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!
Monday – July 28th
| 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 6 faculty members will perform two songs, 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 – woodwinds, brass, 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 – TBA | Examples from last year; Jazz Music Theory 101 | Aretha Tillotson “Music Theory” can sound boring alternatively alienating or boring. Busywork or rocket science. It turns out that understanding the theory behind the jazz that we play is both accessible and fascinating. Join Aretha Tillotson for a quick run through getting going with practical jazz theory. (Novice/Intermediate) Drum Rhythms for Dummies | Jamie Cooper Rhythms aren’t just for drummers! Sure we spend a lot of time on notes and pitches, but at least half of what a horn player, guitarist or pianoist plays are . . . rhythms. Join Jamie Cooper for a tour of some classic rhythms from a drummers perspective. We’ll be able to use this information immediately, so get ready to sound better, faster! (All Levels) The Art of the Phrase | Jim Head How we construct our musical phrases is arguably as important as the notes we play. This masterclass will examine how jazz improvisers use phrases effectively to make clear musical statements, to organize ideas & motifs coherently, and to create balance, colour, variety, and tension in improvisation. (Intermediate/Advanced) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
Saturday – March 14th
| 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 6 faculty members will perform two songs, 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 – woodwinds, brass, 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 – TBA | Examples from Last year; Make Your Practice More Effective | Joel Gray Sometimes it’s hard to just get into the same room as our instruments. After that hurdle, it is plenty hard to know WHAT to practice, and HOW to practice. We have all spun the wheels over the years, and hoped and imagined that their must be a better way. Join us and take home some powerful ideas. (All Levels) Mental Games of Music | Chris Andrew Whether you are a pro or a total novice, every musician on earth (yes, EVERY musician) deals with frustrations, unmet expectations, and a lack of development. How should we deal with these inevitable moments, and what is a path through it all to keep finding the joy in music making? (All Levels) Enclosures | Jeff Antoniuk Perhaps the most important melodic device we can talk about in jazz, “enclosures” should be on the to-do list of every jazz student who is getting more advanced and more serious about sounding like their heros. In this class we’ll discuss this simple device and apply it immediately to songs in our set list (Intermediate/Advanced) |
| 4:00 – 5:30pm | Combo/Improv Group – Revisit the morning group and repertoire, armed with the new material from the afternoon classes |
Sunday – March 15th
| 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 Napa Summit Concert at the location TBA below. |
| 11:30 – 12:30pm | Instrument Specific Masterclass – A class specific to your instrument – woodwinds, brass, piano, guitar, bass, and drums. |
| 12:30 – 12:45pm | BREAK! – Time to stretch your legs, grab a coffee, and mingle! |
| 12:45- 1:00pm | Faculty Concert! – All 6 faculty members will perform two songs, 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 – REHEARSAL! |
| 3:00pm – 5:00pm | Load out – Clean out your rehearsal room of your belongings & instruments. Use this time to pack up, practice a bit, and head down to Continental Treat Bistro to grab a quick bite and get ready for our 5:30pm concert! |
| 5:30 – 7:30pm | Finale Participant Concert – YOU will be playing with your combo at our Finale Concert = Location to be announced |