Gift of Jazz

Spring 2022 Jazz Composition Class with Dave Hanson Breakout of a compositional rutt by exploring the expected and unexpected aspects of composition! Saturdays 11:30 am – 1:00 pm April 16 thru June 11 No class on June 4 so you can enjoy the Five Points Jazz Festival Ever get bored with writing 4 and 8-bar phrases and wonder if you might dare changing that up, or conversely, find that performers are puzzled by your asymmetrical phrasing and you wonder if…

Spring 2022 Jazz Piano Class with Jack Dunlevie Study real life applications of piano techniques to take your improvising to the next level! Saturdays 11:30 am – 1:00 pm April 16 thru June 11 No class on June 4 so you can enjoy the Five Points Jazz Festival This semester we’ll continue our exploration of solo piano textures and techniques with an emphasis on real life application, rather than broad theoretical concepts. Each student will have a main song to work…