With up to four live online sessions each day with some of the greatest jazz artists, fun group online activities, and SJW’s virtual combo curriculum, SJW Jazz Camp Online will help you get to the next level of mastery on your instrument or voice, and improve your jazz performance and improvisation.
Jazz Camp Online is our popular interactive online program that will help you improve your technique, supercharge your improvisation skills, and give you a solid foundation for become a true jazz musician.
Who is SJW Jazz Camp Online for?
You’ll get daily live sessions on technique, theory, ear training, and performance topics that bring you face-to-face with some of the greatest jazz educators in the world. Special topics, SJW’s virtual combo experience, office hour-style open sessions with SJW faculty, and much more will round out your week at SJW Jazz Camp Online..
Masterclass
In your masterclass, you’ll be part of a small group of students who play your instrument or who sing, and you’ll all have a similar level of experience playing jazz. In a live Zoom session with a faculty member who is a master of your instrument, you’ll work on technique, tone, improvisation, jazz styles, transcriptions of famous jazz solos, and repertoire. These sessions will be archived so all participants can access them for a period of time after the program. You’ll definitely come away with things to practice, so plan to spend some time in the practice room each day!
Musicianship
In this exciting live Zoom session, you’ll work with a variety of faculty members to attune your ear to the sounds and language of jazz, and you’ll apply it to your instrument. You’ll be with a mix of instrumental or vocal students who will be at your level of experience. You’ll learn some great jazz vocabulary and boost your confidence playing music by ear, which will take your improvisation skills to the next level. These sessions will be archived so all participants can access them for a period of time after the program.
Jazz Theory
This live Zoom class will expand your knowledge of the theory, mechanics, and harmony of jazz, so you’ll be able to identify any sound you hear, understand how it functions in a composition or solo, and re-create it yourself in the context of a jazz performance or composition. You’ll be grouped with students at your level of experience with jazz theory. These sessions will be archived so full-time participants can access them for a period of time after the program.
Optional Morning Meeting and Orientation
Join Camp Director Steven Lugerner every morning at 9:00 AM for a relaxed live Zoom class in which Steven and other faculty members will describe what’s coming up in classes that day, and offer suggestions about how to get the most out of the day’s programs. Steven always has lots of fun jazz videos to share, too, so we encourage you to join the Morning Meeting each day. If you can’t join us at 9:00 AM don’t worry; Morning Meetings will be archived so any SJW Jazz Camp Online student can tune in again for a period of time after the program.
Special Presentations
You can choose to participate in any of the live Zoom sessions offered in this time period. A wide range of topics will be offered each day, including composition, how to learn tunes and memorize jazz repertoire, grooves for the rhythm section, jazz history through listening, artist profiles, faculty panel discussions and much more. Some of these will be archived so full-time participants can access them anytime for a period of time after the program. You’ll get a complete schedule before SJW Jazz Camp Online begins.
