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The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) offers a stellar line-up of music making opportunities to engage all ages and interests with ongoing classes and workshops at the Jazz Academy community instructional space in the Lincoln Theatre complex. With nearly 5,000 square feet, the Jazz Academy is a premier facility for multi-generational and recreational music making, ensemble playing, after-school programs, technology instruction and lectures with world-class musicians.
Learn to listen to music more effectively while enhancing your enjoyment and appreciation of musical performances in Jazz History & Appreciation 101 (October 4 – November 8) with Jim Masters. Through listening and discussion, participants will compare and contrast various styles of jazz, while exploring the musicians and ensembles that made them famous.
Explore the role of the vocalist in popular music, including rock, pop, rhythm & blues and jazz in Popular Music and the Singer (October 2 – November 20) with Rachel Sepulveda. This class is open to singers of all ages and abilities who love to sing!
Explore the role of the bass guitar as it relates to blues, jazz, gospel and R&B music, both historically and within contemporary music in Jazz Bass Lines & Soloing (October 3 – November 7) with Dwight Bailey. This hands-on class will feature demonstration sessions, video and recording research, and the function of the bass in the rhythm section including dialogue with the drummer.
Don't miss our other fall offerings including three of Columbus' finest jazz guitar players – Derek DiCenzo, Colin Lazarski and Stan Smith – for a fun and hands-on jazz guitar class (October 5 – November 17). Nationally-known jazz educator, Bradley Sowash, will teach you how to play holiday melodies by ear using lead sheets (notated melody with chord symbols) in "Cool Yule" on the Piano Stool (November 7 – December 12). Jay Miglia brings back his Big Band for Grown-Ups ensemble class (October 4 – 17), including a culminating performance opportunity with Vaughn Wiester's Famous Jazz Orchestra at the Clintonville Women's Club. And for our younger jazz fans, Rebecca Ogden "The Music Lady" will lead J is for Jazz (October 22 – November 5), providing kids the opportunity to indulge in jazz play, while Jumpin' JaKs (October 22 – November 5) offers preschoolers the chance to explore American music in all of its forms.
The Jazz Academy will also host a series of free workshops from the Columbus Music Co-op including "So You Want to Make Music in Columbus?" (October 16) and "Legal and Business Issues for Musicians" (November 13). We'll also host a series of conversations from some of Columbus' favorite personalities about what they love to listen to and why in Playlist A-Listers including Good Day Columbus' Johnny DiLoretto (October 13); Adam Brouillette, Andy Dodson and Josh Quinn of Wonderland (October 25); and Jazz Sunday's Jack Marchbanks (November 3). Helen Welch will lead a swingin' rhythm section and sing the Songs of the Season in a holiday sing-a-long (December 3). And you can join the 3 B's of the CJO – Byron Stripling, Bobby Floyd and Bob Breithaupt – for a day of music-making and exploration in Learnin' the Blues with Byron (December 28).
Discounted registration is available for Jazz Academy community partners including subscribers to the Columbus Jazz Orchestra; Jazz Arts Group’s Youth Jazz participants; employees of Abercrombie & Fitch, Cardinal Health, Columbus Dispatch/10TV, Grange Insurance, Limited Brands, Merrill Lynch, Nationwide Insurance, PNC Financial Services Group, Sequent and the State Auto Group; students and faculty of Capital University and Columbus State Community College; and members of the Columbus Blues Alliance (CBA), the Columbus Council on World Affairs (CCWA), Columbus Music Co-op, King Arts Complex, Swing Columbus, TiXiT, WCBE 90.5 FM, WOSU Public Media and United Way of Central Ohio’s Young Leadership Group, Key Club and Cinquefoil.
For more information regarding classes, registration policies, or scholarships, please contact Jazz Arts Group at 614-294-5200 x 107 or visit http://www.jazzartsgroup.org.
Jazz Academy programs are made possible through ongoing support from the Ohio Arts Council; the Greater Columbus Arts Council; the Columbus Foundation; Chase Bank; Schottenstein Stores Corp.; Limited Brands; Cardinal Health; Honda of America Mfg., Inc.; Nationwide Insurance; Bob Evans Farms; Lewis Smoot, Sr.; Wolfe Enterprises, Inc.; the NAMM Foundation; Crabbe Brown & James, LLP; the Puffin Foundation West, Ltd.; and the Target Foundation. Jazz Academy music partners include Yamaha; Sabian; Remo; Sweetwater Music; Central City Recording; and Capital University with media support from WCBE 90.5 FM and WOSU Public Media.
About the Jazz Arts Group:
The Jazz Arts Group of Columbus (JAG) is America's oldest not-for-profit arts organization dedicated to producing, performing and promoting jazz. JAG is the third largest performing arts organization in Columbus and consists of four focus areas: the Columbus Jazz Orchestra (CJO), one of the world's finest professional jazz orchestras; the Jazz Academy, JAG's extensive instructional programs educating both students and adults about jazz and American music; Inside Track, a new jazz and blues performance series produced at the historic Lincoln Theatre; and Affiliate Musicians, a program providing employment opportunities for professional musicians.
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