july, 2024

This is a repeating event

15jul(jul 15)9:00 am19(jul 19)8:00 pmVSO School of Music Summer Jazz Workshop Week 1At the VSO School of Music

Event Details

Unlock your creative confidence in these exuberant 5-day Jazz Workshops under the guidance of Canada’s ‘A-list’ of jazz players and instructors. All participants join a combo, participate in masterclasses for your instrument or voice, delve into practical jazz theory and history and hear how the ‘pros’ do it in a daily faculty performance. Students may attend one or both sessions.

The focus of each week will have specialist workshops on a variety of topics that may include performance anxiety, creativity, rhythms from around the world, composition, arranging and many others. These themes and topics may also be included in combo repertoire and music history classes.

Daily Schedule:

9am Welcome / morning activity
10am Theory classes
11am Instrument masterclasses
12pm Lunch / jam session
1pm  Faculty concert / Q&A
2pm Combo sessions
4pm  Big Band/Vocal Ensemble/Rhythm Section Jam
5pm End of day

Fridays July 19th & 26th will include an evening Student Concert in Pyatt Hall at 6:30 pm.

Time

15 (Monday) 9:00 am - 19 (Friday) 8:00 pm

Location

VSO School of Music

843 Seymour St, Vancouver, BC V6B 3L4

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