Each day, we have a fantastic variety of situations that get you playing, improving on your instrument, and get you inspired like never before. We have years of experience balancing the schedule with breaks and learning!
Tuesday – July 23rd
| 7:00 – 10:00pm | OPENING CONCERT (3D Trio & Guests) – Join the 3D Trio (Jackie, Amy and Sherrie) and special guests for our 21st annual Opening Concert for the JazzWire Summer Summit. The Takoma Station Tavern is one of DC’s premier jazz spots, and a place for us to all meet, eat, drink and be merry. Your ticket is included in your tuition, and guest can purchase tickets from the website here. Takoma Station Tavern 6914 4th St NW Washington, DC 20012 |
Wednesday – July 24th
| 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 | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. |
| 12:15 – 12:30pm | Faculty Concert! – All 10 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 – A box lunch will be provided for you |
| 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 | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. Think ahead about your Electives. |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm | Elective Classes (Choose ONE of three classes to attend): –Bebop Boot Camp: Developing Linear Language (Int/Adv.) Dr. Shawn Purcell takes us through the use of bebop scales, bebop outlines, arpeggios and chromatic improvisational devices to get our solos sounding more legitimately inside the bebop idiom. (Dr. Shawn Purcell) –What to Listen For in Miles Davis Prestige Recordings (all levels) In this class James Moore gets us listening deeper than you can imagine, using the classic Miles Davis Prestige albums. Some of the most important and influential jazz recorded in the 1950’s, you’ll leave with bigger ears, and a bigger brain! (James Moore) –Interaction Leads to Deeper Satisfaction! (all levels) This class, built for both rhythm section players AND horn soloists is all about how to get interacting musically with each other, “talking to each other” on the bandstand. One of the most important aspects of jazz, and also one of the least taught. (Dr. Sherrie Maricle, Jeff Antoniuk, Jackie Warren, Amy Shook) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
| 5:45 – 7:00pm | OPEN JAM SESSION – Join us for TWO jam sessions at our workshop location, starting just after classes end for the day. We’ll have a novice/intermediate jam in the “Music Room”, and an advanced jam in “Fellowship Hall”. Feel free to bounce around between the two! |
Thursday – July 25th
| 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 | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. |
| 12:15 – 12:30pm | Faculty Concert! – All 10 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 – A box lunch will be provided for you |
| 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 | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. Think ahead about your Electives. |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm | Elective Classes (Choose ONE of three classes to attend): –Pacing Your Solos (all levels) Using thematic development to build impactful solos can take to playing to the next level. The use of themes creates an instant connection with your band mates, the audience and yourself. Join Brent Birckhead as he shows us how to find these higher musical experiences. (Brent Birckhead) –How To Play Longer Lines (Int/Adv) Great jazz is undeniably about those long lines of 8th notes we hear from our heroes. But how in the world are we expected to find all those correct notes in a row? And at those faster tempos too? Well, what if there was a template, and a couple hip tricks to get us there? Let’s dig in! (Jeff Antoniuk) –Clave, Tumbao, and Montuno (all levels) Led by Cuban music master Jackie Warren, the 3D Trio digs into the Afro Cuban music tradition by investigating the rolls of the montuno (piano), Tumbao (bass) and clave, central to all instruments. (Jackie Warren, Amy Shook, Sherrie Maricle) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
| 7:00 – 9:30pm | JAM WITH FACULTY! – Join us at the Bethesdan Hotel for our second jam session of the workshop. It’s a rollicking good time with the faculty, your friends and peers from the workshop, and YOU. Listen and/or play, eat and/or drink, and invite local friends to come listen. NO COVER. The Bethesdan Hotel, 8120 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda MD. |
Friday – July 26th
| 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 | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. |
| 12:15 – 12:30pm | Faculty Concert! – All 10 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 – A box lunch will be provided for you |
| 1:30 – 2:30pm | Whole Camp Masterclass – David Jernigan, DC bassist and Jazz Band Masterclass faculty member will be hosting a session for everyone on Alexander Technique and its effectiveness for musicians. David is a certified Alexander teacher, and this session will include plenty of tangible takes aways, plus some hands-on work for a few lucky volunteers. |
| 2:30 – 3:00pm | COFFEE BREAK! – We will have coffee, water, and tea prepared for you in main room! Take a rest and grab a seat. Think ahead about your Electives. |
| 3:00 – 3:50pm | Elective Classes (Choose ONE of three classes to attend): –The Art & Mechanics of Section Playing (all levels) With over 40 years experience in working with various horn sections, Gerg Boyer helps us break the code on what makes a horn section great, including the art of writing those arrangements for horns. Let’s pick apart the details & nuances of better section playing. (Greg Boyer and Jeff Antoniuk) –Rhythmic Development: How To Develop Our Musical Phrases (all levels) So much time gets spent talking about melodic and harmonic techniques, but there is as much or more on the rhythmic side of the equation to dig in to. Here, rhythmic master Frank Russo shows ALL INSTRUMENTS how to begin playing and developing with rhythm. (Frank Russo) –Complete Your Masterpiece: Paint by Numbers Endings: How To End Tunes (Int/Adv) The last thing we hear in a great performance is the ending, and if the ending is a mess, it’s probably not a great performance! Amy Shook walks us through some of the most classic/stock endings that we all need to know, no matter what instrument we play. (Amy Shook) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
| 7:00 – 9:00pm | FACULTY CONCERT! – Come check out the Summer Summit faculty in their much anticipated yearly concert at The Bethesdan Hotel. Grab dinner and a drink, and share the good vibes with your 10 mentors and faculty friends up on stage. NO COVER. The Bethesdan Hotel, 8120 Wisconsin Ave, Bethesda MD. |
Saturday – July 27th
| 10:00 – 11:30am | Combo/Improv Group – Meet your band & faculty leader for the day. Rehearse music that you will play this evening with your band at the 5:30PM JazzWire Summer Summit Concert. |
| 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! – Time to stretch your legs, grab a coffee, and mingle! |
| 12:45- 1:00pm | Special Concert! – Jeff’s “Saturday Audition Group” from Jazz Band Masterclass! |
| 1:00 – 1:45pm | Lunch with Faculty – Relax and enjoy our catered box lunch |
| 1:45 – 3:00pm | Combo/Improv Group – REHEARSAL! |
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm | Load out – Clean out your rehearsal room of your belongings & instruments. Use this time to relax, practice a bit, and grab a quick dinner nearby |
| 5:30 – 8:30PM | FINAL CONCERT – The legendary JazzWire Summer Summit Final Concert, featuring YOU and all the participants from the workshop. Have your friends and family attend this memorable evening and culmination of 4+ days of your hard work. Tickets are available at INSTANTSEATS, for $20, or at the door for $25. (Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Rd, Rockville, MD 20852) |