[Dixielandjazz] Sacramento Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival

[Y Au]

*The TRADITIONAL JAZZ YOUTH BAND FESTIVAL - Jazz with Personality*

Contact: Yvonne Au, (916) 481-5403 or *youthbandfest at sacjazz.org*



            Experience and learn about different styles of traditional jazz
in three performance venues in Capistrano Hall on *Saturday, February
11th*at the Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival (TJYBF).
This event is cosponsored by Sac State Jazz Studies and the Sacramento
Traditional Jazz Society.  30 elementary, middle school, high school and
college jazz ensembles will perform from 8:00am-5:00pm before a live
audience and adjudicators in this scholastic jazz festival.  According to
Jazz Studies director Steve Roach, “It is important that our young
musicians are taught how to play jazz while enjoying the learning process
through every means available.”  He looks forward to welcoming all the
directors and student musicians to the campus to perform for the festival’s
distinguished line-up of professional jazz adjudicators, clinicians and
performers.  Following each band’s performance, the musicians remain
onstage for live feedback.  The clinicians will use microphones so that the
audience, too, can learn from their comments along with the band.

            The general public is invited to attend mentored jam sessions
for students in the new Tailgate Room and Lead Sheet Clinics that run
throughout the day upstairs.  At noon, there will be clinician-led jam
sessions with students and band directors in Room 143.  At 3:10 pm,
festival clinicians Bob Draga, Eddie Erickson and fellow clinicians will
share their secrets in the ever popular jazz workshop on the development of
stage presence utilizing the “*E”*-Factor:  how to *E*xcite, *E*nergize,
and *E*ngage your audience.”  The Showcase and Awards Ceremony will
conclude the daytime performances at 5:30 pm, featuring over $4,000 in
festival scholarships and encore performances by some of the top bands in
the festival. *A special inaugural Jazz Education Award by the STJS
Foundation will be presented onstage to a Davis music teacher (to be a
surprise!) around 5:15 pm.*  It will be directly followed by the Closing
Concert from 7-8:30 pm, featuring 2010 Sacramento Jazz Festival & Jubilee
Emperor, clarinetist Bob Draga, and the Clinicians All-Star Band.

            Festival admission prices ($10 in advance, $12 at the door for
adults and *no charge for  students age 21 and under with school IDs*) also
cover the evening concert.  There will be free, event parking in parking
structure 1 adjacent to Capistrano Hall.   For more information visit:
www.sacjazz.org/youthfestival/ or email youthbandfest at sacjazz.org

Those buying tickets in advance of the festival will be eligible for prizes
in a drawing. Tickets may be ordered from the Sacramento Traditional Jazz
Society (916-372-5277) or Helen Robinson (916-947-2857).








-- 
Yvonne Au, Coordinator
Trad Jazz Youth Band Festival
c/o Sacramento Traditional Jazz Society
E-mail:  youthbandfest at sacjazz.org
Web site:  www.sacjazz.org/youthfestival/