NEW JAS Street Horns Advance Band Opportunity

ACCEPTING referrals NOW!! Jazz Aspen Snowmass is looking for advanced student musicians to participate in the new JAS Street Horns program! Led by Basalt Band Director Chance Davis, alongside JAS In-Schools Director Chris Bank, additional JAS In-Schools Faculty and visiting professional jazz musicians, the Street Horns will be comprised of students referred to JAS by

2024-02-02T13:28:26-07:00February 2nd, 2024|ALL, Education Highlights, General|

JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band Audition Materials

In an effort to insure that the JAS Academy Afro-Caribbean Big Band Session has a different sound and feel than the first session, we are requiring some specific pieces and styles to be addressed by specific instruments in the audition process. Please see list below. Horn/Steelpan/Vibes Players (any two of the following) Mambo Inn https://youtu.be/DvwWtKyuCVs?si=L1dQWXNsriU3j_n4

2023-12-06T16:13:12-07:00November 30th, 2023|ALL, Education Highlights|

JAS Academy Jam Sessions @ the Limelight Hotel: Kington, The Mercer Patterson Quintet, 4-Peace, The Aaron Ouellette Quintet (FREE)

Join the JAS Academy students for the Jam Sessions at The Limelight Hotel! The goal of the JAS Academy is to identify and assist the most talented artists in embracing jazz fundamentally while exploring myriad related & unrelated forms of music at the highest level of quality. While at the Academy, in addition to their

2023-05-16T21:42:11-06:00May 16th, 2023|

Happy Hour at The Gant feat JAS Academy Bands: Kington, The Mercer Patterson Quintet, 4-Peace, The Aaron Ouellette Quintet (FREE)

Join the JAS Academy students on this summer's Happy Hour at The Gant! The goal of the JAS Academy is to identify and assist the most talented artists in embracing jazz fundamentally while exploring myriad related & unrelated forms of music at the highest level of quality. While at the Academy, in addition to their

2023-05-01T20:05:22-06:00May 1st, 2023|

JAS Honor Jazz Concert – Feb. 4

  Join us on Saturday, February 4th as we enjoy music from 50 of the Western Slope's top student jazz musicians at the JAS Honor Jazz Concert. Nominated by their teachers and selected by JAS In-Schools faculty, these students will spend two days in Carbondale in extensive workshops and rehearsals with a faculty provided by

2024-02-27T15:35:32-07:00January 18th, 2023|Education Highlights, General, Uncategorized|

JAS Academy Public Performances

The JAS Academy presented by Jazz Aspen Snowmass in collaboration with the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami will return to Snowmass/Aspen this summer with 42 students from 14 of the top music schools in the US in attendance. While they will be busy studying and rehearsing with Academy faculty and guests,

2023-08-15T13:16:09-06:00May 23rd, 2022|ALL, Education Highlights, General|
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