[Dixielandjazz] Sign up for Jazz Camp! + School District launches Jazz Camp for Band Directors!

[Justin Au]

The STJS youth jazz camp still has spots available for clarinet,
banjo/guitar, and trombone.  The Adult camp space available for all
instruments.  Many local jazz societies offer scholarships to these camps.


Click on www.sacjazzcamp.org for details and to see videos about some of
the things that go on at the camp.

School District launches Jazz Camp for Band Directors:

The Trad Jazz Project, a program funded by STJS, is partnering with the
local school district to put on a min-jazz camp (or Jazz Camp Lite) for
school band directors.  Last summer was their first "camp", and it was a
big success.  The following is an excerpt from an article written in the
STJS newsletter:


****** The “Trad Camp Lite” concept was cooked up by STJS Trad. Jazz Camp
Director Bill Dendle, San Juan School District VAPA Coordinator Craig
Faniani, and musician/
music educator Brandon Au. As Faniani stated, “The spirit of this camp
was to bring the expertise and training of the weeklong, out-of-town camp
at Sly Park to interested band directors in a one-day workshop closer to
home.” As added incentive for his teachers to attend this event, Faniani
offered staff development time and continuing education hours.

The clinicians modeled Arts “standards-based classroom instruction, guided
practice and performance.” <www.sanjuan.edu/arts> In the spirit of jazz
improvisation, there was no set agenda; their purposefully relaxed
and informal format consisted of music performance and spontaneous
discussion about working with student bands at different
levels of improvisation. The band directors practiced tools and tips to
use with their students while jamming to a few tunes from the Trad Camp
repertoire. The day ended with thoughts of a possible performance after the
next workshop at a local restaurant patio (and possibly forming a faculty
trad jazz band).*******