YouthJazz.us

Weekly Ensembles Rehearsal
2023-07-16 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-07-09 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-06-25 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-06-18 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-06-11 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-06-04 15:00 - 18:30, 2023-05-28 15:30 - 18:30, 2023-05-21 15:00 - 18:30 (America/Chicago) and 2 more dates | Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, United States
Weekly Ensembles Rehearsal:
Rehearsals are in preparation for the 2023 FELLOWS album recording sessions on July 30, 2023.
The time commitment for each ensemble is 90-minutes each week on Sundays.
Ensembles rehearsal times and locations are as follows:

Brady/ Smith Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
Watson Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions
Crain Ensemble – 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions

Program Notes:
Ensemble Clinicians will provide musical selections for study and preparation. Attendance is mandatory at all rehearsals and recording sessions. Excused absences must be approved by ensemble clinicians.

2023 Youth Jazz Summer Showcase
2023-07-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Music Theater Heritage at Crown Center, 2450 Grand Blvd, Suite 301, Kansas City, MO, 64108, United States
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The 2023 SUMMER SHOWCASE features many of our top young jazz musicians performing on Saturday, July 15 in the Ruby Room of Music Theater Heritage at Crown Center in Kansas City. Emcee will introduce each performance. A great concert showcase event of jazz music.
“We hope that this opportunity will encourage everyone involved,” says Christopher Burnett, Founder and Artistic Director of Kansas City Area Youth Jazz. “It’s not only a unique artistic and music industry educational experience for our youngest generation in jazz, but also an opportunity for the programs to further network as well.”
More than 50 next generation jazz artists representing four of our top private jazz education programs based in the greater Kansas City metropolitan area will each play concert sets in a collective concert forum that is an artistic gathering among peers.
Greg Carroll of Midnight Blue Jazz LLC, an ensemble clinician who is also the development counsel for YOUTHJAZZ.US said “Aside from the fantastic networking and shared artistic experiences, this Kansas City Youth Jazz Showcase offers audiences, donors, and corporate sponsors the opportunity to hear and support these tremendous student musicians and the work of their organizations!”
Participating organizations include 5 Star Jazz Band, Live Jazz KC High School All-Star Big Band, and Kansas City Area Youth Jazz.
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Don’t miss this event! These young artists represent some of our area’s best of their generation in jazz. Event proceeds support all of the participating programs.

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(JAZZ COMMUNITY SPECIAL EVENT) "Jazz As a Societal Voice: Keepers of the Flame"
2023-07-14 12:00 - 13:30 | Westport Coffee House, 4010 Pennsylvania Avenue, Kansas City, MO, 64111, United States
Jazz As a Societal Voice: Keepers of the Flame
Panel discussion: “Jazz as a Societal Voice: A Three-Part VividVision Panel Series

By KC Jazz ALIVE

Since its emergence, so-called “Jazz” music is an inherently important part of the fabric of United States culture. Jazz history parallels and affects nearly every aspect of societal life in our country ranging from fashion and style, important social movements, to all forms of progressive music that continue to develop into the 21st Century. The music is learned by more experienced musicians passing along the traditions to newer players. This mentorship includes cultural and community tutelage beyond the bandstand and into the fabric developments that affect the Jazz infrastructure of each scene.
In places, the Voice is the human’s physical apparatus used to tell the history and speak to future desires and needs of one’s culture. It is in this context that Kansas City Jazz ALIVE will explore how jazz voices in Kansas City are used to pass down traditions, provide lessons, nurture and shape the next generation to sustain the artistry of the music into perpetuity.
Session two KEEPERS OF THE FLAME will explore lessons learned and unlearned with respect to capturing the spirit of the music in practice and in life. Panelists will share about their platforms used in their work with artists of other generations, and how their work builds upon the traditions, produces performances, and maintains the presentation and preservation of the music today.
Join us at 12:00 pm on Friday, July 14, 2023 at the Westport Coffee House for this exciting panel discussion. Panelists include Lonnie McFadden (Artist + Entrepreneur, Lonnie’s Reno Club); David Basse (Artist + Entrepreneur, Radio Host); Jackie Myers (Artist + Entrepreneur, Jackie Meyer Music); Emily Behrmann (Ret. Arts Executive, KC Jazz ALIVE Board Treasurer) The session is moderated by Steve Kraske (Radio Host, Up-To-Date, KCUR 89.3 FM).
Bring your thoughts and questions with you! We are planning for an interactive and engaging discussion.
Your ticket includes attendance and lunch. Please email kcjazz@kcjazzalive.org with any dietary restrictions.

*2023 Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Fellows contact Mr. B for a special program code that gives a ticket discount – note that you will still have to buy your own lunch*

NO REHEARSAL HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEK
2023-07-02 | Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, United States

2023 UMKC Jazz Camp
2023-06-20 - 2023-06-24 | UMKC Jazz Department, 5227 Holmes Street, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States
DESCRIPTION

The UMKC Jazz Camp brings world class musicians and jazz educators to Kansas City to work with talented young instrumentalists grades 6-12 (’22-’23 school year). Jazz Camp director Carl Allen and distinguished clinicians provide insight and inspiration to student ensembles in a welcoming environment. Participants form lasting friendships as they delve deep into an intensive week of studying jazz music. Daily masterclasses with Jazz Camp faculty, theory and improvisation classes, listening sessions, and faculty performances provide a well-rounded experience that touches on all aspects of jazz performance and history. Jazz Camp participants improve technical and improvisational skills, and aural acuity while studying the standards of the past and new, innovative literature. All instruments are welcome. The UMKC Jazz Camp concludes with a public performance by the student ensembles and a faculty performance.

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Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, Inc. highly recommends the UMKC Jazz Camp.

Weekly Ensembles Rehearsal
2023-04-30 15:00 - 18:30 | Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, United States
INTERNATIONAL JAZZ DAY EVENT
Weekly Ensembles Rehearsal:
Rehearsals are in preparation for the 2023 FELLOWS album recording sessions on July 30, 2023.
The time commitment for each ensemble is 90-minutes each week on Sundays.
Ensembles rehearsal times and locations are as follows:

Brady/ Smith Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
Watson Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions
Crain Ensemble – 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions

Program Notes:
Ensemble Clinicians will provide musical selections for study and preparation. Attendance is mandatory at all rehearsals and recording sessions. Excused absences must be approved by ensemble clinicians.

Atchison Jazz Express
2023-04-30 15:00 - 17:00 | Atchison Event Center, 710 S 9th Street, Atchison, KS, 66002, United States
Christopher Burnett, founder and artistic director of Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. has been invited to join the Atchison Jazz Express (AJE) as Guest Artist at their annual Spring Scholarship Concert.

All proceeds of Mr. Burnett’s guest artist fees are donated to the YouthJazz.us program. Christopher Burnett is a Conn-Selmer, Inc. saxophone artist and clinician. He plays Selmer Paris saxophones exclusively. He has presented clinics at both MMEA and KMEA and is a member of the Mid-America Arts Alliance and Kansas Touring Artist Rosters.

MAZUMA CREDIT UNION (PRIVATE EVENT)
2023-04-25 15:00 - 18:00 | Mozuma Credit Union, 7260 W. 135th St., Overland Park, KS, 66223-1258, United States
community performance
YOUTH JAZZ FELLOWS ALUMNI ENSEMBLE.

Miles Clemons – piano
Isaac Pieters – bass
Maurice Butler – drums
Logan Smoot – trumpet/ flugelhorn
Brady Johnstone – alto saxophone

KCAYJ Clinician and Administrative Liaison: Greg Carroll

ABOUT COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES.
The Kansas City Area Youth Jazz program provides opportunities for Fellows to bring live jazz music performed by the next generation of Kansas City artists to a variety of community event settings.
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, Inc. welcomes performance inquiries from organizations, festivals, and venues where the music is a prominently featured aspect of the event, like concerts and incidental music at larger events.
Community Performances allow Youth Jazz Fellows leadership opportunities in the area of the successful administration and production of ensemble performances. These types of program opportunities also provide first-hand experience using professional best-business practices as performing artists. These factors involved with live performances contribute to building individual and collective awareness of the ecosystem of the local, regional, national, and global arts economy while also considering this infrastructure in the larger context as responsible citizens who understand that among the primary goals of professional performing artists is to inherently seek living wage opportunities.
COMMUNITY FOCUS.
Since KCAYJ Fellows come from the many great high school and college level programs in the Kansas City region, KCAYJ Fellows Ensembles will not perform at events intended to feature local high school and college music programs, such as educational and adjudicated jazz festivals or conferences like Jazz Education Network (JEN) or MidWest Clinic.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
Please note that KCAYJ Fellows Ensembles are part of a benign and neutral nonprofit charity organization that will entertain community performance opportunities from organizations and businesses that comply with the tenets of S.1085 – Equal Opportunity Act of 1995.
DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT.
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. does not endorse or sponsor any commercial product, service, or activity. Kansas City Area Youth Jazz participation in this Agreement or provision of goods, services, facilities, or equipment under this Agreement does not constitute an endorsement by Kansas City Area Youth Jazz. Partner agrees that nothing in this Agreement will be construed to imply that Kansas City Area Youth Jazz authorizes, supports, endorses, or sponsors any product or service of Partner resulting from activities conducted under this Agreement, regardless of the fact that such product or service may employ Kansas City Area Youth Jazz-developed initiatives.

Rehearsal Postponed to 4/30/2023
2023-04-23 15:00 - 18:30 | Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, United States
KCAYJ CALENDAR UPDATE
Greetings:
I have decided that the common sense and most musical course of action is to postpone the first performing KCAYJ rehearsal until Sunday, 30 April.
NO REHEARSALS APRIL 23.
There are too many people who have legitimate reasons to be absent from each ensemble.
This doesn’t effect the already scheduled 25 April Fellows Alumni Combo performance.
In addition to this update to the website calendar today look for your individual access to the 2023 KCAYJ Google Drive folders.
Thanks, and see you all soon!
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Christopher Burnett
Founder + Artistic Director
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz
👨🏽‍💻👩🏼‍💻 YouthJazz.us

Weekly Ensembles Rehearsal:
Rehearsals are in preparation for the 2023 FELLOWS album recording sessions on July 30, 2023.
The time commitment for each ensemble is 90-minutes each week on Sundays.
Ensembles rehearsal times and locations are as follows:

Brady/ Smith Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
Watson Ensemble – 3:00 pm to 4:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions
Crain Ensemble – 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm at BRC Audio Productions

Program Notes:
Ensemble Clinicians will provide musical selections for study and preparation. Attendance is mandatory at all rehearsals and recording sessions. Excused absences must be approved by ensemble clinicians.

18th and Vine Jazz Festival
2023-04-20 07:00 - 2023-04-22 17:00 | Gem Theater, 1615 E 18th Street, Kansas City, 64108, United States
Christopher Burnett, founder and artistic director of Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. will serve as one of the featured adjudicators and clinicians for the 2023 edition of the 18th and Vine Jazz Festival. He will serve on April 20 and April 22.

All proceeds of Mr. Burnett’s guest artist fees are donated to the YouthJazz.us program. Christopher Burnett is a Conn-Selmer, Inc. saxophone artist and clinician. He plays Selmer Paris saxophones exclusively. He has presented clinics at both MMEA and KMEA and is a member of the Mid-America Arts Alliance and Kansas Touring Artist Rosters.
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2023 18th and Vine Jazz Festival
April 20, 21 and 22, 2023
Gem Theater
Kansas City’s Historic Jazz District at 18th and Vine

The 18th and Vine Jazz Festival is a partnership between Metropolitan Community College-Penn Valley and the American Jazz Museum and is excited to invite college, high school and middle school students to participate.
The three-day festival is a non-competitive event that provides middle school, high school and college students with an outstanding musical experience as well as an opportunity to gain deeper appreciation for Kansas City’s rich jazz heritage.
Student participants will benefit from clinics with musicians and have the option of attending evening performances that will entertain and inspire. Students will also have the opportunity to tour the American Jazz Museum where they will be able to take advantage of the museum’s artifacts, videos, recordings, etc.
Presenters and Musicians
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., middle school, high school and college jazz ensembles will perform on the half hour
Other Performances

8:30 p.m. – Blue Room performance TBA – April 20
5:30 p.m. – The Penn Valley Jazz Ensemble – April 21
8:30 p.m. – Blue Room performance TBA – April 22

2023 FELLOWS MEETING AT BRC AUDIO
2023-04-16 16:00 - 17:00 | BRC Audio Productions, 1933 N 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66104, United States
ALL 2023 FELLOWS MEETING
This is the first meeting of the 2023 Youth Jazz Season. It is required attendance. Family members are welcome. Some of the items on the initial meeting agenda include the following topics:

Welcome by the Artistic Director and Founder.
2023 Ensemble and Alumni Photographs.
Administrative Registration and W9 Forms. (Privacy Policy / Terms of Use)
Program Terms and Conditions. (Fellows / Clinicians)
Meet Ensemble Clinicians.
Finalize Ensemble Season Rehearsal Times.
Finalize Ensemble Recording Session Times.
About BRC Audio Productions.
About Paseo Academy and KCPS.
About Youth Jazz.

2023 YOUTH JAZZ FELLOWSHIPS ANNOUNCED
2023-03-29 | KS
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. Announces the Youth Jazz Fellowships and Ensemble Assignments for the 2023 Season!

The 2023 Youth Jazz Fellowships include positions for three (3) ensembles. Two ensembles focused on instrumental jazz music and one new ensemble focused on vocal jazz music. Congratulations to each of the following candidates for being awarded a 2023 Youth Jazz Fellowship. Ensemble assignments are below:
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WATSON ENSEMBLE

Michael Suriano – guitar (KCKCC, Jazz Studies)
Isaac Pieters – bass (Ottawa University, Jazz Studies)
Blue Noyes – drums (Basehor-Linwood High School)
Levi Birks – drums (Olathe Northwest High School)
Jacob Fry – vocalist (Ottawa University, Jazz Studies)
Nick Weaver – trumpet/flugelhorn (DeSoto High School)
Dallas Hall – trumpet/flugelhorn (Pittsburg State University, Jazz Studies)
Henry Scamurra – alto saxophone (UMKC Conservatory, Jazz Studies)
Jackson Harrison – tenor saxophone (UMKC Conservatory, Jazz Studies)
Aidan Hamer – trombone (DeSoto High School)
Gregory Carroll – piano (KCAYJ Clinician)

CLINICIANS: Gregory Carroll and David Cunningham
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CRAIN ENSEMBLE

Miles Clemons – piano (Berklee College of Music)
Truman Mathena – bass (UMKC Conservatory, Jazz Studies)
Quinn Spear – drums (UMKC, University Studies)
Javier Cruz – drums (Shawnee Mission Northwest High School)
Logan Smoot – trumpet/flugelhorn (Ottawa University, Jazz Studies)
Luke Inman – trumpet/flugelhorn (UMKC, Jazz Studies)
Dylan Reed – alto saxophone (Shawnee Mission Northwest High School)
Josiah Assefa – tenor saxophone + clarinet (Olathe Northwest High School)
Will Kimlinger – baritone saxophone (Platte County High School)

CLINICIANS: Christopher Burnett and Houston Smith
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BRADY/SMITH VOCAL ENSEMBLE

Maurice Butler – drums (MCC Penn Valley, Music Performance)
WM Thornton – piano and arranger (KCAYJ Clinician)
VOCALIST AUDITIONS PENDING RESULTS

CLINICIAN: REV WM Thornton

2023 AUDITIONS (ALTERNATE DATE)
2023-03-26 13:00 - 17:00 | BRC Audio Productions, 1933 N 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66104, United States
Program-One-Sheet-YouthJazzUS

2023 AUDITIONS (PRIMARY DATE)
2023-03-19 13:00 - 17:00 | BRC Audio Productions, 1933 N 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66104, United States

PLATTE COUNTY DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEE (PRIVATE EVENT)
2023-03-12 11:30 - 15:00 | Argosy Hotel, Casino & Spa, 777 NW Argosy Casion Pkwy, Riverside, 64150, United States
YOUTH JAZZ FELLOWS ALUMNI ENSEMBLE.
Miles Clemons, piano
Isaac Pieters, bass
Blue Noyes, drums
Logan Smoot, trumpet
Jackson Harrison, tenor
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Greg Carroll, director + staff liaison
Deanna Witkowski, special guest (piano)
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ABOUT COMMUNITY PERFORMANCES.
The Kansas City Area Youth Jazz program provides opportunities for Fellows to bring live jazz music performed by the next generation of Kansas City artists to a variety of community event settings.
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz, Inc. welcomes performance inquiries from organizations, festivals, and venues where the music is a prominently featured aspect of the event, like concerts and incidental music at larger events.
Community Performances allow Youth Jazz Fellows leadership opportunities in the area of the successful administration and production of ensemble performances. These types of program opportunities also provide first-hand experience using professional best-business practices as performing artists. These factors involved with live performances contribute to building individual and collective awareness of the ecosystem of the local, regional, national, and global arts economy while also considering this infrastructure in the larger context as responsible citizens who understand that among the primary goals of professional performing artists is to inherently seek living wage opportunities.
COMMUNITY FOCUS.
Since KCAYJ Fellows come from the many great high school and college level programs in the Kansas City region, KCAYJ Fellows Ensembles will not perform at events intended to feature local high school and college music programs, such as educational and adjudicated jazz festivals or conferences like Jazz Education Network (JEN) or MidWest Clinic.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY.
Please note that KCAYJ Fellows Ensembles are part of a benign and neutral nonprofit charity organization that will entertain community performance opportunities from organizations and businesses that comply with the tenets of S.1085 – Equal Opportunity Act of 1995.
DISCLAIMER OF ENDORSEMENT.
Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Inc. does not endorse or sponsor any commercial product, service, or activity. Kansas City Area Youth Jazz participation in this Agreement or provision of goods, services, facilities, or equipment under this Agreement does not constitute an endorsement by Kansas City Area Youth Jazz. Partner agrees that nothing in this Agreement will be construed to imply that Kansas City Area Youth Jazz authorizes, supports, endorses, or sponsors any product or service of Partner resulting from activities conducted under this Agreement, regardless of the fact that such product or service may employ Kansas City Area Youth Jazz-developed initiatives.

AWESOME AMBITIONS ANNUAL HOLIDAY PARTY (PRIVATE EVENT)
2022-12-17 09:30 - 12:00 | Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, MO, 64111, United States
Greetings Fellows!
Thanks for doing this performance in the community and representing the program. Please develop your list to cover the two-hour block that’s indicated for your performance. The following are the event details as received and understood:
Event: “Awesome Ambitions Holiday Party.”
Supports 25 young ladies, ages 13-17 from the KC urban core. Great college prep program of inspiration and enrichment!
Cynthia Newsome and/ or Greg Carroll will lead KCAYJ students in a brief (10-minute)“panel-like” discussion so the young ladies have a chance to get to know the KCAYJ performers. Here’s information about Cynthia Newsome – https://www.kshb.com/cynthia-newsome
• Location: Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, 4420 Warwick Boulevard, Kansas City, Missouri 64111
• Date: Saturday, December 17
• Times: CALL – arrive at 9:30 am and be Set up by 10 am. PERFORMANCE – Event is from 10am-12pm
• Performance Set: approx 10:30-11:00 am including brief “panel.” Lunch to follow. We’ll play a little BGM at the very end of the program as the ladies are leaving.
2022 FELLOWS

Sam Walker, piano
Isaac Pieters, bass
Maurice Butler, drums
Jackson Harrison, tenor saxophone
Greg Carroll, staff liaison and director

BIRD BOOT CAMP + MUSICAL SALUTE
2022-08-27 | The Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts, 4747 Flora, Kansas City, MO, 64110, United States
2022 BIRD BOOT CAMP ITINERARY HIGHLIGHTS – VISIT BirdBootCamp.org

COMMUNITY PARTNERS (3 CLASSROOMS – CHOIR, BAND, ORCHESTRA)

MUSIC EDUCATORS FROM KCPS PROGRAMS (CLINICIANS – GUIDES)

CAMP SPOTLIGHT (MAIN STAGE)

OPENING: DR. MARSHALL + PASEO PRINCIPLE, BILL MULLIN + STEVE HARGRAVE KCJA
MORGAN FAW AND THE FLAME (ARTIST IN RESIDENCE, Q&A CLINIC, AND CONCERT )
TWO STUDENT ENSEMBLES LEARNING ABOUT CHARLIE PARKER’S MUSIC (SMITH AND WILDER)
CLARENCE SMITH (RAFFLE PRIZE EMCEE + AND MORGAN FAW INTERVIEW)
PRIZES OF BIRD BOOT CAMP T-SHIRTS (MEYER MUSIC) + VARIOUS RETAIL PRODUCTS
GRAND PRIZE OF FINALE PRO MUSIC NOTATION SOFTWARE – FULL LICENSED VERSION (VALUE $600)

VOCAL TRACK (RECITAL HALL)

PROF. JOHN STAFFORD AND KCKCC VOCAL JAZZ ENSEMBLE (OPEN REHEARSAL CLINIC)
REV. WILL THORNTON AND PASEO JAZZ CHOIR (OPEN REHEARSAL CLINIC)

EDUCATION TRACK (MAIN STAGE)

GREG CARROLL (INTERACTIVE JAZZ CLINIC WITH VIP JAZZ ENSEMBLE)
CHUCK HADDIX (BIRD SCHOLARSHIP AND KEYNOTE ADDRESS)

INSTRUMENTAL TRACK (MAIN STAGE)

HOUSTON SMITH (VIP SAXOPHONIST, CLINICIAN, AND ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR)
ROGER WILDER (VIP PIANIST, CLINICIAN, AND ENSEMBLE DIRECTOR)

INDUSTRY TRACK (BLACK BOX)

DAVID BASSE (CELEBRITY GUEST – JAZZ RADIO)
B.J. JANSEN, MBA (BUSINESS CLINIC – JEN CLINICIAN)

CELEBRITY GUEST ARTISTS (MAIN STAGE)

JAMES WARD (EDUCATOR, CLINICIAN – VIP BASS PLAYER)
JAYLEN WARD (RECORDING ARTIST – VIP DRUM SET PLAYER)
ROD FLEEMAN (VIP GUITARIST)

2022 SPOTLIGHT: CHARLIE PARKER EVENT - OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION with YOUTH JAZZ FELLOWS TRIO PERFORMANCE
2022-08-23 18:30 - 20:00 | Plaza Branch | Kansas City Public Library, 4801 Main St., Kansas City, MO, 64112, United States
2022 SPOTLIGHT: CHARLIE PARKER EVENT
OPENING PANEL DISCUSSION with YOUTH JAZZ FELLOWS TRIO PERFORMANCE
Youth Jazz Fellows Trio – ARI STAGGS, PIANO; ISAAC PIETERS, BASS; MAURICE BUTLER, DRUMS
Charlie Parker’s Kansas City
SpotlightCharlieParker.org

OPENING EVENT
TUESDAY, August 23, 2022
TRUMAN AUDITORIUM, PLAZA BRANCH KC LIBRARY
– 6:30 pm (combo music)
Reception Event / Saxophone Supreme Exhibit (Chuck Haddix, curator)
– 7:00pm – 8:00pm (panel starts) “Charlie Parker’s Kansas City”
Morgan Faw and Houston Smith will be introduced as “Artists In Residence”

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MORE EVENT INFORMATION
Pre-panel

Special selection introducing Morgan Faw and Houston Smith performing a number with the YouthJazz.us trio ensemble and highlighting their activities as 2022 Spotlight: Charlie Parker ‘artists-in-residence’ as well as handing the schedule. Morgan’s band (The Flame) will also be in attendance.

Panel discussion

Chuck Haddix, moderator
Clarence Smith, panelist
Lisa Henry, panelist

ARC Jam Session at 424 Lounge
2022-08-13 15:00 - 17:00 | 424 Lounge, 424 Cherokee, Leavenworth, KS, 66048, United States
Selected Kansas City Area Youth Jazz Fellows (piano, bass and drums) for one hour (3:00pm to 4:00pm) as Next Generation Staff at the ARC Jam Session at 424 Lounge in Leavenworth, Kansas. This program is curated once a month between April and October each year by Artists Recording Collective label recording artists, B.J. Jansen and Dr. Mike Pagan. This is an opportunity for next generation artists to perform and mentor less experienced jazz players in a community setting.
Note: This is a paid situation and all Youth Jazz clinicians are assigned accordingly by Mr. B.

RECORDING SESSIONS AT BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS, STUDIO A
2022-07-31 | BRC Audio Productions, 1933 N 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66104, United States
RECORDING SESSIONS AT BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS

THE BRADY ENSEMBLE
THE SMITH ENSEMBLE
THE CRAIN ENSEMBLE
THE WATSON ENSEMBLE

WILLIAM CRAIN, Recording Engineer and Album Producer

The Watson Ensemble Rehearsal
2022-07-24 17:00 - 18:30 | BRC Audio Productions, 1933 N 10th Street, Kansas City, KS, 66104, United States
THE WATSON ENSEMBLE Rehearsal
Sunday, July 24 – Special Recording Session Tips Clinic by Dr. Dan Thomas and the two 5:00pm – 6:30pm ensembles will both have their normal Rehearsal at BRC Audio Productions for The Smith Ensemble and The Watson Ensemble. The purpose of this rehearsal is to run the two tunes for the album.
Sunday, July 24 – The 3:00pm – 4:30pm ensembles (The Brady Ensemble at Paseo and The Crain Ensemble at BRC) regular rehearsals at regular location.
@ BRC AUDIO PRODUCTIONS (5:00 PM TO 6:30 PM)
BRC Audio Productions requires that everyone participating in the 2022 season be fully vaccinated – having the recommended booster is a plus. We also require that everyone produce a negative test prior to attending their first rehearsal. If someone displays or develops any COVID-19 symptoms during the season, they will need to test negative before coming in person again and be willing to practice their individual musical parts at home in the interim.
