2012 Camp & Classes dates now set
Mark your calendars, the dates for the 2012 Jazz Camp, Jazz Residency, and Evening Summer Classes have been announced:
- Evening Summer Classes: June 18 – July 13
- Jazz Camp, Week 1: July 15 – July 20
- Jazz Camp, Week 2: July 22 – July 27
- Jazz Residency, Week 3: July 29 – August 3
Online registration will open the second week of December; stay tuned for an email at that time, announcing that registration has begun. Find out more about our jazz immersion programs by clicking on links above.
Bird with Strings airs this Sunday on KCSM
One of the highlights of the 2011 Stanford Jazz Festival wasBird with Strings on July 16, which featured SJW faculty member Andrew Speight on alto saxophone, the Alexander String Quartet with guests, and a killin’ rhythm section. They performed arrangements written for Charlie Parker and strings by the best arrangers in jazz; performing these arrangements was pretty much the focus of Charlie Parker’s life in early 1950s, so their significance can’t be overstated. But if you attended Jazz Camp or Jazz Residency, this concert happened before you arrived at Stanford, so you couldn’t catch this prime opportunity to hear this great music played by Andrew at his bebop best.
You and anyone else who missed the original performance of this amazing show are in luck! KCSM Jazz 91.1 FM will broadcast the performance this Sunday evening, September 25, at 8:00 p.m. Pacific time! Hosted by Jim Bennett on his In The Moment show, the performance was not only historic — many of the arrangements have not been heard since Charlie Parker himself performed them — but it was also music of the highest caliber.
This Sunday evening, September 25, at 8:00 p.m., you can tune in via radio or the internet to hear the concert: visit KCSM’s web site for more information by clicking here.
For more info about Jim Bennett and the In The Moment show, click here.
You can read the program notes from the original concert by downloading a PDF file here, and see the original event information on the Stanford Jazz Festival web site here.
Lee Hildebrand wrote an excellent article on Andrew Speight for the San Francisco Chronicle just prior to the performance of Bird with Strings; you can read it here.
See photos of the original performance by clicking here.
For more information on Andrew Speight, visit his own website here, and see his page on the San Francisco State University web site here.
Don’t forget to tune in this Sunday!
Download the Jazz Residency Concert Roster here
Tonight’s the night! Everyone is excited for the big show at Jazz Residency this evening.
The Concert Roster lets you quickly find your Resident (or Residents), and the location of their perfomance (or performances).
You can download it by clicking on this link!
The Concert Roster lists all performers:
- alphabetically
- with the name of the venue in which they’ll be performing
- and the numerical order in which they’ll be performing
Each performance by an instrumental combo takes about 10 minutes, with two to three minutes of setup and teardown time for a total of about 15 minutes for each instrumental combo. So if your Resident’s schedule says:
04 Dinkelspiel Auditorium
That means they are the fourth combo to play tonight in Dinkelspiel, which opens at 7:15 p.m. If each of the three previous combos take approximately 10 minutes each, then your Resident’s combo will go on at approximately 7:45.
If your Resident is giving a vocal performance in Braun Rehearsal Hall, please note that vocal performances take approximately 5 minutes each. So if your Resident’s schedule says:
04 Braun Rehearsal Hall
This means your camper is singing fourth in Braun, which would be at approximately 7:35 p.m.
Keep in mind that timings are approximate! All the venues are very close to each other, so you’ll never have far to go to find your Resident — as you can see from the map above.
The schedule for the evening will go something like this:
7:15 p.m. Jazz Residency Performances at CoHo
A show at CoHo is always fun, with food and drink available as you listen.
7:15 p.m. Braun Rehearsal Hall Vocal Performances
The vocal performances are in a beautifully-lit hall, and accompanied by a professional jazz trio.
7:15 p.m. Campbell Recital Hall Combo Performances
This intimate recital hall makes the Residents sound great.
7:15 p.m. Dinkelspiel Recital Hall Combo Performances
There’s nothing like performing on the big stage of Dinkelspiel.
We have made every effort to schedule the venues appropriately to allow parents who have more than one child at Jazz Residency to see both combo performances. We have also done our best to honor requests to play early or late. At this point, we cannot make changes to the concert schedule. Please do not contact our office to request changes.
