THE DORDOGNE INTERNATIONAL JAZZ SUMMER SCHOOL 2012
The Dordogne Jazz Summer School is based at Chateau de Monteton, a real mediaeval castle, in south west France; and led by pianist and composer Andrea Vicari. A week of total immersion in jazz and improvisation. An intensive musical language course in a supportive enviroment, with a lot of enthusiastic people at all levels. You may surprise yourself ....and it's fun !

Improvisation, jazz harmony, the exploration of various jazz idioms, and group performance will be the main areas covered. There are nightly organised jam sessions from 6.00pm and all-night jams after dinner in the Cave, plus free concerts by the tutors and other professional jazz musicians. At the end of the week the students perform to a live audience.

2012
WEEK 1 SATURDAY JULY 21st - SATURDAY JULY 28th
The Full Monty featuring the Week 1 tutors listed below.
Open to all instruments and levels.
WEEK 2 SATURDAY JULY 28th - SATURDAY AUGUST 4th
Intensive Course for more experienced players with Mornington Lockett and Andrea Vicari.
Foundation Course
welcomes jazz beginners and the underconfident.  Tutor - Duncan Eagles
+ NEW for 2012 Vocal Course with Paola Vera.
All courses are adults only (18+), unless chaperoned (16+)* New discounted Student rate for those in full time education more details....
Saturdays are travel days. Course activity limited to an evening jam session. Click here for more details...

MAIN TUTORS  We have specialist professional tutors on all the major jazz instruments  
WEEK ONE BOTH WEEKS WEEK TWO
Mark Lockheart
Quentin Collins
Malcolm Earle Smith
Jonathan Bratoeff
Nic France
Andrea Vicari
Dorian Lockett
Mornington Lockett Scott Vicari Duncan Eagles
Quentin Collins
trumpet
Malcolm
Earle Smith

trombone
 Jon
 Bratoeff

 guitar
Nic
France

drums
 Andrea
 Vicari

 piano
Dorian Lockett
basses
Mornington Lockett
saxes
Duncan
Eagles

Foundation
Course
WEEKLY WORKSHOPS in LONDON
DJSS sponsored Jazz Workshops + Jam at HIDEAWAY £10/session including free entry to jam session. Contact Duncan Eagles for full details DOWNLOAD the draft programme.
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Duncan's Foundation Course will be running along the lines of his workshops at Hideaway. All instruments and standards are welcome however a basic knowledge of your instrument is required. But if you think it might be too basic here is a quick summary of a recent Hideaway curriculum. http://www.hideawaylive.co.uk/jazz-workshops

Not sure ? Why not try a taster session at the club ?  (If you live in the UK of course)
FEES and ACCOMMODATION TRAVEL
Prices cover six days of jazz tuition, including course materials; accommodation, continental breakfast, lunch and evening meals with wine; full use of facilities, including bar, restaurant; and transfer from Bergerac airport or rail-station to the Chateau. No hidden extra charges, euro surcharges or cab fares costing more than your flight. Keyboards, drum kits, PAs and some amps are provided..... more details ? jazz summer school students Fly direct to Bergerac Airport from London (Stansted, Gatwick), Amsterdam, Brussels, Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham, Bristol, Manchester, Southampton, Nottingham, Exeter, and Leeds-Bradford with RyanAir; FlyBE or Transavia.
For an ethical journey take the Eurostar via Lille or Paris to Bergerac.

UK customers - why not pay with an Ryanair or FlyBE card and claim a free flight (just pay taxes and charges)..... see the TRAVEL page for details
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT BODY
The Dordogne Jazz Summer school welcomes students from all countries. In past years these have included the UK, France, Ireland, Spain, Japan, USA, Holland, Israel, Austria, Canada, Turkey, Norway, China (Hong Kong), Sweden, South Africa, Catalonia, Austrailia, and Italy. Teaching is primarily in English with French translation available as Andrea Vicari, Jon Bratoeff and drum tutor Scott are fluent and the rest of us get by. We use the internationally recognised jazz nomemclature (as found in the "Real Books"). To translate pages click on the AltaVista Babelfish Banner and type or paste in the URL. Use the menu above to learn more or contact us using the details below. Translate this page by clicking the flags to the left. jazz summer school students
CONTACT DETAILS ANY QUESTIONS ?
TEL/FAX (UK)   020 8764 6478
  00 44 20 87 64 64 78
MOBILE (UK)   079 4192 7257
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EMAIL info@jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk
ADDRESS Mr. Dorian Lockett
Dordogne Jazz Summer School
212 Sherwood Avenue,
London SW16 5EF
Great Britain
WEB www.jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk
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  N.B. There are limited places on the jazz summer school. So please book as early as possible.
Rooms will be allocated on a first come first served basis. If in doubt EMAIL
info@jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk  +44 20 8764 6478