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Jazz Arts Academy
BECOME A FAN OF CBT PERFORMING ARTS ACADEMY ON FACEBOOK!Online Registration NOT available for Audition-Based Programs or Special Workshops.
Other ways to Register: Fax, Mail, In Person or Call 732-224-8778 x125
OPEN TO ALL YOUNG MUSICIANS
AGES: 13-19
SPRING SEMESTER:
Weekly (April 15 – June 10)
Orientation / Placement on April 1 and April 3
(Call for exact time: 732-224-8778 x125)
FEE: $280 Includes course materials, study guides and sheet music.
Needs-based tuition assistance and scholarship programs are available.
Sign up today for this comprehensive Jazz
Studies program specializing in performance techniques and improvisation
training. Be prepared to hone many skills including reading, technical
abilities, critical listening, the ability to play with a group, and of course
improvisation. Make new friends from all over New Jersey while you find your
own voice on your own instrument, working together to master the jazz arts
form.
Bruce Williams (Primary Instructor) is a
saxophonist and educator who has worked
extensively as a sideman and a leader with artists like Roy Hargrove, the Count
Basie Orchestra, and World Saxophone Quartet.
For more information visit:
or contact: info@jazzartsproject.org
Call to register: 732-224-8778 x125
ATTENTION All-SHORE JAZZERS: REGISTER NOW!
Jazz Arts Academy Summer Session
AGES: 13-19
One Week (July 30 – August 3) 10am-4pm Daily
FEE: $350 Includes course materials, study guides and sheet music.
Needs-based tuition assistance and scholarship programs are available.
Learn from an all-star, all-pro faculty - intense,
comprehensive training in Jazz.
Ensemble rehearsals, individual
coaching, group lessons
& listening sessions.
Master-classes with visiting artists and free access to summer JazzFest concerts.
Showcase performance at the Two River Theater on
Friday evening, August 3.
Have fun learning to improvise and
improve on
your instrument!
Sessions held at the Count Basie
Theatre in
Red Bank, NJ.
For more information visit:
or contact: info@jazzartsproject.org
Call to register: 732-224-8778 x125
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The academy is a fun place to be. You’ll be challenged, you’ll get to perform great music and make new friends from all over the area. It’s a good creative outlet.
About Our Faculty:
Bruce Williams, a powerful alto saxophonist has performed, toured, and recorded with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra, the Count Basie Orchestra, The World Saxophone Quartet, the Roy Hargrove Big Band, RH Factor, and the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra to name a few. His music is filled with spirit, soul, intellect, groove, and freedom. A noted jazz educator and mentor to young jazz musicians, Bruce has served at the New School, Princeton University, and William Paterson University as well as Ohio State, Bard College, the Paris Conservatory and the NJPAC Jazz for Teens Program.
Peter Laurance (Education Associate) is an accomplished saxophonist and educator. He is a graduate of Rutgers University where he studied saxophone with Ralph Bowen and composition with Conrad Herwig. Peter has performed with Paquito D’Rivera, Tom “Bones” Malone, and Mike Smith.
Joe Muccioli (Education Program Director) is an internationally
known conductor, producer, orchestrator and musicologist. Muccioli is co-founder and artistic director of Jazz Arts Project, Inc. and its flagship ensemble the Red Bank Jazz Orchestra. He is conductor and music director for actor/entertainer Joe Piscopo, and has conducted major symphonies and jazz orchestras throughout the world, including the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis, the Duke Ellington Orchestra, the Chicago Jazz Ensemble, and the BBC Big Band. Joe has worked with hundreds of musical artists and
entertainers and has himself been featured on TV and radio.
Your Support of the Jazz Arts Academy can Change a Child’s Life
The Jazz Arts Academy is dedicated to providing high quality educational opportunities for all with a focus on underserved and at risk students. We offer needs-based scholarships to those who are unable to afford the program. Please consider a tax-deductable donation towards a full or partial tuition fee for one or more talented students!
