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SUMMER JAZZ WORKSHOP
June 28 - July 1, 2010
An intensive four-day experience culminating in public performance with international guest artists, our process-oriented curriculum is designed to balance combo, one-on-one coaching, master class and public performance environments in a supportive atmosphere, guided by the finest regional and national musician-educators.
In a nurturing and user-friendly manner, our students are led through highly educational and inspirational activities in a convenient day-school environment, culminating in a grand concert.
We will again present our “Big Band Lab” in which students develop skills in large ensemble sight-reading and phrasing.
All students 18 and under are eligible for the program. Our policy is to accept promising, motivated students at all levels of expertise. Those accepted will be placed in a combo with others of comparable experience at improvising. Additional performance opportunities are offered at the NYS Fair and the NE Jazz and Wine Festival.
Our program is located in the Art and Home Center at the NYS Fairgrounds. The school day is 9AM — 5PM, with a Grand Finale on Thursday evening. No transportation is provided by the program.
Enrollment is not rigidly based on big band instrumentation. Students who play any instrument, not only those associated with the jazz ensemble, may attend.
No auditions are necessary for admission to the program. Simply fill out the REGISTRATION FORMSand mail to the CNYJAF with your deposit. On the first day of the program, short placement auditions will be held in order to place students in the ensemble most appropriate to their skill level.
Students should bring a self-prepared piece with CD accompaniment, and/or be prepared to sight-read and improvise to CD accompaniment provided.
Tuition for the entire workshop and evening performance with our national guest artist-clinician is $325. A $150 minimum deposit is due with each registration with the balance ($175) due by May 21, 2010. (Tuition is Non-Refundable)
ADDITIONAL SIBLINGS MAY ATTEND!!!!!! SAVE $100 on each additional family member (18 and under) registered by May 21, 2010
A lunch meal plan is available for an additional charge and must be pre-paid no later than June 21st.
For more information call 315-479-5299
SummerJazz Workshop 2010 Artist in Residence
Mike Titlebaum
Saxophonist,composer and arranger Mike Titlebaum is Director of Jazz Studies at Ithaca College, where he directs jazz ensembles, coaches small combos and teaches jazz courses in improvisation, arranging, pedagogy and history. He received his M.Music in 1992 from the Eastman School in Jazz and Contemporary Media. As a student, he won nine "DeeBee" awards from DownBeat magazine in multiple categories, including Jazz Performance (on both saxophone and trumpet), Classical Performance, Jazz Arranging, and Jazz Composition.
He has performed with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra, and with dozens of internationally recognized artists and groups such as Jason Robert Brown, Red Rodney, Randy Brecker, Jack McDuff, the Nelson Riddle Orchestra, the Mingus Big Band, Cab Calloway, Jeff Tyzik, Ernie Watts, Natalie Cole, Billy Taylor, Mel Torme, Manhattan Transfer, Branford Marsalis, Clark Terry, Lee Konitz, Kenny Wheeler, Billy Hart, Paquito D'Rivera, and many others.
Titlebaum has published numerous compositions and arrangements through Heritage Jazz Works, Advance Music and GIA Publications. His interest in educating musicians of all ages has brought Titlebaum to schools and universities across the country where he has directed all-county jazz ensembles and done numerous lectures, clinics and performances. In 1999 he founded the jazz studies department at the American Festival for the Arts in Houston. He has been on the faculty of Florida A&M University in Tallahassee and the Eastman School of Music.
