 SOLOIST COMPETITION Each
year high school band,
choral, orchestra and jazz
ensemble directors throughout
the
Fox
Valley
region
are
invited
to submit student nominations for
the annual
Fox Jazz
Fest jazz improvisation
competition.
Sponsored
by the Jazz
Corner Society and Heid
Music, the
outstanding
soloists are chosen by a panel of
area jazz professionals. The
first
place
winner is featured and will perform at the Fox
Jazz Festival with a
professional rhythm section. Winners will also
receive gift
certificates to Heid
Music in the amounts of $100 for 1st place, $50
for 2nd place, and $25
for 3rd place,
with the high school band program represented by
the winners also
receiving a
matching monetary award. Please click
here to
read and download the application and guidelines
and note the entry deadline of April
15, 2012. The winners of the 2011 Fox Jazz Fest Jazz Improvisation Competition were drummer, vibist, and guitarist Frankie Salerno of DePere High School, first place, and clarinetist David Arguello of Omro High School, second place. Third place winner was violinist Ian Schuh of Appleton West and the Renaissance School of the Arts. Click
here to read the press release on last year's
competition. GUEST ARTIST CLINIC We are very excited to announce that our Saturday headliner, Donny McCaslin and group will host a clinic for Fox Valley jazz students as part of this year's festival. Although the clinic is aimed to provide an enriching and educational experience for area jazz students, it is free and open to the entire public. All are welcome! McCaslin’s clinic will take place in the band room at Seton Catholic Middle School in Menasha, WI at 9:30am on Saturday, September 1, 2012. Please check your calendars and make plans to attend! This project is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts. It is the hope of the Jazz Corner Society and the Fox Jazz Festival Planning Committee to make artist clinics and workshops an annual event that will continue to enrich the festival experience for jazz students, performing musicians, and educators in the area. |