MIAJE

The Michigan Association for Jazz Education aims
to actively support jazz education, performance and
heighten awareness throughout the state,
bridging the upper and lower
peninsula and the
Great Lakes
area.

      
 





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JAZZ ON FILM

'Chops' Award-winning Documentary Chronicles Experience of
Middle and High School Jazz Musicians in New York
'Chops' the Movie, directed by Bruce Broder
Friday, February 12, 2010 - 7pm   [89min]
Michigan Theater, Ann Arbor

Director & Univ-Michigan Alum Bruce Broder to Introduce Film, Conduct Q&A Session Aftershow

http://michtheater.org
ph: (734) 668-TIME 
[24-hour info]
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LIVE IN PERFORMANCE->>

37th Annual CMU Jazz Weekend 2010
Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant
Thursday-Friday, February 11-12, 2010
Staples Recital Hall, CMU Music Building, School of Music;
Plachta Auditorium, CMU Campus
Jazz Director:  Rob Smith, Assistant Professor of Jazz Studies
Ph: (989) 774-3281

Nicholas Payton Guest Artist: Nicholas Payton, trumpet
Concert:  Friday, February 12; 8pm
Plachta Auditorium, CMU Campus
Tickets: students $7, adults $10
    
Students are invited to participate in two days of exciting musical performances in an educational and entertaining atmosphere.  Jazz Weekend XXXVII brings together outstanding guest artists, clinicians, and over 1,100 college, high school and junior high school students comprising dozens of big bands and jazz combos.  CMU jazz ensembles include CMU Jazzbone, Jazz Central, and Jazz Lab I.  Top clinicians and adjudicators provide commentary and suggestions throughout the day as high school and junior high school bands perform for ratings and awards.

Jazz Weekend XXXVII kicks off with a Thursday evening concert featuring the CMU Faculty Jazz Sextet (Staples Recital Hall).  An all-day Friday program (8am - 4pm) in and around the School of Music features over 50 high school and middle school jazz ensembles from all over Michigan.  Trumpet extraordinaire Nicholas Payton, this year's special guest artist, presents a clinic at 12noon Friday afternoon and then performs with the CMU Jazz Lab I in a finale showcase concert.


University of Michigan Jazz Festival
Saturday, February 13, 2010 - 9am to 5pm; 8pm evening concert
School of Music, North Campus / Power Center, Central Campus
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Jazzfest Director:  Dennis Wilson, Associate Professor of Jazz Studies
Guest Artist: Christian McBride, bass
Christian McBride
An all-day presentation of clinics, workshops, master classes and adjudicated performance.  Saturday is officially named 'Charles Mingus Day'; a noon talk seminar led by Christian McBride offers a major retrospective on the influential music and life of bass legend Minus.  A ticketed evening concert, featuring all headliners at the Power Center, closes the festival.

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Festival Schedule Overview

    






Headerliners
:

     - "Charles Mingus Day", World Premiere of "The Movement Revisited" by the
        Christian McBride Quintet (recorded live for National Public Radio broadcast)
     -  Special guest Christian McBride Quintet: bassist Christian McBride, the
         with
saxophonist Ron Blake, pianist Geoff Keezer, drummer Terreon
         Gully, vibist, Warren Wolfe
     -  U-M Jazz Ensemble directed by Dennis Wilson
     Detroit Jazz Festival Orchestra
     -  Festival adjudicators:  Matt Harris (piano), Terrell Stafford (trumpet)


14th Annual NMU Jazz Festival
Friday, April 16, 2010
Northern Michigan University, Marquette
Jazz Director:  Mark Flaherty, Associate Professor of Jazz
Featuring special guest, vocalist Kevin Mahogany with the NMU Jazz
Band & NMU Jazz Combo

Kevini Mahogany
Schedule>>

High School and Middle School jazz bands in the region are invited. The registration fee is $200 per ensemble. Space is limited and participation is on a first come, first serve basis. Registration deadline is March 8, 2010.













JEN Announces the...
1st Annual Jazz Education Network Conference

May 20-22, 2010
University of Missouri, St. Louis
http://www.jazzednet.org/

2010 Jazz Education Network Conference


See the Events page for more jazz education concerts and performances. 
All in-state
performances and special events are linked
through the individual college or university
profiled
on our Education page.

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