- Jazz Combo Workshops
- Grades 5-12 • Tuesdays • $210/12 wks. • Limit: 10
Combo A: 3:45-5:15 pm • George Voland
Combo B: 5:20-6:50 pm • Shane Hardiman
Combo C: 7-8:30 pm • Tom Cleary
A placement session on Tuesday, September 9 at 4 pm is required for all students, to determine section assignments. Age, experience, and skill level are all taken into account. Call 802-652-4537 to arrange a placement session time slot.
FINAL PERFORMANCE:
Tuesday, December 16 at 4 pm • FlynnSpace • Free - Detailed semester & registration information
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Tuesday nights are alive at the Flynn! These performance workshops on the art of jazz improvisation
encourage students to develop individual styles while learning an essential repertoire
(blues, standard tunes, and jazz classics). Combos consist of bass, percussion, piano, guitar, and
horns. Rehearsals culminate in a public performance in FlynnSpace on Tuesday, December 16,
and some combos also perform at First Night Burlington celebrations on Wednesday, December
31. Tuition includes a ticket to see the Avery Sharpe Quintet in FlynnSpace on Saturday,
September 20 at 8 pm.
GEORGE VOLAND, jazz musician, adjudicator, and educator,
earned a B.A. from Middlebury College and a M.Ed. from UVM.
He plays with the Vermont Jazz Ensemble and Pine Street Jazz,
and has coached jazz students at South Burlington High School,
Gailer School, Interplay Jazz Camp, and IAJE Middle School Jazz
Festival.
SHANE HARDIMAN is a talented pianist who received his B.A. in jazz studies from Johnson State College. A passionate
improviser and educator, he performs regularly with many of the area’s finest musicians and bands.
TOM CLEARY was a finalist in the competitive Kennedy Center
Jazz Ambassadors program and has studied jazz at Hampshire
College, UMass, and UVM before becoming an accomplished
educator and jazz pianist. He has taught students ranging from
elementary to college level in schools and music programs in
Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Vermont.
The FlynnArts music program offers a variety of vocal and instrumental classes, and serves our widest range of ages, beginning with the young infants in Music Makers. Early music classes enhance children’s natural creative impulses and help develop concentration, coordination, and cooperation. Classes for older children through adults combine individual attention with ensemble work, broaden students’ musical knowledge and performance skills, and introduce like-minded friends who often play and sing together for years to come. Masterclasses with visiting artists and discounts on world-class Flynn Center presentations further enhance the program.
