14T13:58:00.000-05:00

Almost 1,000 items from the home of late jazz legend Dizzy Gillespie are going under the hammer. Possessions up for grabs include one of his signature bent trumpets, a Grammy Award, a piano, his record collection and handwritten sheet music. Gillespie, regarded as one of the best jazz trumpeters, died in 1993 aged 75. The items come from the house he shared in New Jersey with Lorraine, his wife of 53 years. Two of his other trumpets fetched $72,000 in February. Other items up for grabs on Wednesday include a range of drums, hats, photographs, letters and awards.

Gillespie was said to have taken up playing the bent trumpet after accidentally damaging one and discovering he liked the sound. He is credited with expanding the technical limits of the instrument and pushing back the boundaries of jazz. The sale will take place at Dawson and Nye auction house in Morris Plains, New Jersey.

Full story: Jazz Legend's Life Up For Auction

Research Shows Where Brain Interprets "Pitch"

2005-09-08T14:28:00.000-05:00

Johns Hopkins researchers have discovered a discrete region of the monkey brain that processes pitch, the relative high and low points of sound, by recognizing a single musical note played by different instruments.

Given the similarities between monkeys and man, humans may have a similar pitch-processing region in the brain too, which might one day help those with hearing and speech problems. The paper appears in the Aug. 25 issue of Nature.

By recording the activity of individual brain cells as monkeys listened to musical notes, the scientists identified single neurons, located in what they've called the brain’s “pitch center,” that recognize a middle-C as a middle-C even when played by two different instruments.

Full story: Newswise | Research Shows Where Brain Interprets "Pitch"

University of Oklahoma Music Department Excludes Symphony Band

2005-09-07T10:01:00.000-05:00

Performances by the OU School of Music this semester will not include the Symphony Band, leaving some music students without an ensemble this fall. William Wakefield, director of bands and coordinator of ensembles, said the ensemble started about 10 years ago, and this is the first fall since then that it has not been included.

During the fall semester, the school usually includes two large wind ensembles, the Wind Symphony and the Symphony Band. The number of students auditioning for some sections, including the clarinet section, was not high enough to fill both of these ensembles this year. Students who play instruments that had higher numbers audition had more competition than usual to get into a group. Students can audition for both ensembles at once. The top-ranked students are placed in the Wind Symphony, and the next in rankings are usually placed in the Symphony Band.

Full article: Music Department Excludes Ensemble

Trumpet Player Marsalis to Perform at Concert for Hurricane Relief Tonight at 7pm

2005-09-02T16:12:00.000-05:00

Four Louisiana-born stars - Harry Connick Jr., Wynton Marsalis, Aaron Neville and Tim McGraw - will headline a televised charity concert to air live today on News 4 WOAI for victims of Hurricane Katrina. McGraw's wife, country star and Mississippi native Faith Hill, will also perform. Plans for the one-hour, commercial-free show, called “A Concert for Hurricane Relief,” were announced as the Bush administration and Congress began working on legislation to assist in hurricane recovery efforts.

“I am heartbroken by the devastation caused by Hurricane Katrina in my home state,” said country star McGraw, born in Delhi, Louisiana, in a statement. “It’s at times like these that each of us must work together to provide life-saving aid to those in terrible need.” Joining McGraw are two New Orleans natives, trumpet player Marsalis and jazz singer Connick, whose hometown was left largely submerged in floodwaters.

Full article: A Concert for Hurricane Relief

Music Schools for Trumpet Musicians

2005-08-30T16:12:00.000-05:00

I FINALLY completed a very comprehensive listing of music schools in the U.S. on my website including DIRECT links to the music department, degree programs, audition requirements, and faculty listings.

You can check it out here: http://www.trumpetmusician.com/trumpet-music-schools.html

Let me know if I missed any or on how I can improve the listing. Thanks!

Former Santana Trumpeter: Dunlop Drivers Cup Is Pure Music

2005-08-29T13:26:00.000-05:00

Grammy Award winner and former Santana trumpeter Julius Melendez may have to wait awhile to promote his first solo effort, a new double CD set titled "Passion & Romance." Melendez will be competing in the Dunlop Drivers Cup in Phoenix on Sept. 10 and 11, while the album -- a tribute to great Cuban composer Osvaldo Farres -- hits the streets nationally Sept. 13.

The fresh, thoughtful, "rootsy" record can wait a few days. The Richmond, Calif., musician and recording artist said he feels fortunate "to finally have a real opportunity to demonstrate my driving skills and ability." Most friends and fans know Melendez for his musical talent, but few might realize his "lifelong interest in everything automotive."

Full article: Former Santana Trumpeter: Dunlop Drivers Cup Is Pure Music

National Hispanic Heritage Month; Guest Artist Lew Soloff

2005-08-29T13:18:00.000-05:00

Jazz at Lincoln Center's Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra with Arturo O'Farrill celebrates National Hispanic Heritage Month with concert performances on September 30 and October 1, 2005 at 8pm in Rose Theater at Frederick P. Rose Hall. The concerts, entitled Jazz con Salsa, feature the big band performing the best of Latin jazz with salsa flair. Jazz con Salsa is the band's first concert series of Jazz at Lincoln Center's 2005-2006 season. On the heels of the successful release of Una Noche Inolvidable, the band's debut CD, the Afro-Latin Jazz Orchestra brings together the styles of salsa and jazz in an eclectic mixture of rhythm and groove. Guest artists Joe Lovano (saxophone), Lew Soloff (trumpet) and Greg Osby (saxophone) join the critically acclaimed big band to showcase the finest in Latin and straight-ahead jazz rhythm, new and old.

For more info: National Hispanic Heritage Month

Review: "Dizzy : The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie"

2005-08-27T14:32:00.000-05:00

When the Second World War ended, what was deemed a revolution came to jazz. Primarily the inspiration of alto saxophonist Charlie Parker and trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie, it had an enormous and disorienting effect on jazz musicians and fans alike. Some loved it, some hated it; among the latter were Benny Goodman and Louis Armstrong, whose animus lay in the fact that they not only couldn't play it, they couldn't even understand it. Contemptuously called "Chinese music" by some, it wasn't helped by the nickname attached to it: bebop, a term that trivialized the music and, to an extent, still does.

So, for that matter, did the nickname given to John Birks Gillespie: Dizzy. His friends, for the most part, called him Birks. He was an extraordinarily funny man, more so onstage than off, where he was, for the most part, thoughtful and serious, and inordinately kind and generous with his knowledge, the great teacher. He once told me, "I don't know that I know that much, but what I do know, I'm willing to share."

He was occasionally -- by younger and militant black musicians -- called an Uncle Tom, but that he was not. He simply loved to be the merry Andrew on stage, not as sycophancy, but because he liked to make people laugh. He once told me, "If making people laugh makes them more receptive to my music, then I'm going to do it, and I don't care what anyone says." By those who knew him well, he was more than liked, more than respected: He was loved.

For all the deserved reverence accorded Louis Armstrong and Duke Ellington, I believe that Dizzy was the greatest jazz musician who ever lived, and one of the greatest musicians of any kind who ever lived. Dizzy was pure genius, equally dazzling in his powers of invention and execution.

But when in high school in St. Catharines, Ont., I heard my first Parker-Gillespie record -- it was Salt Peanuts, a classic example of the hilarious Dadaism Dizzy scattered to the winds -- I thought they were crazy. Some of my friends, however, did not, especially a young trumpet player, Kenny Wheeler, who went on to become a major figure on his instrument and as a composer. If Kenny took Bird, as Parker was called, and Dizzy seriously, I felt it behooved me to find out what he heard in them. When it hit me, it hit me hard.

Reflections on these and collateral matters have come with the issue within weeks of two things. One is a Gillespie-Parker CD of material largely unissued and unknown, drawn from a concert they did in New York's Town Hall on June 22, 1945, with Al Haig on piano, Curly Russell on bass and Max Roach or (on two tracks) Sidney Catlett on drums. The CD is on Uptown Records (P.O. Box 394, Whitehall, Mich., 49461, U.S.A.), and that so monumentally important a record could be issued by an almost unknown label, when the major labels are doing almost nothing to the arts but damage, is a tragedy. The other is a biography by Donald L. Maggin, Dizzy: The Life and Times of John Birks Gillespie.

It contains some good stuff, especially Maggin's exploration of Dizzy's brutalized childhood and roots, going back to the Yoruba people of Africa. British writer and musician Alyn Shipton's 1999 biography Groovin' High: The Life of Dizzy Gillespie did not uncover this much of Dizzy's family background. He avoided technical discussions the reader would not understand. Maggin does address them, and the result is dismaying. It lies in the author's ignorance of music, music theory and music history. Maggin is neither a journalist nor a musician. In fact, he is a creature of politics; he was chairman of the Democratic National Committee during Jimmy Carter's presidency.

See full review: Dazed by Dizzy

Audition for the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra

2005-08-26T15:39:00.000-05:00

Musicians through age 25 are invited to audition for the famed California orchestra. Need musicians trained in: flute, oboe, clarinet, bass clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, French horn, trombone, tuba, violin, viola, cello, string base, tympani and percussion. Call (323) 272-3667 for audition.

For more info: Audition for the Jr. Philharmonic Orchestra

Principal Trumpet - Billings Symphony Orchestra Audition TODAY!

2005-08-24T08:43:00.000-05:00

The Billings Symphony holds auditions for its substitute musician list for all sections. Vacancies include principal trumpet, principal harp, assistant principal second violin, section violin I and II, section viola, section bass and the percussion call list. Call 406-252-3610.

For more information: Billings Symphony Employment

Joyce Johnson-Hamilton, Cornetto Virtuoso, is Heart and Soul of Diablo Symphony

2005-08-19T18:40:00.000-05:00

ONE NEED not look far and wide to find the unique or unusual. Sometimes something significant is going on, figuratively speaking, in one's own back yard. Consider the relative rarity of women orchestral conductors in the world. It isn't necessary to look to Baltimore, Boston or Buffalo to find one. According to East Bay music promoter and aficionado Robert Rezak, we've got "our answer to Marin Alsop" right here in the Bay Area. (Alsop was recently named conductor/music director of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, albeit not without some furor.)

Rezak, of course, was referring to our own local feminine ground-breaker, Atherton resident Joyce Johnson-Hamilton. Writes Rezak, "This year marks her 26th anniversary as conductor of the Diablo Symphony Orchestra, the oldest aggregation of professionally trained musicians in Contra Costa County."

While she has distinguished herself as a fine conductor, she is also a noted trumpet virtuoso and has performed as such with major orchestras and in music festivals throughout the country. She has been a member of the San Francisco Symphony, the Aspen Festival Orchestra, the Oregon Symphony, the Oakland and San Jose symphonies, and principal trumpet with the Cabrillo Festival Orchestra.

She has become a specialist in Renaissance and baroque wind instruments, including the "cornetto" and the "natural," or valveless, trumpet. She recently performed one of the two solo cornetto parts in the Carmel Bach Festival's performance of the Monteverdi "Vespers for the Blessed Virgin," conducted by William Jon Gray.

Studying under Bruce Vickey, she became a virtuoso in the cornetto, a Renaissance period instrument that she describes as "sort of a cross between a recorder and a trumpet with a curved, conical shape and seven finger holes like a recorder." In addition, she also became skilled playing the difficult, bugle-like, valveless brass baroque trumpet.

Full article: Joyce Johnson-Hamilton is Heart and Soul of Diablo Symphony

Malle & Miles Gem: "Elevator to the Gallows"

2005-08-17T12:33:00.000-05:00

The trumpet comes in with a low howl just as the beautiful blonde droops her head in despair and lets the shadows engulf her face. It's one of several magic moments in Louis Malle's Elevator to the Gallows, a moody film noir featuring a legendary soundtrack by Miles Davis. The 1957 French film, rereleased on the big screen this week, plays Landmark's Act 1 & 2 Theater in Berkeley from August 19 to 25.

Malle, who wrote in his autobiography that he was "crazy about jazz" at the time of the film, jumped at the chance to work with Davis, nabbing him on his one night off from a string of club dates in Paris. When Malle ushered Davis and a handful of French musicians into a recording studio at 10 p.m., they had neither a music score nor a clear plan. However, they did have several bottles of champagne and the inspiring presence of a muse: the beautiful blonde Jeanne Moreau, who starred in the film. By dawn, they had recorded the entire improvisatory score.

Malle was ecstatic about the results. "It transformed the film," he wrote. "It was a counterpoint, it was elegiac." In fact, the film's undeniably thin plot needed a little something extra -- a man ruins his perfect crime by getting trapped in an elevator, and is therefore unable to meet his loving accomplice, Moreau, who spends most of the movie looking for him on the streets of Paris. But the suspense is a secondary attraction compared to the atmosphere created by dark streets, flashing neon, and spare, plaintive trumpet lines.

Full article: Malle & Miles

Downtown Berkeley Jazzl Festival This Weekend

2005-08-17T12:29:00.000-05:00

The Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival is a summer music festival that features jazz and related styles of music from throughout the world. Music and correlated cultural events such as film, poetry, dance and cuisine occur at various venues throughout Downtown Berkeley, promoting the city's unique businesses and contributing to creating a more vibrant downtown community through the arts.

For Schedule of Events: Downtown Berkeley Jazz Festival

Brubeck and Marsalis Perform at JVC Jazz Festival-Newport

2005-08-16T16:12:00.000-05:00

Dave Brubeck and Wynton Marsalis have often crossed paths over the years, but at this year's JVC Jazz Festival-Newport, the two jazz stars finally got a chance to perform together. On Saturday, Marsalis' quintet played a set of tunes from last year's album, "The Magic Hour," and the trumpeter returned on the festival's closing day to sit in with Brubeck's quartet for two tunes.

Marsalis' trumpet warmly caressed the George Gershwin ballad "Embraceable You" - enhanced by Brubeck's sensitive piano accompaniment. And they surprised the audience by closing the set not with the Brubeck quartet's signature tune, "Take Five," but with a rollicking version of the Duke Ellington Orchestra's theme, "Take the `A' Train." That drew a standing ovation from the crowd filling the field in front of the main stage set against the stone walls of the 19th-century Fort Adams, punctuated by horn blasts from fans in their boats anchored in Narragansett Bay.

Full article: Brubeck and Marsalis Perform at Festival

Trumpet Day and Master Class with L.A. Philharmonic's Rob McGregor

2005-08-15T16:43:00.000-05:00

Grand Valley State University: Rob Roy McGregor, associate principal trumpet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, presents a master class for brass players. He was assistant principal trumpet of the Baltimore Symphony (1970-1981) before joining the trumpet section of the Los Angeles Philharmonic in 1981. In 1991 McGregor formed Balquhidder Music, a publishing company which specializes in pedagogical and ensemble works for trumpet and other brass instruments. Open to the public. Free Admission. Oct. 11th, 7 p.m. For more info: Grand Valley State University

Central Michigan University's Trumpet Day begins at 9 a.m. Oct. 8 in the Staples Family Concert Hall. College and high school students can take classes and participate in activities throughout the day with guest artist Rob McGregor. He will perform a grand finale concert at 3 p.m. For more info: Central Michigan University Trumpet Day

The Morrison Digital Trumpet

2005-08-09T16:46:00.000-05:00

The Morrison Digital Trumpet (MDT) is a new brass-style MIDI wind controller invented and designed by international virtuoso musician James Morrison and musician/inventor, Steve Marshall. Using entirely digital technology, there are many new and important capabilities of the Morrison Digital Trumpet beyond the normal wind instrument. One of the most compelling new capabilities is that the MDT can offer the sound of an entire horn or string section from one person – because it interfaces with MIDI it can effectively “play” any instrument. The MDT is also easier to play as there is no embouchure to be maintained in order to produce a professional quality tone - some people find they simply do not have the time to maintain their "chops" on an acoustic instrument and an MDT is more in tune with their lifestyle.

It is designed to give acoustic trumpet players an easy “pick up and play” instrument to enter the digital age. Unlike a traditional trumpet, the MDT makes no sound on its own but “triggers” any MIDI-capable sound device, such as a synthesizer, sound module or computer etc, to allow the player access to literally thousands of sound possibilities.

The MDT allows people with minimal trumpet playing skills to play well beyond their capabilities with a standard trumpet – indeed, it’s not going too far to say that even a beginner can sound like a professional.. You don’t have to buzz, as with a regular trumpet, you just blow. The harder you blow the louder the sound and the breath sensitivity is super responsive to allow for high speed tounging and smooth notes. It also dramatically increases player endurance, meaning you can reach all those extremely high notes and play for extended periods—just like a professional musician.

Octaves are controlled with a series of buttons on the left hand and because you don’t need to have tight lips and practised breath control, anyone can play 10 octaves of pitch perfect range.

Full article: The Morrison Digital Trumpet

Unheard Gillespie and Parker Concert to Be Released

2005-08-06T12:17:00.000-05:00

Think you’ve heard every Dizzy and Bird (pictured) recording out there? Well, even if you know your haven’t heard it all, Uptown Records will be releasing a previously-unheard recording of the Dizzy Gillespie Quintet with Charlie Parker.

Titled Dizzy Gillespie - Charlie Parker Town Hall, New York City, June 22, 1945, the recording features Charlie Parker on alto saxophone, Dizzy Gillespie on trumpet, Don Byas on tenor, Al Haig on piano, Max Roach on drums and Curley Russell on bass. The memorable concert includes the tunes “Bebop,””A Night in Tunisia,” “Groovin’ High,” “Salt Peanuts,” “Hot House” and “Fifty Second Street Theme.”

Included with the recording is a 30-page booklet complete with rare photographs, the story of the music’s discovery by Robert Sunnenblick and details written by Ira Gitler. The album is now available and more information is available at www.uptownjazz.net.

See: Unheard Gillespie and Parker Concert to Be Released

Trumpeter Dizzy Gillespie's Estate to be Auctioned

2005-08-05T13:33:00.000-05:00

Along with huge, puffy cheeks, a bent trumpet epitomized jazz legend John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie, who died in 1993. On Sept. 14, fans will have the opportunity to bid on his signature instrument when Gillespie's estate is auctioned from the Englewood home he shared with his wife, Lorraine.

Other Gillespie auction items include drums, a piano, his record collection, numerous awards and handwritten sheet music. The auction will be conducted by Dawson & Nye Auctioneers and Appraisers of Morris Plains. Auction previews will begin Sept. 11. Visit www.dawsonandnye.com/dizzy for a full listing of items to be auctioned.

See: Dizzy Gillespie's Estate to be Auctioned Next Month

Melbourne's Blast of Brass: Melbourne International Festival of Brass

2005-08-05T13:20:00.000-05:00

Take some brass (a shiny yellow-orange alloy made of copper and zinc), make it into a wind instruments that consist of a brass tube (usually of variable length) blown by means of a cup-shaped or funnel-shaped mouthpiece, organise a series of performances, do it in Melbourne, and what do you have?

The Melbourne International Festival of Brass, of course. It’s been on all this week and will culminate in a final showcase Concert at the Melbourne Town Hall this Saturday night.

Some of the world’s finest and most accomplished Brass musicians came together in the South Melbourne Town Hall during the week leading up to the finale. In 35 events across six days, world-class players of trumpet, trombone, French horn and tuba shared talents and performed alongside Australia’s best brass ensembles.

Trumpeter Allen Vizzutti will hold a masterclass on August 6, 2005.

Full article: Melbourne's Blast of Brass

Renowned Trumpeter Ingrid Jensen Will Serve as Artistic Director at the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony

2005-07-30T12:37:00.000-05:00

The Brubeck Institute is proud to announce that renowned trumpeter Ingrid Jensen will serve as Artistic Director and internationally acclaimed trombonist, educator, and author Hal Crook will be one of many Artists-In-Residence at the Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., August 7-13, 2005.

The Brubeck Institute Summer Jazz Colony, dedicated to the memory of saxophone visionary Paul Desmond, is a full scholarship program that provides 17 of the best young jazz musicians in the nation, age 14-17, the opportunity to interact with and learn from eminent jazz artists. Aimed at exceptionally gifted and intrinsically motivated jazz students between their freshman and senior years of high school, the program creates an inspiring, stress-free environment where prodigious young players can perform, practice, and study along with their peers who are equally committed to this music. Upon completion of the program, the students serve as young jazz ambassadors, returning to their respective high schools around the country to share with their peers what they have learned, use their talent to perform community service in their hometowns, and positively affect lives through America's art form.

See Official Press Release: THE BRUBECK INSTITUTE ANNOUNCES THE 2005 SUMMER JAZZ COLONY