Five local music students are the benefactors of scholarships from Jazz Aspen Snowmass allowing them to attend prestigious summer music camps for advanced studies. Liam Laird and Renee Bruell, both from Roaring Fork High School, along with Joseph Thompson from Coal Ridge High School have been accepted to attend the Berklee Five Week Music Intensive program at Berklee College of Music
JAS Summer Camps 2019 are now open for registration! The JAS Summer Camps are designed for middle and high school music students. The camps provide direct music instruciton from professional musicians, including private lessons and group workshops as well as live performance elements. JAS Summer Camps are led by JAS In-Schools Program Director, Chris
Carbondale is known as an incubator for artists and musicians with young talent emerging this time from the middle school band: two flautists Bailey Griebel and Samantha Anderson. Both students joined our new Local Education Initiative, New Year, New Sound to set intentions and improve their musicality this year. JAS funded three private lessons for each
Taking the place of Band Battle this year is the first annual Sonic Showdown 2018 on Saturday, May 19th from 2 -5pm at the Temporary in Willits. Sonic Showdown is a showcase for young musical talent from Aspen to Rifle presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass and the Jake Foerster Music Arts Fund. This is a
Jazz Aspen Snowmass (JAS) has partnered with the Colorado Conservatory for the Jazz Arts (CCJA) to bring CCJA’s existing She-Bop jazz workshop to Carbondale on October 18-19. This two day jazz workshop, open to female jazz musicians ages 10-18 from across the Western Slope, will focus on providing high quality educational experiences in an
After having so much fun at our Silent Disco after party last Labor Day we decided we couldn't wait a whole year to have another one! JAS/JFMAF is once again going silent this time after the 2nd Annual Sonic Showdown! Join us at The Temporary in Willits for our Sonic Silent Disco fundraiser! Dance your heart out in
Christian McBride has deep JAS history. He is a member of our musical family going back nearly 20 years. He played many memorable shows and he was the Artistic Director of the JAS Academy Summer Sessions from 1999 – 2008. One of his most memorable shows, highlighted in our new “25 Years of Jazz Aspen Snowmass” coffee table
Now entering its 15th year, the District Eight Honor Jazz Band, sponsored by Jazz Aspen Snowmass, will take place February 5-6 at Roaring Fork High School in Carbondale. Over one hundred (100) teenage jazz musicians and vocalists will be in attendance, representing eighteen middle and high schools from throughout the District (Aspen, Basalt, Carbondale, Glenwood
Top student jazz musicians from across the Western Slope will gather in Carbondale February 10-11 for the annual JAS District 8 Honor Jazz Program, sponsored by Jazz Aspen Snowmass. Taking place at Roaring Fork High School, this annual event includes two days of intensive jazz training, workshops and rehearsals, led by professional musicians and
