500 expected to attend Saturday's free music clinics
Improvisation, loud music and public displays of affection are generally frowned upon in the confines of the classroom and it may be fair to say that, for this reason, jazz music has been at odds with book learning since the first boy band beat out the first note of ragtime on the first dance floor in the 1800s.
It's not hard to understand why kids prefer listening to music above almost anything else: Music is cool. School is not. The blues makes teenagers feel better. Books just make them feel blue.
Organizers of the 2008 Park City Jazz Festival say that Saturday's free clinics with musicians such as saxophone player Javon Jackson, the horn section of Big Bad Voodoo Daddies and singer/songwriters Monty Powell and Anna Wilson are going to make learning fun.
Workshops start at 10 a.m. at Ecker Hill International Middle School and run until about noon. Celebrity musicians teach tricks of the trade and offer a backstage glimpse at what goes into making music. Some of the workshops are “Hip to Bop: Combining Mondern Elements with the Traditional" at 10 a.m. and “Inside the Song Writing Machine" at 11 a.m.
Other workshops explore how to improve improv performances and how to perform with confidence. Admission is free and participants get into the Park City Jazz Festival free of charge. Tickets for the public are $45 for adults and free for children 12 and under.
“Our philosophy is that everyone is a student," Caleb Chapman, education director, said. “These clinics
Improvisation, loud music and public displays of affection are generally frowned upon in the confines of the classroom and it may be fair to say that, for this reason, jazz music has been at odds with book learning since the first boy band beat out the first note of ragtime on the first dance floor in the 1800s.
It's not hard to understand why kids prefer listening to music above almost anything else: Music is cool. School is not. The blues makes teenagers feel better. Books just make them feel blue.
Organizers of the 2008 Park City Jazz Festival say that Saturday's free clinics with musicians such as saxophone player Javon Jackson, the horn section of Big Bad Voodoo Daddies and singer/songwriters Monty Powell and Anna Wilson are going to make learning fun.
Workshops start at 10 a.m. at Ecker Hill International Middle School and run until about noon. Celebrity musicians teach tricks of the trade and offer a backstage glimpse at what goes into making music. Some of the workshops are “Hip to Bop: Combining Mondern Elements with the Traditional" at 10 a.m. and “Inside the Song Writing Machine" at 11 a.m.
Other workshops explore how to improve improv performances and how to perform with confidence. Admission is free and participants get into the Park City Jazz Festival free of charge. Tickets for the public are $45 for adults and free for children 12 and under.
“Our philosophy is that everyone is a student," Caleb Chapman, education director, said. “These clinics
For more information contact All About Jazz.
