No Charts! Ensemble – Fall Session September 30, 2009

Faculty: Jay Miglia
Dates/Times: Wednesdays, September 30 – November 18, 2009, 5:00 – 6:30 pm (8 weeks)
Registration Deadline: Wednesday, September 23
Class Fee: $95.00 for current CJO subscribers / $105.00, general registration
Age Recommendation: For middle and high school students

Leave your reading glasses at home! The “No Charts!” Ensemble is all about using your ears! This course is designed to introduce students to playing their instruments by ear, an experience that will open new avenues of creativity for every participant. Each class, we will memorize a simple tune or two and improvise without reading notes or worrying about jazz theory. The band is open to students entering middle through high school who play “Big Band” instruments: alto, tenor and baritone saxophones, trumpet, trombone, guitar and bass, piano/keyboard, and drum set.

Students who participated in the summer program are encouraged to continue, but new students are welcome, too.