The Dordogne Jazz Summer School is based at Chateau
de Monteton, in south west France and led by pianist & composer
Andrea Vicari.
Our philosophy is to offer 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 !
Quentin Collins - trumpet
Malcolm Earle Smith - trombone
Jon Bratoeff - guitar
Nic France - drums and percussion
Scott Vicari - drums and soul-band
Dorian Lockett - basses
Andrea Vicari - piano and MD
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COURSE CONTENT
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". At
the end of the week there will be the opportunity to perform to a live
audience. Open to all instruments. Adults (18+) only, unless chaperoned
(16+) more details ?
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NEW IN 2009
Composition seminar and Composer's Group lead by Becky Archibald, U.S. composer/pianist and composer-in-residence. Becky will return to DJSS to share her new charts inspired by Monteton, and discuss the creative process.
Composition seminar and Composer's Group lead by Becky Archibald, U.S. composer/pianist and composer-in-residence. Becky will return to DJSS to share her new charts inspired by Monteton, and discuss the creative process.
• Fly direct to
Bergerac
Airport from London (Stansted or Gatwick), Edinburgh, Liverpool, Birmingham,
Bristol, Manchester, Southampton, Nottingham (EMA), Exeter, and Leeds-Bradford
with RyanAir
or FlyBE.
Or for an ethical journey take the Eurostar
via Lille or Paris to Bergerac.
• UK customers - why not use a Ryanair Credit card or a FlyBE card to pay for the summer school and claim a free flight to Bergerac Airport ? - just an idea. You have to pay taxes and charges on both these offers but it could still work out significantly cheaper). See the Travel page for details.
• UK customers - why not use a Ryanair Credit card or a FlyBE card to pay for the summer school and claim a free flight to Bergerac Airport ? - just an idea. You have to pay taxes and charges on both these offers but it could still work out significantly cheaper). 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, Austria, Canada, Norway, Sweden, 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
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Prices include six days of jazz tuition,
including course materials; plus accommodation, continental breakfast,
lunch, evening meal with wine; full use of facilities, including swimming
pool, bar, restaurant; and transfer from Bergerac airport to the Chateau.
Pianos, keyboards, drum kits, PAs and some amps are provided..... more
details ?
| • Tel/Fax | 00 44 20 87 64 64 78 | (UK) 020 8764 6478 |
| • Mobile | 00 44 79 44 68 31 48 | (UK) 079 4468 3148 |
| info@jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk | ||
| • Address | Mr. Dorian Lockett |
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| • Web | www.jazzschool-dordogne.co.uk | |
| • YouTube | www.youtube.com/DordogneJazzSchool | |
| • MySpace | www.myspace.com/dordognejazz | |
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