University of the PACIFIC

Brubeck Summer Jazz Colony

Overview

The Summer Jazz Colony is a one-week, full-scholarship, intensive educational program in jazz performance for a very limited number of exceptionally talented students who have just completed their freshman, sophomore, or junior years in high school. They come from throughout the United States and beyond to study with Brubeck Institute faculty, guest artists and master teachers, in combo rehearsals, master classes and private instruction, classes in jazz theory and advanced jazz improvisation, and seminars on the music of Dave Brubeck and other topics. Colonists have extensive opportunities to visit with the artists and clinicians, visit the Brubeck Collection, participate in numerous jam sessions, and perform in concert.

2013 Summer Jazz Colony

The 2013 Summer Jazz Colony will be held August 3-10, 2013, on the campus of the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. Colonists will travel to the University on Saturday, August 3 and will leave on Saturday, August 10.  The instrumentation for the Colony will include the following:

3 pianists
3 bassists
3 drummers
3 saxophonists
3 brass instruments (trumpets and/or trombones)
3 guitarists

This instrumentation is designed to create three instrumental combos.

2013 Online Application

The Institute encourages applications from talented, accomplished, and highly motivated students who have completed their freshman, sophomore, or junior years in high school. Those who have graduated from high school are not eligible.

• Access the 2013 SJC Online Application
• Read application guidelines & deadlines