CREATIVE SMALL GROUP WORKSHOP
June 21 to June 30, 2013
Yardbird Suite, 11 Tommy Banks Way

The JAZZWORKS CREATIVE SMALL GROUP WORKSHOP (CSGW), is an educational component of the Edmonton International Jazz Festival, as a professional development workshop that has been created by the Edmonton Jazz Festival Society (EJFS) for university/college aged musicians, young jazz professionals and exceptional high school students. Under the direction of Joel Gray and Kent Sangster, this summer outreach program provides an inspired setting for collaboration, development and learning through mentorship. Selected performers from the 2013 Edmonton International Jazz Festival line-up have committed to share their knowledge and experience by leading seminars on various topics including, but not limited to: performance, composition; professionalism; and the business of music.

Participants are selected through recorded audition and placed in small ensembles consisting of a full horn section and rhythm section. In this one-week intensive, the aspiring musicians are given the opportunity to further develop their skills within the jazz realm having exposure to adjudications, seminars, rehearsals, and a concert performance during the Edmonton International Jazz Festival. In addition, participants are often invited to private listening experiences during the sound checks of some of the Festival's international artists!

This experience is a once in a life-time opportunity for growth in the presence of established International, Canadian and Alberta musicians alongside peers and professionals.
 

WHO YOU WILL GET TO WORK WITH

Alan Jones Canadian All Star Sextet:
Alan Jones - Drummer/Composer . Seamus Blake - Tenor Saxophone . Phil Dwyer - Alto Saxophone . Ingrid Jensen - Trumpet . Jon Ballantyne - Piano . Tom Wakeling - Bass  

Brad Turner Quartet:
Brad Turner - Trumpet . Andre Lachance - Bass . Bruno Hubert - Keyboards . Dylan Van Der Schyff - Drums

Gabriel Alegria’s Afro-Peruvian Sextet:
Gabriel Alegria - Trumpet & Flugel Horn . Laura Andrea Leguia - Saxophones . Yuri Juarez - Acoustic Guitar . Freddy “Huevito” Lobaton - Cajon, Quijada & Cajita . Shirazette Tinnin - Drum . Pablo Menares – Bass

Just to name a few!
 

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
- Applicants must be under the age of 28
- A recording must be submitted as a part of the registration process
- Selections will made by jury based on instrumentation and skill level presented on submitted recordings
- Successful applicants will be contacted by May 30, 2013
- Workshops runs weekdays from 10 am – 4 pm (schedule may vary daily)
- Participants are expected to attend all workshop sessions and be available to perform in the Jazzworks Collective    
   Showcase at the Yardbird Suite on Sunday, June 30 at 2:00PM
- Successful applicants will need to prepare two arrangements to bring to the first sessions:
   1) original piece, and
   2) selection of your choice arranged for a quintet
 
- Upon acceptance, a $190 registration fee is due.

Bonus! Participants of the Jazzworks CSGW will have opportunities to view soundchecks of Edmonton International Jazz Festival performances (possibly headliners), as well as gain entry to select ticketed shows courtesy of the Edmonton Jazz Festival Society and our festival sponsors. 

APPLICATION DEADLINE: Friday, May 24, 2013, no later than 3PM

Apply Today!  Download Application Here

If you have any concerns, please contact Joel Gray at  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it