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SUMMER JAZZ CAMP

Jazz Camp 2023 was a great success! Please check this site in March 2024 for details about 2024 Camp.

 

Group Photo

 

MS Camp

Each summer, we welcome young students of all ability levels to our campus for 4 intensive days where we work on: Improvisation, Music Theory, Arranging, Performance, Rehearsal, and much more. Campers work directly with LPC Music Faculty and present a public performance on the Mertes Main Stage. 

2023 Summer Jazz Camp Faculty:

Dan Marschak - Piano/Composition/Theory

Cindy Browne Rosefield - Bass

Julie Homi - Piano/Composition/Theory

Jeff Marrs - Drums

Mario Silva - Trumpet

Mario Godoy - Saxophone/Theory

Evan Ceremony (LPC Alumnus) - Guitar

Leah Anonuevo (Current LPC Student) & David Pulanco (LPC Alumnus) - Vocals

Will Baker - Low Brass

Grant Leimbach & David Pulanco - Woodwinds

More photos from 2023 Jazz Camp

 

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Auditions

An audition video is required to enroll in summer jazz camp. Please record a video (a smart phone is fine), upload to YouTube as an unlisted video, and email a URL to both Cindy B. Rosefield and Dan Marschak for consideration no later than June 1, 2024. 

dmarschak@laspositascollege.edu

crosefield@laspositascollege.edu

Here are the requirements for audition video: 
 
Horns: Play the head (melody) of a tune of your choice, then improvise for at least a chorus.
Drums: Demonstrate 3 styles: Swing, Bossa, Funk (each style can be approx 30 seconds). Please also play with either a backing a track or a friend over a tune of your choice and trade 4s for at least one chorus.
Piano and Guitar: Choose a standard and demonstrate playing chord changes ("comping") for at least one chorus and improvise for at least chorus.
Bass: Demonstrate basslines in 3 styles: Swing, Bossa, Funk (each style can be approx 30 seconds).  Improvise for at least one chorus.
Vocals: Sing a tune of your choice over a backing track or with an accompanist. Scatting over the changes is ideal, but not required.
 

Camp Details

Below is some very important information about the camp. After reading through this carefully, please email us with any questions/comments.

What to Bring 

  • Lunch, Snacks, Water

Lunch will not be provided by LPC. We suggest you bring a bag lunch to campus. There is a cafeteria on campus, but it may or may not be open.  Also bring 1-2 snacks and a water bottle. There are water fountains and filtered water refill stations in the building.

  • Extra clothing layer

Our Main Stage remains very cool even during the summer, so while it will likely be very hot outside, inside it could get chilly.

  • 2 Pencils with good erasers
  • Your instrument and a case.
  • Your sheet music/theory packet (which will be distributed on Monday morning. Please bring it with you for each day of camp)

We don’t have dedicated instrument storage, so when not in use, instruments should be put back in their cases and put off to the side in either 4130 or 4138.

Pianists: we have nice pianos and keyboards, so no need to bring anything.

Drummers: please bring your own sticks and brushes. If you prefer your own cymbals, please bring them. We have plenty of music stands for everyone.

Dropoff

Campers should be dropped off no later than 10am. Camp activities will take place in building 4000 (Mertes Center for the Performing Arts) on the Las Positas College campus, and each morning we will meet in room 4130. The double doors into building 4000 can be accessed from Lot A. For those older students who may be driving themselves, please park in Lot A and note that there is a $3/day fee. Campus map and more info about parking can be found here: https://laspositascollege.edu/parking/

Photo/Video Release

We plan to take a pictures/video of the camp for promotional purposes. There is a form that will be filled out through Community Education. If you do not give consent to use your image, please let community education know.

T-Shirt

You will be given a camp T-shirt that was made specifically for this year’s camp. If you did not reply to our email about this and tell us a size ahead of time, we cannot guarantee a T-shirt size of choice.  There will be an opportunity to tie dye the T-shirt. We request that all campers wear their T-shirts during the final concert.

Covid Policies

LPC follows Alameda County Health policies, and currently masking is optional. We kindly request that you administer a Covid antigen rapid test before coming to camp on Monday and at least once throughout the week. If you are Covid positive, please email us to let us know ASAP, isolate, and follow county and CDC guidelines.

 

Purchase Link for Tickets

For more information please contact:

Daniel Marschak
Music Department Coordinator

Office 4227
  (925) 424-1116
  dmarschak@laspositascollege.edu

Cindy Browne Rosefield
Director of Instrumental Music

Office 4229
  (925) 424-1119
  crosefield@laspositascollege.edu

Andreas Preponis
Director of Choral & Vocal Studies

Office 4236
  (925) 424-1118
  apreponis@laspositascollege.edu

Mertes Center for the Arts (Bldg 4000)
Las Positas College
3000 Campus Hills Drive
Livermore, CA 94551

Las Positas College Music Department
Las Positas College

3000 Campus Hill Drive
Livermore, CA 94551
(925) 424-1000

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