Summer Jazz Band Camp for K-12 Teachers and Adults
Spend a week in Durham making music with the North Carolina Central University Jazz program! This four-day intensive immersion into "Eagle Jazz" is designed to help music educators improve their jazz playing and pedagogical approach to jazz teaching, serving as a great motivator for you and your students.
Program Highlights
- Ensemble Performance: Gain hands-on experience performing in both large and small ensembles.
- Skill Development: Improve your improvisation skills, learn to play rhythm section instruments, and listen to classic recordings to build greater jazz listening skills.
- Pedagogy for All Levels: Invaluable practical experience to help you teach jazz to beginning, intermediate, and advanced students. No prior jazz experience is required!
- Complete Vocal Jazz Track: Includes a dedicated rhythm section available all four days to work directly with vocalists.
Event Details
- When: June 28–July 1, 2027
- Time: 9 a.m.–6:30 p.m.
- Where: BN Duke Auditorium Complex, 1801 Fayetteville St., Durham, NC
- Cost: $200
- Credits: 25 continuing education units (CEUs) for four days of playing and learning
Typical Daily Schedule
- Block 1: Jazz Combo/Intro to Improv
- Block 2: Jazz Band
- Lunch: Campus Cafeteria
- Block 3: Rhythm Section 101/Improv in Action
- Block 4: Jazz Band
Registration will open up soon!