Jump into jazz music this summer with a vibrant jazz camp at Miller Creek Middle School! Students will have the opportunity to work with local jazz professionals to improve skills on their individual instruments while exploring jazz, blues, funk and rock music. Players will be exposed to jazz masters, composition, and improvisation. They will be divided into small combo groups of comparable skill levels, and rotated among the instructors to focus on woodwinds, brass and rhythm section skills. At the end of each week, students will perform live for parents and friends.
Morning Combos – Entering 5th and 6th Grade
Includes: Exploring jazz and playing various jazz styles with improvisation in an ensemble setting.
Minimum Experience – One year of experience on your instrument, and a desire to have fun learning to play jazz!
Mon-Fri, 9:00 – 11:30 am
Session 1: June 16 - June 20 (No camp 6/19), $200
Session 2: June 23 – June 27, $250
Students can sign up for one or two weeks.
Afternoon Combos – Entering 7th, 8th and 9th Grade
Includes: Students will dig deeper into improvisation, combo arrangements and specific instrumental techniques and their role in the group.
Minimum Experience – Two or more years of experience in a school music ensemble, the ability to read simple melodies and learn more complex melodies, and the desire to play in a jazz combo!
Mon-Fri, 12:00 – 2:30 pm
Session 1: June 16 - June 20 (No camp 6/19), $200
Session 2: June 23 – June 27, $250
Students can sign up for one or two weeks.
Instructors
Mike Schulist has instructed Science and Jazz Combos at Miller Creek Middle School for the last 26 years. Mr. Schulist’s combos have performed all over Marin County, and recorded 17 CD’s in the studio. His adult combo, Good Karma, performs regularly in Marin.