We are super excited to announce a new and unique opportunity for TIA students that is also open to any Olympia, Lacey, Tumwater, Shelton students that may be studying and learning music elsewhere. Starting this fall, JazzLab with SD! This fun, foundational, and formative experience will meet once monthly on Saturdays for an hour for a community/ensemble experience.
During that hour, students will learn the fundamentals of jazz music including things like song form, various forms of jazz grooves and feels, everything they need to know to be able to play in a jazz ensemble and be aware, flexible, and able to go with the flow with whatever happens in the moment (and a lot can happen). Thinking on your toes and thinking critically and fast is a life skill that jazz teaches like nothing else.
Students will learn various concepts of improvisation from beginner 101 simple steps that anyone can learn to well beyond in more advanced concepts. As students study those concepts, they will also have an opportunity to put them to work, improvising over chords, time, and eventually even the song form—one of the most fun and exciting components of jazz music.
Finally, students will rehearse and prepare jazz music as an ensemble to be performed at our various community music making events each semester and hopefully more as they develop! Students must either already be in private lessons (ideal) or enroll in them, or pass an audition that demonstrates their ability and potential to be a part of the group. This class is for middle school and up. Students should know all or at least most of their major scales (ideally major, minor, harmonic, and melodic, and the modes of major) or commit to learning!
JazzLab tuition is just $30 monthly for currently enrolled TIA students, $45 monthly for students not enrolled at TIA. Reserve your spot now, space is limited!
Trumpet (2)
Trombone (2)
JazzLab is a one of a kind opportunity for music students to learn together once monthly for an hour in a friendly, encouraging, and fun environment as they apply jazz concepts as individual soloists, as a part of a section, and an ensemble.