Each day, we have a fantastic variety of situations that get you playing, improving on your saxophone, and get you inspired like never before. We have years of experience balancing the schedule with breaks and learning!
Thursday – July 16th
| 6:30 – 9:30pm | OPENING FACULTY CONCERT – Join the JazzWire Faculty for a night of fun & music at the one and only, Icehouse! Tickets coming soon. |
Friday – July 17th
| 9:00 – 10:00am | Sign-in & Set Up – Arrive at the facility, sign in at the front, and set up in your band-room, and meet your bandmates! |
| 10:00 – 10:15am | Welcome Meeting – Jeff will introduce the staff & faculty, our Summit plans this year, and provide all of the information you’ll need to get around! (Jeff Antoniuk) |
| 10:15 – 12:00pm | Combo/Improv Group – Meet your band & faculty leader for the day. This is the core of the camp! Your faculty leader will give you improvisation ideas, play with you, and let you try things out in real time, working from the Summit songs! |
| 12:00 – 12:15pm | BREAK! – Relax, rest your ears, stretch your legs! |
| 12:15 – 12:30pm | Faculty Concert! – All 6 faculty members will perform two songs while lunch is being set-up, highlighting ideas and songs discussed this morning. |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch with Faculty – Bring your own Lunch! |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm | Instrument Specific Masterclass – A class specific to your instrument – saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm | BREAK! – Relax, rest your ears, stretch your legs! |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm |
Elective Classes – Select one of these three classes to attend: Developing your sense of TIME | Dave Schmalenberger Developing a strong sense of time and groove is essential for every jazz musician. In this class, we’ll use focused listening and hands-on exercises to explore rhythm from the inside out, including clapping patterns, creative metronome work, scatting along with recordings, and playing vocabulary in different meters and grooves. You’ll leave with practical tools to deepen your time feel and rhythmic confidence. (All Levels)
Secondary dominants are one of the most common sounds in jazz standards, and learning to recognize them can make tunes feel much easier to navigate. In this class, Zacc shares practical ways to identify these chords, understand how they create tension and release, and use simple strategies to play through them with more confidence in your comping and improvisation. (Int/Adv) Easy Ways Into Jazz Soloing | Elaine Burt Approaching ii-V-Is, rhythm changes, and building a solo can feel intimidating when you’re newer to improvising, but there are simple ways in. In this class, Elaine shares practical, beginner-friendly ideas for getting started, creating clear phrases, and building confidence chorus by chorus. You’ll learn accessible tools that help make soloing feel less mysterious and more musical. (Beg/Int) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
Saturday – July 18th
| 10:00 – 12:00pm | Combo/Improv Group – Meet your band & faculty leader for the day. This is the core of the camp! Your faculty leader will give you improvisation ideas, play with you, and let you try things out in real time, working from the Summit songs! |
| 12:00 – 12:15pm | BREAK! – Relax, rest your ears, stretch your legs! |
| 12:15 – 12:30pm | Faculty Concert! – All 6 faculty members will perform two songs while lunch is being set-up, highlighting ideas and songs discussed this morning. |
| 12:30 – 1:30pm | Lunch with Faculty – Bring your own Lunch! |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm | Instrument Specific Masterclass – A class specific to your instrument – saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm | BREAK! – Relax, rest your ears, stretch your legs! |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm |
Elective Classes – Select one of the following three classes to attend:
Using Your Ears, Telling Your Heart | Kay Kaviraj Jazz can feel overly complicated when we rely too much on the page or get stuck in theory alone. In this class, we’ll explore ways to move the music from the head to the ear and the heart, drawing on ear training, number systems, and the teachings of great jazz mentors, including Barry Harris. You’ll learn how to feel, memorize, and simplify tunes, melodies, and chord changes in a more natural way, helping you connect more deeply with the language of the masters. (All Levels) Developing your sense of TIME | Dave Schmalenberger Developing a strong sense of time and groove is essential for every jazz musician. In this class, we’ll use focused listening and hands-on exercises to explore rhythm from the inside out, including clapping patterns, creative metronome work, scatting along with recordings, and playing vocabulary in different meters and grooves. You’ll leave with practical tools to deepen your time feel and rhythmic confidence. (All Levels)
Learning tunes can feel like memorizing one song at a time, but many jazz standards are built from common forms and harmonic patterns. In this class, we’ll explore how to recognize and hear those patterns so you can get off the page and feel more confident inside the music. These tools will help with memorization, soloing, and comping for rhythm section players. (All Levels) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
Sunday – July 19th
| 10:00 – 11:30am | Combo/Improv Group – Meet your band & faculty leader for the day. This is the core of the camp! Your faculty leader will give you improvisation ideas, play with you, and let you try things out in real time, working from the Summit songs! |
| 11:30 – 12:30pm | Instrument Specific Masterclass – A class specific to your instrument – saxophone, trombone, trumpet, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. |
| 12:30 – 12:45pm | BREAK! – Relax, rest your ears, stretch your legs! |
| 12:45 – 1:00pm | Faculty Concert!– All 6 faculty members will perform two songs while lunch is being set-up, highlighting ideas and songs discussed this morning. |
| 1:00 – 2:00pm | Lunch with Faculty – Bring your own Lunch! |
| 2:00 – 3:00pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
| 3:00 – 5:00pm | LOAD OUT! – Clean out your rehearsal room of your belongings and instruments, and head over to the Finale Concert location! |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | Finale Participant Concert – Our Finale Participant Concert, featuring YOU and your JazzWire Summit combo at the Icehouse! Tickets will be available soon. |