Standard Jazz and Improvisation

Session 1: Tuesdays, 9/23 - 12/16 (12 classes) [no class 11/25]
Class Time: 8-9 pm

Tuition: $300 (one-time $45 enrollment fee if you are new to MCMC) * $35 discount if you enroll in both sessions at once! Refer a friend and both you and a friend get $10 off!

Session 2: Tuesdays, 1/20 - 5/19 (16 classes) [no class 2/24, 4/21]
Class Time: 8-9 pm

Tuition: $400 (one-time $45 enrollment fee if you are new to MCMC) * $35 discount if you enroll in both sessions at once! Refer a friend and both you and a friend get $10 off!

Standard Jazz and Improvisation (SJ&I), led by trombonist Bear Irwin, is open to all students of music who are interested in learning and developing improvisation skills in the context of the great Jazz Standards of the American SongBook. In addition to learning the Music Theory needed to support Composition and Improvisation, SJ&I class members will also develop ensemble skills like Blending Tone, Integrating Rhythm, Matching Pitch, and Balancing Volume, and ultimately form a “Jazz Combo” ensemble.

There are five incrementally progressive SJ&I units with about 10 titles in each and an SJ&I class might expect to use an entire semester to successfully complete each unit. Participants may be any age, although participants should be competent in playing the full standard range of their instruments and in using notation. Open to brass, winds, strings, piano, bass, drums / pitched percussion, guitar players, and more!

For questions, please contact Lara Mones, Education and Development Director at Lara@mcmcvt.org. Financial aid is available for classes, please view the information here. If you need to withdraw from a class, please be in touch with Lara@mcmcvt.org as soon as possible. Tuition will be refunded in full up until two weeks prior to the class start date, with a $50 cancellation fee. There will be no refunds for cancellations once the class starts.