Jazz Camp - Middle & High School

Name: Jazz Camp - Middle & High School
Start: 2024-06-17T09:00:00-0400
End: 2024-06-20T18:00:00-0400
Location: Dreher High School

Mon, Jun 17, 9am - Thu, Jun 20, 6pm 2024 EDT

Dreher High School

Columbia SC, United States

ColaJazz Foundation

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Event description

SUMMER JAZZ CAMP 2024

Our 8th annual ColaJazz Summer Jazz Camp offers exciting opportunities for Middle & High School jazzers:

– jazz combos and big bands
– learn jazz theory and improvisation
– experience cool workshops
– personalized instruction
– faculty & student concerts
– grand finale performances by our amazing campers!

With a large bands, small combos, theory, improv, elective courses (marketing, budgeting, social media, etc.), masterclasses and performances, our premier summer jazz camp is a blast for all-levels and instruments. Tuition includes a daily lunch & all daytime activities, masterclasses, and 2 complimentary tickets for your family & friends to the finale performance.

GENERAL SCHEDULE
MONDAY – THURSDAY, JUNE 17 – 20
9am – 4p

THURSDAY, JUNE 20
2p-5p – Grand Finale Concert

LOCATION
Dreher High School
3319 Millwood Avenue, Columbia, SC 29205
*Wonderful facilities to practice, learn, hang and play JAZZ. Convenient and FREE parking, easily accessible, this location serves us well.

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MISSION.

The ColaJazz Foundation is dedicated to growing, supporting and promoting jazz in the Midlands through events, education, recordings, resources and advocacy in order to create a thriving culturally rich community.

VISION.

We aim to be the driving beat in jazz education, performance and outreach providing opportunities for all from the musician to the student to the audience. We strive to serve our community, create cultural enrichment and make our capital city a premiere jazz destination in the southeast.

DESIGN & STRUCTURE.

The ColaJazz Foundation is a 2021 Governor Award winning community-minded 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. ColaJazz serves through cultural enrichment making our capital city and South Carolina a premiere jazz destination in the southeast. ColaJazz brings world-renowned jazz educators and performers face to face with our students and the public offering diverse and exciting experiences!

ColaJazz produces an annual season including the ColaJazz Summer Camps, Main Street Jazz Fest, Live in the Lobby (Koger Center for the Arts), Loft Sessions (monthly listening room concerts), statewide SC Public Radio programs, Jazz for Young People concerts, jazz workshops, after-school jazz curriculum, Great Day in Columbia, Jazz Appreciation Month ColaJazz Crawl and International Jazz Day concert, Virtual Concerts and more bringing people together from across the state and beyond to enjoy our capital city.

ColaJazz provides access to world class musicians, supports our own, invests in our future and does everything we can to ensure jazz has a home here in Columbia, SC. The ColaJazz community is comprised of musicians, educators, patrons, students, and anyone who desires to support jazz and develop our capital city’s cultural heritage.

ColaJazz remains committed to jazz which reveals the best of American culture. Jazz music from the beginning has taught us to persevere with intelligence, style and grace, be creative, work with others, celebrate differences, respect tradition while breaking new ground, be your best self while advancing the group, and jazz brings people together.