Jazz Camp
azz Camp immerses participants in a fun, focused, and supportive environment. The program offers instrumentalists and vocalists an opportunity play with motivated peers and study with a prestigious faculty of professional musicians and educators.
Our highly-structured curriculum is tailored to the needs and level of each individual student. Improving your improvisation is the goal, and in every class and rehearsal, faculty will help you to hear the sounds of jazz, understand what those sounds are, and play them when you want to. Get ready to play the best jazz of your life.
Families and friends of Jazz Camp students are invited to attend the free Jazz Camp Showcase, held on Friday of each week of Jazz Camp. Tickets for the pre-concert Friends and Family Dinner will be available for purchase online. Families and friends are also invited to purchase tickets to nightly Stanford Jazz Festival concerts.
Jazz Camp Classes and Activities:
- Jazz theory – focuses on harmony, song forms, scales, and advanced concepts
- Musicianship – focuses on ear training and rhythm exercises
- Masterclass – virtuoso faculty members teach advanced techniques
- Special presentations and demonstrations – SJW faculty relate their experiences as leading artists in jazz, perform live demonstrations, and answer questions about what it’s like to study, perform, compose, and live a life in jazz
- Small ensembles / combos – daily rehearsals in small combos directed by faculty artists
- Private lessons – every student receives a private lesson with SJW faculty
- Jam sessions – fun, optional playing sessions with other students
- Afternoon free time – relax, practice or take part in the talent show, dorm dance, ice cream social, sports, arts and crafts, and jam sessions.

Adi Meyerson

Alicyn Yaffee

Anat Cohen

Andrew Stephens

Anisha Rush

Ben Flocks

Bennett Paster

Caili O’Doherty

Carmen Staaf

Chief Xian aTunde Adjuah

Cory Cox

Daniel Rotem

Dawn Clement

Dayna Stephens

Dr. David Hart

Emily Kuhn

George Cables

Hannah Marks

Howard Wiley

Irene Sazer

Jaimeo Brown

Jayla Chee

Jenny Xu

Jhoely Garay

John Sturino

Kilan Thorns

Kristen Strom

Kushal Talele

Lynn Speakman

Markus Howell

Max Jaffe

Michael Mitchell

Michael Rodriguez

Mikailo Kasha

Mike DiRubbo

Naomi Siegel

Nasheet Waits

Natalie John

Noah Garabedian

Paul Cornish

Rob Kohler

Roy McCurdy

Ruth Davies

Sam Reider

Sasha Berliner

Scott Sorkin

Shawn Williams

Steven Lugerner

Sullivan Fortner

Sylvia Cuenca

Terrence Brewer

Tiffany Austin

Valerie Troutt

Victor Lin

Vincent De Jesus
