Texas Jazz & Blues Camp 2022
7th Annual Texas Jazz & Blues Camp
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About this event
Texas Jazz & Blues Camp welcomes students beginner through advanced, ages 12 through adults.
The Texas Jazz & Blues Camp is in Austin, Texas and is a program of NSM, Austin, and is led by Don Braden, a world-class tenor saxophonist, flutist, composer, and educator.
Don has toured and recorded with many major jazz artists, including Betty Carter, Wynton Marsalis, Freddie Hubbard, Tony Williams, & Roy Haynes. Don also directs the Litchfield Jazz Camp & Festival (one of the oldest and largest jazz camps & festivals,) and directs the Harvard Jazz Combo Initiative. NSM, VP of Resource Development,
Andre Hayward, is a renowned trombonist and jazz educator, who has toured with Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra, Wynton Marsalis, Chick Corea, Roy Hargrove, Betty Carter, & many others. Andre has served on faculty at NEC, NYU, UNT, UT Austin, & is currently at Huston-Tillotson.
NSM, VP of Performance & Education Outreach, Joe Morales, is an acclaimed saxophonist, vocalist, jazz educator, recording artist, Grammy winner, and the founder of the Austin Jazz Club. Joe is an in-demand session artist, arranger, and composer and has recorded on many albums with artists such, as Linda Ronstadt, John Hyatt, Flaco Jimenez, Texas Tornadoes, Freddie Fender, Duck Soup, The Brew and hundreds more.
LOCATION: St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
6500 St Stephens Dr, Austin, TX 78746
COST: $800
DATES and TIMES: June 20-24, 9am – 4pm
AGE: 12 – adult
Partial and full scholarships are available, and we want to help interested students with two years of instrument experience to attend.
Please download the Scholarship Application from here and email it to enroll@newschoolofmusic.net.
OUR PHILOSOPHY
STUDENTS
Students are ages 12 to adult, with most in their mid-teens. Previous jazz experience is preferred but not required, as long as the student has the equivalent of 2 years’ experience on their instrument, and has an interest in learning to improvise.
Groups are welcome to attend and be coached together. Instrumentalists and vocalists are welcome.
End-of-Week Concert & Daily Jams
DIRECTORS
• Music Director, Don Braden
• Improvisation Director, Andre Hayward
• Ensemble Director, Joe Morales
• Executive Director, Richard Spencer
FACULTY / CLINICIANS
Sponsored by
New School of Music, Austin
St. Stephen’s Episcopal School
Ratamacamp
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department.
REFUND POLICY
Camp tuition is fully refundable for emergency withdrawals until May 1, 2022. After May 1, only 25% of the tuition is refundable for emergency withdrawals.
COVID-19 Safety Policy
St. Stephen’s and NSM, Austin are in compliance with CDC’s recommended guidelines for pandemic precautions, and will remain so throughout our 2022 summer camp programs.