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Spring Semester Ensembles Begin
February 12, 2023 @ 12:00 am
Courses begin the week of February 12th and include Youth Jazz Ensemble led by Eugene Uman, Anna Patton‘s Soubrette Choir, Latin Jazz Ensemble with Julian Gerstin and Eugene Uman, two levels of Claire Arenius’ Blue Note Ensemble (level 1, level 2), two levels of Jazz Guitar Ensemble (level 1, level 2) with Draa Hobbs, and a Samba Percussion Ensemble led by Julian Gerstin and Ron Kelley. Online courses include Jazz Social Justice with Haneef Nelson, The Art of Rhythm with Brian Shankar Adler, and Jazz and Spirituality with Claire Arenius.
Join a combo or chorus and get involved with performing while being guided by one of the VJC’s professional faculty members. If you’ve never improvised, that’s no problem. There are opportunities for all, including for classical musicians intrigued by jazz’s structure and improvisational opportunities.
On Sunday, April 30th, 2023, we will join educational and concert venues in 190 countries around the world in celebrating International Jazz Day by presenting our end-of-semester Student Showcase concert at 2:00 pm. We will be “promoting Jazz Day’s universal message of peace, respect, and dialogue.” The concert will take place at the Center’s performance space at Cotton Mill Hill in Brattleboro, VT.
Sessions are 10 weeks long, excepting the Youth Jazz Ensemble which meets for eight sessions, the Soubrette Choir which meets for twelve, and the Samba Percussion Ensemble which meets for six.
