17th Annual New Jersey State Jazz Conference
The Seventeenth Annual Jazz Education Conference is provided FREE to all NJAJE members. Non-members may attend for a fee of just $75, which includes a one-year membership to NJAJE and a subscription to Downbeat Magazine. We are also pleased to offer a special discounted rate of $60 for retirees and $45 for students! Please join us for the Seventeenth Annual Jazz Education Conference by clicking here to register for 2021-2022 NJAJE membership.
This year’s event will be held on Friday, November 12, 2021 and we are THRILLED to be returning to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey for an IN-PERSON conference.
CLINIC DESCRIPTIONS
“Bridging the Gap: Integrating the Voice Into the Instrumental Jazz Ensemble” – Oscar Perez & Aubrey Johnson, clinicians
The Cali School at Montclair State University’s Coordinator of Jazz Studies Oscar Perez (piano) and MSU jazz voice faculty member Aubrey Johnson (voice) present a workshop on the variety of ways the voice can be utilized in both small group and big band settings. Topics covered will include common challenges and solutions for primarily instrumental teachers working with singers, basic vocal technique information for instructing instrumentalists who want to sing, and how to promote collaboration among instrumentalists and vocalists. Attendees will also be provided with the tools to incorporate singing into instrumental rehearsals with the goal of improving style, articulation and phrasing. Oscar and Aubrey will demonstrate some of the ideas through live performances and recordings. A comprehensive list of resources will be provided. This session will also include open discussion, Q&A, and audience participation.
Oscar Perez, a New York City native, is Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Montclair State University and is also on the faculties of Drew University, Manhattan School of Music and Jazz House Kids. He has been an educator through Carnegie Hall, the Kupferberg Center at Queens College and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is currently enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Doctoral program under the tutelage of Jim McNeely and Stefon Harris.
Oscar has played in the musical groups of Phoebe Snow, Wycliffe Gordon, Christian McBride, Charenee Wade, Dave Stryker, Steve Turre, Eddie Allen, Charlie Porter and Don Braden. He is the recipient of the 2006 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in honor of Billy Strayhorn, and his group featuring Antonio Hart premiered the work at the 2007 IAJE Convention. He has also been commissioned to arrange music for Chick Corea, Regina Carter and the MSM Jazz Orchestra featuring Sean Jones. His critically acclaimed CD Afropean Affair, is the result of a New Works Grant by Chamber Music America for his septet Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo. His latest endeavor, Prepare a Place for Me, features Bruce Williams and is available through all media outlets.
Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and educator who specializes in jazz, Brazilian, and creative contemporary music. She holds a Master of Music degree in jazz performance from the New England Conservatory and teaches in the jazz programs at Montclair State University, Queens College, and in the voice department at Berklee College of Music. She has performed and/or recorded with Lyle Mays, Billy Childs, Jimmy Cobb, John Patitucci, Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), John Zorn’s Mycale Vocal Quartet, Fred Hersch, among many others. Aubrey recorded on Bobby McFerrin’s 2010 Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, and Arturo O'Farrill's 2020 Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions. Her performing and teaching has taken her throughout the US and Canada and to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Aubrey’s debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby of the Pat Metheny Group, was released on Outside In Music in March of 2020.
“Reading Session: What’s New for Jazz Ensemble” – Joseph Verderese, clinician
This session is the industry’s most comprehensive new music reading session, and features some of this year's best charts for jazz bands at all levels - from beginning middle school to advanced high school and college. Conference attendees are invited and encouraged to bring their instruments and play as part of the reading band. This year’s session will also inluce music for big band with vocalist, and will feature Aubrey Johnson on the vocal parts! Music provided by Hal Leonard, Belwin, Sierra, Kendor, Doug Beach, Barnhouse, Kjos, Jalen Jazz, Jazz Lines and Walrus Publications. Joseph Verderese is Secretary of NJAJE, and has been Director of Bands at Cresskill Junior/Senior High School since 2005. He is also co-leader of the One More Once Big Band, which he directs with Timothy Hayward.
Professional Development Credit
This conference has been developed according to the 2014 New Jersey Standards for Required Professional Development of Teachers. The following PD standards will be addressed: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The subject matter covered in this conference addresses the following NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2.
Five hours of professional development credit will be awarded to attendees. NJAJE is a registered professional development provider (Provider No. 5098.)
For more information, contact:
Jeffrey Haas, NJAJE Vice President and Conference Chair
jhaas.njaje@gmail.com
201.207.6736
This year’s event will be held on Friday, November 12, 2021 and we are THRILLED to be returning to the New Jersey Performing Arts Center in Newark, New Jersey for an IN-PERSON conference.
CLINIC DESCRIPTIONS
“Bridging the Gap: Integrating the Voice Into the Instrumental Jazz Ensemble” – Oscar Perez & Aubrey Johnson, clinicians
The Cali School at Montclair State University’s Coordinator of Jazz Studies Oscar Perez (piano) and MSU jazz voice faculty member Aubrey Johnson (voice) present a workshop on the variety of ways the voice can be utilized in both small group and big band settings. Topics covered will include common challenges and solutions for primarily instrumental teachers working with singers, basic vocal technique information for instructing instrumentalists who want to sing, and how to promote collaboration among instrumentalists and vocalists. Attendees will also be provided with the tools to incorporate singing into instrumental rehearsals with the goal of improving style, articulation and phrasing. Oscar and Aubrey will demonstrate some of the ideas through live performances and recordings. A comprehensive list of resources will be provided. This session will also include open discussion, Q&A, and audience participation.
Oscar Perez, a New York City native, is Coordinator of Jazz Studies at Montclair State University and is also on the faculties of Drew University, Manhattan School of Music and Jazz House Kids. He has been an educator through Carnegie Hall, the Kupferberg Center at Queens College and Jazz at Lincoln Center, and is currently enrolled in the Manhattan School of Music Jazz Arts Doctoral program under the tutelage of Jim McNeely and Stefon Harris.
Oscar has played in the musical groups of Phoebe Snow, Wycliffe Gordon, Christian McBride, Charenee Wade, Dave Stryker, Steve Turre, Eddie Allen, Charlie Porter and Don Braden. He is the recipient of the 2006 ASCAP/IAJE Commission in honor of Billy Strayhorn, and his group featuring Antonio Hart premiered the work at the 2007 IAJE Convention. He has also been commissioned to arrange music for Chick Corea, Regina Carter and the MSM Jazz Orchestra featuring Sean Jones. His critically acclaimed CD Afropean Affair, is the result of a New Works Grant by Chamber Music America for his septet Oscar Perez Nuevo Comienzo. His latest endeavor, Prepare a Place for Me, features Bruce Williams and is available through all media outlets.
Aubrey Johnson is a New York-based vocalist, composer, and educator who specializes in jazz, Brazilian, and creative contemporary music. She holds a Master of Music degree in jazz performance from the New England Conservatory and teaches in the jazz programs at Montclair State University, Queens College, and in the voice department at Berklee College of Music. She has performed and/or recorded with Lyle Mays, Billy Childs, Jimmy Cobb, John Patitucci, Janis Siegel (Manhattan Transfer), John Zorn’s Mycale Vocal Quartet, Fred Hersch, among many others. Aubrey recorded on Bobby McFerrin’s 2010 Grammy-nominated release, VOCAbuLaries, and Arturo O'Farrill's 2020 Grammy Award-winning album Four Questions. Her performing and teaching has taken her throughout the US and Canada and to Central and South America, Europe, and Asia. Aubrey’s debut record, Unraveled, featuring her original music and arrangements and produced by Steve Rodby of the Pat Metheny Group, was released on Outside In Music in March of 2020.
“Reading Session: What’s New for Jazz Ensemble” – Joseph Verderese, clinician
This session is the industry’s most comprehensive new music reading session, and features some of this year's best charts for jazz bands at all levels - from beginning middle school to advanced high school and college. Conference attendees are invited and encouraged to bring their instruments and play as part of the reading band. This year’s session will also inluce music for big band with vocalist, and will feature Aubrey Johnson on the vocal parts! Music provided by Hal Leonard, Belwin, Sierra, Kendor, Doug Beach, Barnhouse, Kjos, Jalen Jazz, Jazz Lines and Walrus Publications. Joseph Verderese is Secretary of NJAJE, and has been Director of Bands at Cresskill Junior/Senior High School since 2005. He is also co-leader of the One More Once Big Band, which he directs with Timothy Hayward.
Professional Development Credit
This conference has been developed according to the 2014 New Jersey Standards for Required Professional Development of Teachers. The following PD standards will be addressed: 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. The subject matter covered in this conference addresses the following NJ Core Curriculum Content Standards: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.1, 2.5, 3.1, 3.4, 3.5, 6.1, 6.3, 6.4, 6.6, 7.2, 9.1, 9.2.
Five hours of professional development credit will be awarded to attendees. NJAJE is a registered professional development provider (Provider No. 5098.)
For more information, contact:
Jeffrey Haas, NJAJE Vice President and Conference Chair
jhaas.njaje@gmail.com
201.207.6736
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