Our Jazz Education Programs
Jazz Education In Our Community
The Healdsburg Jazz Festival’s Education Program shifts into high gear from March through May every year, reaching nearly 4,000 students from Healdsburg and neighboring schools. These exciting and important programs bring the living tradition of jazz directly into classrooms, assemblies, band rooms, and the hearts and minds of young listeners and players. These programs are supported by your membership and sponsorship.
Percussion, Song, and Dance Workshops
Each spring the inspirational African drum and dance master Tacuma King presents
his brilliant six-week Percussion, Song, and Dance Workshops for school children.
The classes are designed for ages 6-9 and ages 10-14; each class is 90 minutes long,
and the program runs in six sessions, from May to June. For more information call
707-433-4633.
Operation Jazz Band
Led by Babatunde Lea and his band, this program teaches Healdsburg fifth-graders
about the instruments of a jazz ensemble. This form of enrichment to the standard
American history curriculum is always extremely well-received by teachers and students
alike. Every day for four days the musicians visit the Foss Creek, Geyserville,
Sonoma Day, Healdsburg and Westside elementary schools. Musicians Babatunde Lea
and David Frasier demonstrate the importance of drums and percussion; bassist Walter
Savage and pianist Glen Pearson explain the interplay of a rhythm section; trumpeter
Khalil Shaheed, saxophonist Richard Howell, and trombonist Angela Wellman, show
off their horns while teaching basic blues chords and melody. Richard Howell and
Babatunde Lea return for the fourth demonstration to show how the singing voice
is used as a jazz instrument. The project culminates with a gathering of students
from each of the schools at the Raven Theater, where the children listen to the
jazz ensemble with newly sharpened ears. The joint jumps with call-and-response,
hand-clapping, singing and the joyful noise of hundreds of children enjoying jazz,
America's music.
Jazz Appreciation
Class
Sunday, May 4, 2008
The Roots Of Latin Jazz
with Instructor John Santos
Location: Raven Film Center, 415
Center Street, Healdsburg
Time: 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
Tickets: $15 General; $10 Students (with
ID) and Seniors (over 65)
Roots of Latin Jazz is designed to give participants a concise yet thorough perspective of the evolution of today's popular music known as Latin Jazz. It is a uniquely American story with African and European origins, and an intrinsic connection to the socio-economic history of working-class Creole communities. Although the roots of this music are pan-Caribbean, Cuba has been its most important center, so special emphasis will be given to the historical development of the music of that island. Rare recordings and video clips from the instructor's legendary collection will be featured. Of special importance and interest are the recordings which date from the first decade of the 1900s to the present, many of which are live, recorded in fields, mountains, streets, theaters, dance halls, ceremonies, and studios. The class will consist of lecture, listening and discussion in which participants and instructor will analyze the music together.
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