Music Preview: UCLA SUMMER GLOBAL JAZZ INTENSIVE FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS (Hancock Institute of Jazz)

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by Tony Frankel on May 25, 2020

in Music,Theater-Los Angeles

Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance Fellows to teach at
UCLA Summer Global Jazz Intensive for high school studentsNOW ONLINE
Program Dates: June 22–27, 2020
Apply by June 5
Scholarships Available

Ongoing Conversations:  The Summer Global Jazz Intensive Online at UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music  is a weeklong online summer intensive program designed for high school students ages 14-18. Using online platforms as an extended global classroom, the program brings performers together from across the world to create the nation’s first global jazz studies summer program.
Students will:
  • Learn from composers and arrangers who are recent graduates of the  Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at UCLA  and  UCLA Global Jazz Studies  faculty.
  • Participate in masterclasses, composition workshops, and performances designed around the participants’ musical interests and instrumentation.
  • Study approaches to composition and improvisation for soloists, small groups, and large ensemble.

UCLA Global Jazz Studies Masterclass Faculty

Arturo O’Farrill
Professor
Steven Loza
Chair
Eddie Meadows
      Adjunct Professor

Hancock Institute Teaching Artists

Paul Cornish
Piano
Emma Dayhuff
Bass
Roni Eytan
Harmonica
Chris Lewis
Tenor Saxophone
Aidan Lombard
Trumpet
Lenard Simpson
Alto Saxophone
Malachi Whitson
Drums
Watch  An Introduction to Jazz  featuring  Herbie Hancock, James Morrison and Hancock Institute Fellows
Daily Schedule
  • 9:00 – 9:30am: Welcome and Warm-up
  • 9:30 – 11:00am: Morning Session (Composition Workshops, Theory and Improvisation, Historical Contexts)
  • 11:00 – 11:15am: Break
  • 11:15am – 12:45pm: Master Classes with UCLA Global Jazz Faculty (Arturo O’Farrill, Steven Loza, Eddie Meadows)
  • 12:45 – 2:00pm: Lunch, and informal Q & A Session with Instructors (Topics: College audition prep, Careers in music)
  • 2:00 – 3:30pm: Private Instrumental Lessons and Coachings
  • 3:30 – 4:45pm: Afternoon Session (Composition Workshops, Theory and Improvisation, Historical Contexts)
  • 4:45 – 6:00pm: Listening and Instrumental Studio Classes
Family and friends invited to a Saturday virtual performance featuring all students.
* daily class schedule is subject to change
The Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance
at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music
Class of 2020
RONI EYTAN  Harmonica |  AIDAN LOMBARD  Trumpet
LENARD SIMPSON  Alto Saxophone |  CHRIS LEWIS  Tenor Saxophone
PAUL CORNISH  Piano |  EMMA DAYHUFF  Bass |  MALACHI WHITSON  Drums
These musicians are students at the Herbie Hancock Institute of Jazz Performance at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. This intensive, graduate-level college program enables a select group of the world’s most promising young musicians to study tuition-free with legendary jazz artists and educators including Herbie Hancock, Wayne Shorter, Dianne Reeves, Christian McBride, Lewis Nash and Danilo Pérez, among others.

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