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June 8, 2013

Young Musicians Program Concerts

Catch the Jazzschool’s Middle and High School ensembles in this end-of-year performance series!

Featuring:

High School Ensembles II & III, directed by Rob Ewing

High School Ensemble I, directed by Wayne Wallace

Middle School Jazz Ensembles I & II, directed by Kasey Knudsen

Advanced MS Jazz Workshop, directed by Dave Gregoric

Funk Ensemble, directed by Joe Bagale

Free admission!

Start:	June 8, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	June 8, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

June 9, 2013

Mark Levine Workshop Series: Upper Structures

Mark Levine

Upper structure voicings are the spice added to the meat and potatoes of jazz piano voicings. From Bill Evans to Mulgrew Miller, they have become a staple in the jazz pianist’s bag. Students will use Chick Corea’s “Mirror, Mirror” as a workshop tune for applying various upper structure voicings.

$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop

Start:	June 9, 2013 11:00 am
End:	June 9, 2013 1:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

Mark Levine Workshop Series: Jazz Comping Masters

This workshop covers piano comping techniques from Bud Powell and Thelonious Monk to the present. Mark discusses and demonstrates various styles, including those of Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, and Mulgrew Miller.

Grammy-nominated pianist Mark Levine has played/recorded with Woody Shaw, Mongo Santamaria, Joe Henderson, Willie Bobo, Bobby Hutcherson, Moacir Santos, Freddie Hubbard, Cal Tjader, Wallace Roney, Tito Puente, Milt Jackson, and many others. He is the author of The Jazz Piano Book, The Jazz Theory Book, and The Drop 2 Book, all of which have become widely-used jazz education texts in conservatories worldwide.

$30 advance purchase/$45 day of the workshop

Start:	June 9, 2013 2:00 pm
End:	June 9, 2013 4:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

Saying It: Developing Your Own Musical Voice with Joshua Breakstone

Saying it: Developing Your Own Musical Voice

with Joshua Breakstone

Having something unique and special to say, and saying it in one’s own way, with one’s own voice is the ultimate achievement in jazz. The dynamics we use in speaking are literally the same dynamics which allow us to communicate on a deep level and in a unique way in music.

We’ll explore applying the dynamics of the voice – the dynamics of speech – to jazz improvisation and see how each of us can use these dynamics in our own unique way to develop a unique musical voice.

All this will be discussed within a framework of jazz history, and we’ll also go into ideas about repertoire, practicing, traps and pitfalls which are intrinsic to the guitar itself, how to listen to jazz, the functioning of the rhythm section, etc.  

Examples will be demonstrated and, hopefully, workshop participants will participate as well – bring your instrument!

With 19 recordings as a leader with such jazz legends as Kenny Barron, Barry Harris, Tommy Flanagan, Pepper Adams, Jimmy Knepper, Jack McDuff, Mickey Roker, and Al Harewood, Joshua Breakstone has established himself as one of the major jazz guitarists of our day. He is also the author of Jazz Etudes: Studies For The Beginning Improviser, a standard text at many colleges and universities, and has both performed and presented workshops throughout the world.

Start:	June 9, 2013 2:00 pm
End:	June 9, 2013 4:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

Dick Conte Quartet Birthday Celebration!

Pianist Dick Conte and friends celebrate his birthday in the Jazzschool’s annual benefit concert to support the Dick Conte Jazz Piano Scholarship Fund.

Start:	June 9, 2013 4:30 pm
End:	June 9, 2013 6:30 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

Advanced High School Jazz Workshops

Michael Zilber and Erik Jekabson direct these DownBeat award-winning ensembles, comprised of advanced high school players from throughout the Bay Area. Both groups explore the post-bop harmonic, melodic, rhythmic and formal innovations of artists such as Coltrane, Shorter, Corea, Hancock and Brecker.

The Zilber-directed Workshop I features Scott Bell, trumpet; Cody Dear, alto sax; Sam Klein-Markman, guitar; Michael Orenstein, piano; Kanoa Mendenhall, bass; and Zev Shearn-Nance, drums.

The Jekabson-directed Workshop II features Liam Collins, alto sax; Michael Blasky, tenor sax; Hugo Shiboski, tenor sax; Nate Schwartz, guitar; Matthew Wong, piano; Max Schwartz, bass; Cy Grimsich, drums.

Free admission!

Start:	June 9, 2013 7:00 pm
End:	June 9, 2013 9:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

June 11, 2013

Community Music School Performance Series

The Jazzschool’s Adult Program students take the stage for this end-of-quarter performance series. Come hear exciting sets from our many ensembles and vocal classes — jazz, Brazilian, salsa, R&B and much more. See complete schedule below.

Tuesday 6/11/13

5:30 – 5:55 PM   McCain Jazz Ensemble I   Seward McCain
6:00 – 6:25 PM   McCain Jazz Ensemble II   Seward McCain
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Afro-Venezuelan Percussion   Jackie Rago
7:00 – 7:25 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
7:30 – 7:55 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
8:00 – 10 PM       Vocal Jazz Performance    Maye Cavallaro

Wednesday 6/12/13

5:00 – 5:55 PM   R&B Vocal Performance for Teens   Kyra Gordon
6:00 – 6:25 PM   Jazz Ensemble   Dave Scott
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Post-Bop Ensemble   Kasey Knudsen
7:00 – 7:25 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
7:30 – 7:55 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
8:00 – 9 PM         The Contemporary Jazz Singer   Laurie Antonioli

Thursday 6/13/13

6:00 – 6:25 PM   Beginning Jazz Ensemble   Rob Ewing
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Jazz Standards for Gigs   Glenn Richman
7:00 – 7:25 PM   Music of the Masters   Glenn Richman
7:30 – 7:55 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
8:00 – 8:25 PM   Brazilian Ensemble   Marcos Silva
8:30 – 8:55 PM   Hard Bop Ensemble   Dave Lefebvre
9:00 – 10 PM        Big Band   Dave Lefebvre

Friday 6/14/13

6:00 – 6:25 PM    Piano Trio Section IV   Debbie Poryes
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Piano Trio Section V   Debbie Poryes
7:00 – 7:55 PM   World Groove Ensemble — Louisiana   Jennifer Jolly

Saturday 6/15/13

12:00 – 12:55 PM   For the Love of Singing   Faith Winthrop
1:00 – 1:25 PM        Blues and Groove Workshop   Danny Caron
1:30 – 1:55 PM        Jazz Standards For Gigs Sec. II   Glenn Richman
2:00 – 2:25 PM      Jazz Standards For Gigs Sec. III   Glenn Richman
2:30 – 2:25 PM      Jazz Standards For Gigs Sec. IV   Glenn Richman
5:30 – 6:30 PM      Music of Weather Report   Frank Martin

Sunday 6/16/2013

4:30 – 5:30 PM Old School Soul Kitchen Wayne Wallace

Monday 6/17/13

5:00 – 6:25 PM   The Piano Trio Sections I, II & III   Peter Horvath
6:30 – 7:25 PM   Guitar Trio   Mimi Fox
7:30 – 8:25 PM   Latin Standards (Vocal)   Maria Marquez
8:30 – 9:25 PM   R&B Vocal Performance   Raz Kennedy
9:30 – 9:55 PM   Balkan and Romani “Gypsy” Ensemble   Rumen Shopov

Tuesday 6/18/13

6 – 6:25 PM   Latin Percussion   Omar Ledezma
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Tunes in All 12 Keys   Glenn Richman
7:00 – 7:25 PM   Salsa I   David Belove
7:30 – 7:55 PM   Salsa II (with Salsa Singing)   Belove & Cambon

Thursday 6/20/13

6:00 – 6:55 PM   Vocal Jazz Performance (Beg.)   Ellen Johnson
7:00 – 7:55 PM   The Definitive Jazz Singer   Ellen Johnson
8:00 – 8:55 PM   Blues Vocal Funshop    Pamela Rose
9:00 – 9:55 PM   Blues Vocal Advanced Lab    Pamela Rose

Start:	June 11, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	June 11, 2013 10:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

June 12, 2013

Community Music School Performance Series

Tuesday 6/11/13

Wednesday 6/12/13

Thursday 6/13/13

Friday 6/14/13

6:00 – 6:25 PM    Piano Trio Section IV   Debbie Poryes
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Piano Trio Section V   Debbie Poryes
7:00 – 7:55 PM   World Groove Ensemble — Louisiana   Jennifer Jolly

Saturday 6/15/13

Sunday 6/16/2013

4:30 – 5:30 PM Old School Soul Kitchen Wayne Wallace

Monday 6/17/13

Tuesday 6/18/13

Thursday 6/20/13

Start:	June 12, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	June 12, 2013 10:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

June 13, 2013

Community Music School Performance Series

Tuesday 6/11/13

Wednesday 6/12/13

Thursday 6/13/13

Friday 6/14/13

6:00 – 6:25 PM    Piano Trio Section IV   Debbie Poryes
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Piano Trio Section V   Debbie Poryes
7:00 – 7:55 PM   World Groove Ensemble — Louisiana   Jennifer Jolly

Saturday 6/15/13

Sunday 6/16/2013

4:30 – 5:30 PM Old School Soul Kitchen Wayne Wallace

Monday 6/17/13

Tuesday 6/18/13

Thursday 6/20/13

Start:	June 13, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	June 13, 2013 10:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

June 14, 2013

Community Music School Performance Series

Tuesday 6/11/13

Wednesday 6/12/13

Thursday 6/13/13

Friday 6/14/13

6:00 – 6:25 PM    Piano Trio Section IV   Debbie Poryes
6:30 – 6:55 PM   Piano Trio Section V   Debbie Poryes
7:00 – 7:55 PM   World Groove Ensemble — Louisiana   Jennifer Jolly

Saturday 6/15/13

Sunday 6/16/2013

4:30 – 5:30 PM Old School Soul Kitchen Wayne Wallace

Monday 6/17/13

Tuesday 6/18/13

Thursday 6/20/13

Start:	June 14, 2013 5:00 pm
End:	June 14, 2013 10:00 pm
Venue:	Jazzschool
Phone:	510-845-5373
Address:	2087 Addison St, Berkeley, CA, 94704, United States

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