Jazz at Lincoln Center - Middle School Jazz Academy


Overview JFYP Concerts JFYP Curriculum NEA Jazz in the Schools Middle School Jazz Academy EE High School Jazz Band Program Band Director Academy Workshops & Clinics Professional Development Print Music Overview WeBop JFYP Concerts EE Competition & Festival Overview Listening Party Swing University Pre-Concert Discussions Overview Nesuhi Ertegun Jazz Hall of Fame Essentially Ellington Resources Education Events JFYP Curriculum Concert Resources	Application Deadline: April 16th, 2012 Apply Online Download the paper registration form (PDF) Jazz at Lincoln Center's, Middle School Jazz Academy(MSJA) offers tuition free instrumental jazz instruction to New York City middle school students. Interested students are invited to submit an application, letter of recommendation from their band instructor/music teacher, parent income verification and attend a live audition. MSJA meets weekly from October through May, with a culminating public performance at the close of each semester. Activities take place on Saturdays, 9am to 5pm, October through May at Jazz at Lincoln Center¹s home, Frederick P. Rose Hall, Columbus Circle, and the Bloomingdale School of Music, 323 W. 108th Street, Manhattan, NYC. Every week students attend morning Saturday Academy at JALC where they are taught how to play jazz while emphasizing the importance of teamwork, creativity and self-expression. In the afternoon students receive a 45-minute private lesson from an MSJA faculty member at the Bloomingdale School of Music. The MSJA faculty is comprised of accomplished jazz musicians deeply committed to connecting with today's youth through innovative and effective teaching and mentoring techniques. Students also have the opportunity to meet and learn from Wynton Marsalis, Artistic Director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, members of the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra and world renowned jazz legends during guest master classes each semester. Participating MSJA students and their families are given tickets to attend performances and educational events at Jazz at Lincoln Center to supplement the curriculum and philosophy of MSJA. MSJA Faculty Bios For more information or questions Call: 212-258-9871 Email: msja@jalc.org Visit: www.jalc.org "Middle School Jazz Academy welcomes middle school musicians into the creative and soulful world of jazz. Students make friends with each other and legendary jazz musicians. Within months, everybody is playing the blues, improvising on tunes and swinging as one voice." -Eli Yamin, Head of Instruction "As I learned the soul and feel of the music, I also learned the theory. What a blues scale is, what a pentatonic scale is the dominant, the seventh, and so on. With these tools I was able to express myself more." -Heymin Yi, MSJA Student "The program taught my son and my family that jazz is not only a music style...it's a lifestyle. It's the different way to see and live the life...it's the way to well interact with other people without discrimination...it's the way to demonstrate to the world that we are equal, no matter which color, religion, or where you came from, not even what you speak...just bring your instrument and swing." -Stefanos DiFonis, MSJA Parent