Jazz Music Intensive Week Ages 13-Adult

Jazz will be hot under the direction of Rodney Whitaker, along with national and regional jazz education greats. The six-day session is made up of big band rehearsal, combos, studio class, jazz history, listening and improv. The Jazz Music Intensive wraps up with three performances; a Thursday evening jazz faculty performance, a Friday evening student big band performance and a Saturday afternoon combo performance. Internationally renowned bassist and Mack Avenue recording artist, Rodney Whitaker currently holds the title of Professor of Jazz Bass and Director of Jazz Studies at Michigan State University, where he has built one of the leading jazz degree programs and performing faculty in the United States. A proven and committed jazz educator, Whitaker has presented numerous master classes across the nation and is a consultant with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra in the development of the jazz education department, and has served on the faculties of University of Michigan and Julliard Institute of Jazz.