BIG BAND WORKSHOP COMPONENTS
Big Band Ensemble Training
• Daily rehearsals with professional jazz educators
• Rehearsal preparation for a festival concert
• 3 charts (2 clinician picks, 1 director pick)
• Sight-reading instruction
• Historical and stylistic context
Jazz Improvisation Tracks
• 3-tier skill design
• Focus includes improvisation techniques, scales, chord applications,
rhythm development, jazz vocabulary, and listening methods
Jazz Listening Sessions
• Historical recordings
• Stylistic elements
• Key performers
• How to analyze and understand jazz elements
Instrument Masterclass
• Tone & technique
• Technical foundations, tone production, articulation,
performance concepts
• Jazz phrasing
• Historical icons of each instrument
Salt-&-Pepper Clinic (Signature component)
• Pro + student musician pairing system
• Students sit next to pro band counterpart
• Student band plays while pros listen to their counterpart
• Clinician provides real-time feedback
• Pro band members give direct 1-on-1 guidance
• Student band replays chart
• Pro band demonstrates chart
• Final combined performance (students + pros)
Student Jam Session
• Beach side stage
• Clinician-run
• Open to all students
Special Opportunity
• Selected student from each band solos w/Pro band
STUDENT BAND SCHEDULE
Day 1
• 7:30 Beach Buffet Breakfast
• 9:00 Jazz Listening Session Sight Reading
• 11:00 Jazz Listening Session
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Instrument Masterclasses
• 2:30 Improvisation Techniques
• 4:00 Big Band Rehearsal
• 6:00 Catered Dinner & Mingle
• 7:30 Faculty Concert - beach side
• 9:00 Student Jam Session - beach side
Day 2
Salt & Pepper Clinics throughout the day
• 7:30 Beach Buffet Breakfast
• 9:00 Big Band Rehearsal & Sight Reading
• 11:00 Jazz Listening Session
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Instrument Masterclasses
• 2:30 Improvisation Techniques
• 4:00 Big Band Rehearsal
• 7:00 Catered Sunset Beach Dinner
Day 3
• 10:00–3:30 Sound Checks & Band w/School Director Masterclasses
• 4:00 High School Concerts
• 7:30 Professional Band Concert with Student Soloists
DIRECTOR TRAINING TRACK
This track offers a powerful combination of director development and experiential learning tied directly to their own students’ progress.
Award-Winning Public School Jazz Director Instruction w/Scott Brown
• 4 hours of director-specific courses
• 1 hour masterclass analyzing the director’s own rehearsal
(video provided)
• 2 hours observing a top educator rehearsing one of the bands
In additional to working with Scott, you can observe the other training activities offered by our other clinicians:
• 3 hours of jazz improvisation instruction alongside students
• 3 hours of instrument-specific training alongside students
• 2 hours observing any of 5 professional clinicians
• 1 hour Salt & Pepper Clinic rehearsal with your band and
Pro Band
Concert & Event Access
• Faculty Concert
• Student Jam Session
• Saturday Student Band Concerts
• Saturday Festival Concert with Professional Band
DIRECTOR TRACK SCHEDULE
Day 1
• 7:30 Beach Buffet Breakfast
• 9:00-12:00 Class
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Instrument Masterclasses
• 2:30 Improv Classes
• 4:00 Demo Band Rehearsal Observation
• 6:00 Pizza Hang
• 7:30 Faculty Combo Concert - beach side
• 8:30/9:00 Student Jam Session - beach side
Day 2
• 7:30 Beach Buffet Breakfast
• 9:00-12:00 Class
• 12:00 Lunch
• 1:00 Instrument Masterclasses
• 2:30 Improv Classes
• 4:00-7:00 Observe Clinicians Rehearse Student Bands
or
Observe Salt & Pepper Clinic
• 7:00 Sunset Dinner on the Beach
Day 3
• 10:00-3:30 You and your band will be scheduled for:
• Band sound check with Clinician
• You and your band in a Masterclass w/Scott Brown
• 4:00-6:30 Student Band Concert
• 7:30 Pro Band Concert
PRICING
Workshop Prices:
Student Workshop Tuition
$250 per person (director included), 18 person minimum
Backline Gear provided:
-Drum Kit, Upright Bass, Keyboards
-Keyboard, Guitar & Bass Amps
Public Concert Tickets - $35
For Individual Musicians:
Individual Classes available