A week long intensive, hands-on course covering theoretical and practical approaches to improvisation and performance. Designed to develop jazz playing skills for musicians of all ages and abilities, the course includes instrumental and ensemble coaching from Scotland’s finest professional jazz musicians/educators under the directorship of Edinburgh Napier University’s Jazz Musician in Residence Haftor Medbøe.
Hosted at the University’s superbly equipped Music School the course takes place in the idyllic Craighouse Campus, and offers opportunities to hear concerts at the Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival in the evening. The week culminates in a public performance by the students performing in ensemble groups.
Comments from previous students
"A fantastic course that I’d recommend." "Thoroughly enjoyable and would like to participate again."
Dates
Mon 2 - Fri 6 August 2010
Tutors
Laura Macdonald, Konrad Wiszniewski (reeds) Haftor Medbøe (guitar) Tom Gibbs (piano) Mario Caribé (bass) Stuart Brown (drums)
Prices: £320 / £250 concessions.
For further information and an application form please call 0131 455 6038, or email Haftor Medboe.
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival's irresistible programming collaborations are as challenging and creative, as ever - The Guardian
The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival is out to prove that, alongside all the other new-fangled genres, pure unadulterated jazz is alive and kicking - The List
As ever The Edinburgh Jazz and Blues Festival features an excellent mix of singers, future stars, big bands and acts drawn from the thriving Scottish scene - The Telegraph
